Page 129 - The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10: The Arts, 2010

A. CREATING AND PRESENTING OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
A1. The Creative Process: apply the creative process to create a variety of art works, individually and/or collaboratively;
A2. The Elements and Principles of Design: apply elements and principles of design to create art works for the purpose of self-expression and to communicate ideas, information, and/or messages;
A3. Production and Presentation: produce art works, using a variety of media/materials and traditional and/or emerging technologies, tools, and techniques, and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of ways of presenting their works and the works of others.
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
A1. The Creative Process
By the end of this course, students will:
A1.1 use a variety of strategies, individually and/or collaboratively, to generate ideas and
to develop plans for the creation of art works (e.g., in small groups, use brainstorming, research, concept webs, and/or mind maps to generate original and imaginative ideas; filter their ideas to select
a suitable one to serve as the basis for their art work; use notes and/or thumbnail sketches to help them develop clear and flexible plans that show attention to detail; revise their plans on the basis of peer- and self-assessment)
Teacher prompts: “What criteria can you use when filtering your ideas?” “Have you demon- strated flexibility and originality in generating ideas?” “Have you elaborated on your plan so it is clear and sufficiently detailed?”
A1.2 use experimentation, reflection, and revision when producing a variety of art works in each of the following areas: drawing, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and mixed media (e.g., experiment with a variety of materials/media, techniques, and tools to find ones that are appro- priate for their planned art work; reflect on their preliminary work and on feedback from their peers before revising their art work)
Teacher prompts: “How do you decide if an experiment with a new medium is successful?” “Has feedback from your peers been helpful? Why or why not? What impact did peer feed- back have on your final work?”
A1.3 document their use of the creative process in a portfolio (e.g., include evidence of their conceptual, creative, and technical skills; include thumbnail sketches, checklists, and/or graphic organizers to show evidence of experimentation, reflection, and revision), and refer to this portfolio to reflect
on how effectively they have used the creative process
Teacher prompt: “Does your portfolio show evidence of experimentation? How did this process influence your choices with respect to your finished art work?”
By the end of this course, students will:
A2.1 use various elements and principles of design to create art works that express personal feelings and/or communicate emotions to an audience (e.g., create a mixed-media self-portrait that uses colour, line, and shape in the style of Frida Kahlo to convey their personality and elicit emotions from the audience)
Teacher prompts: “How could you use colour for emphasis or to capture viewers’ attention?” “How might you use warm saturated colours to create a feeling of excitement?” “Given that warm colours appear to come forward and cool colours recede, where might you best
use cool colours in your portrait?”
CREATING AND PRESENTING
A2. The Elements and Principles of Design
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Visual Arts
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