Making, Composing, Devising & Designing

Objectives

• D07.S1.08.01 Create a series of artworks exploring one theme or idea, reflecting on how the work changes across the series.
• D07.S1.08.02 Critique an artwork using evidence about its elements, context, and purpose, distinguishing observation from judgment.
• D07.S2.08.01 Compose a piece in a chosen style or tradition and reflect on the choices that shaped it.
• D07.S2.08.02 Critique a musical work using evidence about its elements, context, and effect, separating observation from judgment.
• D07.S3.08.01 Choreograph or devise a piece exploring one theme, and reflect on how the work changed through rehearsal.
• D07.S3.08.02 Critique a performance using evidence about its movement, expression, context, and purpose, separating observation from judgment.
• D07.S4.08.01 Design and make a working prototype that solves a defined problem, and revise it through testing and feedback.
• D07.S4.08.02 Critique a design using evidence about its function, materials, fairness, and environmental footprint.

Essential questions

• How do I create a series of artworks on one theme and critique art, music, and performance with evidence rather than mere taste?
• How do I compose, devise, and make a working prototype — and revise each through feedback and testing?

Big ideas

• A body of work on one theme shows how an idea changes over time, and critique uses evidence about elements, context, and purpose — separating observation from judgment.
• Composing, devising, and prototyping are cycles of making and revising, and critique weighs function, materials, fairness, and footprint.

Lessons

1. 1 Making, Composing, Devising & Designing: Where We've Been, Where We're Going 50 minutes
2. 2 A Series on One Theme: The Idea That Changes 55 minutes
3. 3 Critiquing an Artwork: Evidence, Not Mere Taste 55 minutes
4. 4 Composing in a Chosen Style 55 minutes
5. 5 Critiquing a Musical Work: Elements, Context, Effect 55 minutes
6. 6 Devising a Piece: One Theme, Made Through Rehearsal 55 minutes
7. 7 Critiquing a Performance: Movement, Expression, Context, Purpose 55 minutes
8. 8 Designing and Making a Working Prototype 55 minutes
9. 9 Critiquing a Design: Function, Materials, Fairness, Footprint 55 minutes
10. 10 Capstone: The Series, the Piece, the Performance, the Prototype 55 minutes

Assessment plan

A themed artwork series with a reflection on its change, a composed piece with a choices reflection, a devised performance with a rehearsal reflection, and a working prototype with a testing log; paired evidence-based critiques of an artwork, a musical work, a performance, and a design as portfolio artifacts.