SLO All students will be able to apply the design cycle (investigate, plan, create, reflect)

to produce images for a specific purpose or audience. Through speaking and writing,
students will use academic language to critically analyze their images and the images of
others.

Performance Criteria
1. Student has produced a body of work (ie: process portfolio, sketches,
experiments, collected ephemera, storyboard, research, finished work, and
technical/media studies) that demonstrates the design cycle.
2. Student’s body of work targets specific purposes/audiences and
demonstrates a sense of style/voice.
3. Student uses academic language to apply art criticism strategies in
determining an image’s effectiveness through group critiques, artist
statements, and written reflections.

PC Not Yet Approaches Meets Advanced

(Partial) (Moderate) (Strong) (Distinguished)
Performance Criteria

1. Student produced an Student produced Student has produced a body Student consistently produced
inconsistent (or some components the of work (ie: process portfolio, complex and self-motivated
lacking) body of work design cycle process sketches, experiments, ideas within the design cycle
that demonstrates and a body of work is collected ephemera, for each unit. Student’s
little thought of the emerging. There are storyboard, research, finished planning process shows
design cycle process. missing elements work, and technical/media advanced thinking for this
Student possibly within the creative studies) that demonstrates course.
imitated in-class process. the design cycle.
examples or other
students’ ideas.

2. Student’s body of Student’s body of work Student’s body of work Student’s body of work
work demonstrates an demonstrates a limited demonstrates an emerging demonstrates advanced
inconsistent sense of level of understanding style/voice, displays a variety understanding of style/voice,
style/voice and lacks of style/voice. There of products, and targets displays a large variety of
a sufficient number of are a limited variety of specific audiences/purposes. products, and is purposefully
artworks for artworks within the targeted to specific
evaluation. Audience portfolio. Specific audiences/purposes.
intention or purpose is audience or purpose is
unclear. unclear at times.

3. Student struggles to Student attempts to Student uses academic Student demonstrates a

demonstrate or use academic language to apply art criticism sophisticated use of academic
comprehend language to apply art strategies through group language to apply art criticism
academic language. criticism strategies. critiques, artist statements, strategies through group
Student begins to Rationale for analysis and written reflections. critiques, artist statements, and
apply art criticism is sometimes written reflections. Student
strategies. inconsistent through connects prior knowledge and
the year. other disciplines to their
rationale.