Grade 11: Experiencing Creative Works

PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES

• view creative works and respond to them in various ways

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Provide opportunities for students to view photos, slides, or video clips of people, places, or items important to Deaf culture and Deaf heritage. Then have them research and make presentations to the class about why these items are important.
• Discuss with students several paintings by Deaf artists and ask them to consider appeal, feeling, and style. Then have each student make a presentation to the class in ASL on his or her personal reaction to a painting or sketch by a Deaf or hearing artist. Encourage classmates to respond.
• Present a folk tale, legend, fairy tale, or modern story, but do not provide the ending. Challenge students to present possible endings.
• Provide an opportunity for students to view ASL poetry and to respond to it in personal ways. Then challenge students to create their own ASL poems in a similar style. Students might want to use pictures or English vocabulary to record their ASL poems for the purposes of study and review.
• Have students conduct a real or simulated interview in ASL with a Deaf artist about a specific work. Interview questions should focus on the importance of the work of art, why the artist created it, the meaning it has to the artist, and why the work is culturally significant.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• When students make presentations such as an interview with an artist, observe and note the extent to which they:
  • express and support a consistent point of view
  • express their individuality through their responses
  • provide accurate information
  • indicate openness and willingness to consider new or different ideas and experiences
  • attempt to engage others
• Work with students to develop criteria for their visual arts presentations. The criteria could be in the form of a checklist or rating scale that might include:
  • conveys the visual image clearly
  • describes the mood and personal response, giving reasons or supporting details
  • responds appropriately to questions and comments from others
• Have students periodically review their responses to creative works by answering questions such as:
  • Which of the creative works you have viewed this year or term stands out in your mind?
  • Which activities do you find most interesting: reading, viewing, or creating your response?
  • How does your perspective or understanding of a work change as you study it? Does the way you study a work influence your opinion?
  • How are your responses or preferences similar when you consider Deaf artists' creative works and when you consider works from other cultural contexts or in other languages? How are your responses different?

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