Student Assessment Task Prompts: Fifth Grade

Responding

Perceive/Analyze/Identify

• Perceive:
  • What is the content of the public work of art?
  • What stylistic characteristics did the artist use?
  • What techniques did the artist use?
• Analyze: How does the public artwork relate to the space in which it is displayed?
• Identify:
  • Why was the piece originally installed?
  • Who originally commissioned the public work of art?
  • Who was the artist’s intended audience?
  • Who currently maintains the piece?
  • How do viewers interact with public art and the space in which it is displayed?
  • What activities do the viewers engage in in the space surrounding the piece?

Interpret:

• What may have been the artist’s intention when creating the piece?
• How does the work of art help us understand different places, times and cultures?
• How do viewers interpret public artwork and the space in which it is displayed?

Creating

• Select a place with personal significance.
• Create a work of art inspired by content, style, or technique from public artwork examples.
• Use a variety of materials and tools to create a work of art that communicates the significance of the place.

Connecting: Create an Artist Statement

Relate           

• Relate which vocabulary words apply to your work of art.
• How do your materials, techniques and stylistic characteristics relate to the place you chose?

Synthesize

• How were your choice of materials, techniques and stylistic characteristics influenced by the works of public art you observed?

Display: Discuss an appropriate location for physically and digitally displaying your finished work of art