MAFS.K12.MP.5.1: Use appropriate tools strategically.
MAFS.K12.MP.6.1: Attend to precision.
MAFS.K12.MP.7.1: Look for and make use of structure.
In addition to the listed benchmarks and standards, the following clusters and Language Arts standards are required content:
LAFS.8.SL.1.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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- VA.68.C.1.3: Identify qualities of exemplary artworks that are evident and transferable to the judgment of personal work.
- VA.68.C.2.1: Assess personal artwork during production to determine areas of success and needed change for achieving self-directed or specified goals.
- VA.68.C.3.4: Compare the uses for artwork and utilitarian objects to determine their significance in society.
- VA.68.F.1.3: Investigate and describe how technology inspires and affects new applications and adaptations in art.
- VA.68.F.2.2: Identify careers in support industries related to the art-making process, industrial design, digital media, and/or graphic design.
- VA.68.F.3.1: Use technology applications through the art-making process to express community or global concerns.
- VA.68.F.3.3: Collaborate with peers to complete an art task and develop leadership skills.
- VA.68.H.1.4: Explain the significance of personal artwork, noting the connections between the creative process, the artist, and the artist’s own history.
- VA.68.H.2.2: Explain the impact artwork and utilitarian objects have on the human experience.
- VA.68.H.3.3: Create imaginative works to include background knowledge or information from other subjects.
- VA.68.O.1.3: Combine creative and technical knowledge to produce visually strong works of art.
- VA.68.O.1.4: Create artworks that demonstrate skilled use of media to convey personal vision.
- VA.68.O.2.3: Create a work of personal art using various media to solve an open-ended artistic problem.
- VA.68.O.3.1: Select and use the structural elements of art and organizational principles of design to document images in various formats for public audiences.
- VA.68.S.1.5: Explore various subject matter, themes, and historical or cultural events to develop an image that communicates artistic intent.
- VA.68.S.2.1: Organize the structural elements of art to achieve artistic goals when producing personal works of art.
- VA.68.S.3.2: Develop spontaneity and visual unity in artwork through repeated practice and refined craftsmanship.
- VA.68.S.3.3: Demonstrate understanding of safety protocols for media, tools, processes, and techniques.
- VA.68.S.3.4: Demonstrate respect for copyright laws and intellectual property ownership when creating and producing works of art.
- LAFS.68.RST.2.4 (Archived Standard): Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
- LAFS.68.WHST.2.4 (Archived Standard): Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- LAFS.68.WHST.2.6 (Archived Standard): Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
- LAFS.8.SL.1.2 (Archived Standard): Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
- LAFS.8.SL.1.3 (Archived Standard): Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
- LAFS.8.SL.2.4 (Archived Standard): Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
- ELD.K12.ELL.SI.1: English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting.