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Enduring Understanding: Skillful evaluation and critique are critical components of experiencing, appreciating, and producing media artworks.
Essential Question(s): How and why do media artists value and judge media artworks? When and how should we evaluate and critique media artworks to improve them?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Form and apply defensible evaluations in the constructive and systematic critique of media artworks and production processes.

Enduring Understanding: Skillful evaluation and critique are critical components of experiencing, appreciating, and producing media artworks.
Essential Question(s): How and why do media artists value and judge media artworks? When and how should we evaluate and critique media artworks to improve them?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Independently develop rigorous evaluations of, and strategically seek feedback for, media artworks and production processes, considering complex goals and factors.

Enduring Understanding: 3.2 Musicians’ presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.
Essential Question(s): When is creative work ready to share?
Process Component(s): Present

Performance Standard(s):
Perform final versions of improvisations, compositions, and three-or more -chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/ improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Enduring Understanding: 3.2 Musicians’ presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.
Essential Question(s): When is creative work ready to share?
Process Component(s): Present

Performance Standard(s):
Perform final versions of compositions, improvisations, accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, and harmonizations for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Enduring Understanding: 3.2 Musicians’ presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.
Essential Question(s): When is creative work ready to share?
Process Component(s): Present

Performance Standard(s):
Perform final versions of a collection of compositions representing a variety of forms and styles, improvisations in several different styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies, demonstrating technical skill in applying principles of composition/ improvisation and originality in developing and organizing musical ideas.

Enduring Understanding: 3.1 Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.
Essential Question(s): How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?
Process Component(s): Evaluate and Refine

Performance Standard(s):
Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of improvisations, compositions and three-or more -chord accompaniments in a variety of patterns.

Enduring Understanding: 3.1 Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.
Essential Question(s): How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?
Process Component(s): Evaluate and Refine

Performance Standard(s):
Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of compositions, improvisations, and accompaniment patterns in a variety of styles, and harmonizations for given melodies.

Enduring Understanding: 3.1 Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.
Essential Question(s): How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?
Process Component(s): Evaluate and Refine

Performance Standard(s):
Develop and apply criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of compositions representing a variety of forms and styles, improvisations in a variety of styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Enduring Understanding: The forming, integration, and refinement of aesthetic components, principles, and processes creates purpose, meaning, and artistic quality in media artworks.
Essential Question(s): What is required to produce a media artwork that conveys purpose, meaning, and artistic quality? How do media artists refine their work?
Process Component(s): Construct

Performance Standard(s):
a. Synthesize content, processes, and components to express compelling purpose, story, emotion, or ideas in complex media arts productions, demonstrating mastery of associated aesthetic principles, such as hybridization. b. Intentionally and consistently refine and elaborate elements and components to form impactful expressions in media artworks, directed at specific purposes, audiences, and contexts.

Enduring Understanding: The personal evaluation of musical work(s) and performance(s) is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
Essential Question(s): How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?
Process Component(s): Evaluate

Performance Standard(s):
Evaluate works and performances based on personally- or collaboratively-developed criteria, including analysis of the structure and context.