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Lesson 7 of 7
  • Year 10

Self assessment techniques: evaluating your own work

I can reflect on my own artwork by identifying strengths, areas for improvement and setting clear goals for future projects

Lesson 7 of 7
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  • Year 10

Self assessment techniques: evaluating your own work

I can reflect on my own artwork by identifying strengths, areas for improvement and setting clear goals for future projects

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Questions help us evaluate: ‘What worked well?’ and ‘What aspects of the materials or techniques enhanced the piece?’.
  2. Artists consider how creative decisions impact the overall effect of a piece.
  3. Planning for future projects is based on reflective thinking.

Keywords

  • Intention - the creative goal or message you want your work to express

  • Choice - the act of selecting from two or more options

  • Impact - the impression your work makes on the viewer

  • Reflect - when you pause to review your work and process

Common misconception

Reflection is only about finding faults or criticising your work.

Reflection is about recognising both strengths and areas to improve in order to grow as an artist.


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Encourage pupils to be honest but kind in their reflections by focusing on specific examples. Remind them that mistakes are valuable learning opportunities, not failures.
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Equipment

Digital technology, pens, recording equipment, sketchbooks

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Prior knowledge starter quiz

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5 Questions

Q1.
Reviewing and refining artworks:

is random and don’t matter
Correct answer: shapes how the final piece looks and feels
makes the artwork bigger
saves time

Q2.
True or False: The impact of an artwork means the impression it makes on the viewer.

Correct answer: True
False

Q3.
True or False: Reflection in art only means thinking about mistakes.

True
Correct answer: False

Q4.
Match the word to its meaning:

Correct Answer:Intention,The creative goal or message you want your work to express

The creative goal or message you want your work to express

Correct Answer:Choice,Selecting from two or more options

Selecting from two or more options

Correct Answer:Impact,The impression your work makes on others

The impression your work makes on others

Correct Answer:Reflect,Reviewing your work and process

Reviewing your work and process

Q5.
You are looking at a painting that uses dark, muted colors and depicts a lone figure standing in a stormy landscape. Which statement best evaluates the artwork?

The painting is okay. I like the colours.
Correct answer: The composition and mood create a sense of isolation and the figure’s loneliness
The painting has a lot going on
The artist should have used brighter colours to make it better.

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