Making Selections: Outdoor Space Rubric

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Thinking
Use of critical/creative thinking processes

-work has challenging, creative, and cohesive theme -class time is used to the best of the students ability -Contains 30 or more selections

uses critical/creative thinking processes with limited effectiveness

uses critical/creative thinking processes with some effectiveness

uses critical/creative thinking processes with considerable effectiveness

uses critical/creative thinking processes with a high degree of effectiveness

Application
Use of Photoshop tools and techniques

- Selections are

precise with no missing/remaini ng areas -Light source is consistent, hue and saturation adjusted, use of shadows, burn, and dodge tools -Additional effects (motion blur, etc. -layer via copy is used

Transfers knowledge and skills to new contexts with limited effectiveness

Transfers knowledge and skills to new contexts with some effectiveness

Transfers knowledge and skills to new contexts with considerable effectiveness

Transfers knowledge and skills to new contexts with a high degree of effectiveness

Communicati on
Expression and organization of ideas and understanding in art forms

Expresses and organizes ideas and understandings with limited effectiveness

Expresses and organizes ideas and understandings with some effectiveness

-Uses knowledge of the elements of art to create strong sense of implied depth. -Has developed foreground, middle ground, and background. -Object size kept to scale

Expresses and organizes ideas and understandings with considerable effectiveness

Expresses and organizes ideas and understandings with a high degree of effectiveness

and in perspective -Object choice is realistic (cartoons are not next to real people)