STEAM 8/10/2015 Page 1
Arts: What have I created that is aesthetically pleasing by using painting, sculpture, drawing, music, dance,
wood, metal, food, fabric, words, or other medium? How have I made it aesthetically pleasing?
Check
Points
1
1. Students include a claim that answers the question (What have I created that is
aesthetically pleasing by using painting, sculpture, drawing, music, dance, wood,
metal, food, fabric, words, or other medium? How have I made it aesthetically
pleasing?). Use at least two of the words that can be used to describe aesthetics.
They are posted by the art, music, and language arts rooms in the front hallways.
1
2. Students state what they created for evidence, and describe what they have
uploaded.
1
3. Students explain how the learning was different. Give an example of what you did
before and explain how the aesthetics of this creation are different.
1
4. Students explain how the learning was more complex (complicated/in-depth). Give
specific details of the aesthetic factors that made it more complex (complicated/indepth) than what they have done in previous semesters. List a minimum of 3
specific details that you used to increase the aesthetics of your creation. Use the
two words to describe aesthetics that you used in your claim.
1
5. Students explain how the evidence supports or connects to their claim.
1
6. Students take the readers step by step through the process of creating their
evidence and increasing its aesthetics. (three sentence minimum)
1
7. Students use reasoning to tell how the aesthetic skills that they have practiced can
be used in their lives now.
1
8. Students use reasoning to tell how the aesthetic skills that they have practiced
might be used in a future career.
1
9. Every sentence begins with a capital letter and uses standard punctuation. All
proper nouns are capitalized. The personal pronoun I is always capitalized.
1
Total
Arts Rubric
10. There are no more than three basic errors in the paragraph. The paper is written in
complete sentences that use correct spelling, punctuation, grammar usage, and
capitalization.
1
11. Paragraph document is uploaded and typed in 11 or 12 point Calibri, Arial, or
Times New Roman.
1
12. First and last name is in the upper left hand corner.
1
13. Project is uploaded and serves as evidence of the claim.
13
You must achieve a score of 100% on this paragraph. After you get 100% on your paragraph,
you must upload it as a Google Document to Turnitin.
STEAM 8/10/2015 Page 2
Arts Paragraph Prompts and Sentence Template
These sentence prompts are provided to help you express your thoughts if you get stuck. The numbers coincide
with the rubric item numbers.
1. I created ______ (state what you created) and made it aesthetically pleasing by _____(Use at least two
of the words that can be used to describe aesthetics. They are posted by the art, music, and language
arts’ rooms in the front hallways.)
2. The evidence that I uploaded is _____. (Describe the evidence. What does it look like? What is it made
out of? What is it used for?)
3. What I can now do is different because in the past I __________. (Discuss what you were able to do in
the past to make something aesthetically pleasing.)
 With my new learning, I can now __________. (State what you can do now to make something
aesthetically pleasing.)
4. This is more complex (complicated/in-depth) because instead of just being able
to___________________, as I did in the past, I can now make it aesthetically pleasing by
__________________ (Give specific details of the aesthetic factors that made it more complex
(complicated/in-depth) than what you have done in previous semesters. List a minimum of 3 specific
details that you used to increase the aesthetics of your creation. Use the two words to describe
aesthetics that you used in your claim.)
5. This evidence supports my claim that I made my project aesthetically pleasing by _______ (State what
you did.)
6. This is what I did to make it aesthetically pleasing: _____. (What did paying attention to the aesthetics
help you to accomplish? Take the readers step-by-step through what you did to increase the aesthetics
of your evidence. If your readers had never tried to increase aesthetics the way that you did, what would
they have to do?)
7. I can now use this ability to increase aesthetics to __________ (Explain how you could use those aesthetic
techniques you have practiced in your daily life or in one of your classes.)
8. In a future career I might be able to use _____ (List the aesthetic techniques you used. Explain how someone
might use these aesthetic techniques in the workplace.)
Example:
I created a model of a bedroom to scale and made it aesthetically pleasing by using colors of the same value
and varying the shapes. The evidence that I uploaded is a picture of the room that I created. The bed is a light
lavender with a blue tinge and the walls are a slightly darker color with same blue tinge..There is a round table
beside the bed. The room was placed in a cardboard box. It was a class assignment. What I can now do is
different because in the past I just used any color that looked like it was some form of purple. With my new
learning, I can now pay attention to the value of the color so that the look is more harmonious. I can also make
sure that a variety of shapes are used in the room. This is more complex (complicated/in-depth) because instead
of just being able to put anything together, as I did in the past, I could now make it aesthetically pleasing by
paying attention to the values of colors, mixing shapes to give a room variety, and choosing accent pieces that
contrast. This evidence supports my claim that I made my project aesthetically pleasing by choosing colors of
the same value and varying shapes. This is what I did to make it aesthetically pleasing: I wanted a room that was
peaceful and felt like a whole. I went into a fabric store and found a print to make curtains and a bed covering.
Then, I went to a paint store and found a paint card of the same value. My bed was of course rectangular, so I
wanted a different shape in the small room. That’s why I went with a circular end table. I can now use this ability
to increase aesthetics to even make my locker look better by putting up decorative paper that is the same value
as the plastic shelf I have in it. In a future career as an interior designer I would be able to use this to help others
create their dream home.