Marking Schedule For Junior Visual Art – Level 4
Curriculum Strands
(Evidence)
Practical Knowledge (PK)
Elements & Principles (understandings)

Technical Processes (skills)

Developing Ideas (DI)
(to communicate an intention)

Communicating &
Interpreting (CI)
Viewing, analysing and responding.
(How is it made? What message is
conveyed?)

Understanding Context
(UC)
Viewing and researching.
(Who made it? Where, when and why
was it made? How is it valued?)

Not
Achieved
Achieved
Achieved With Merit
(L4)
Achieved With Excellence
Not
enough
work
submitted.
The student is able to:

Apply
knowledge
of
elements
(eg
colour,
shape, line, space, ) to
make
symbols
and
arrangements.

Use the principles of unity,
variety, repetition, contrast
and balance to arrange
individual symbols into a
composition.

Use painting and drawing
techniques,
tools
and
materials
for
making
symbolic motifs.
The student is able to:

Generate
ideas
using
observation
and/or
imagination.

With direction develop the
personal expression of their
story.
The student is able to:

Apply knowledge of the
elements with understanding
when making symbols and
arrangements.

Demonstrate
an
understanding of principles
of unity, variety, repetition,
contrast and balance when
arranging
individual
symbols into a composition.

Use painting and drawing
techniques,
tools
and
materials with control.
The student is able to:

Select, apply, and arrange elements
with understanding and control when
making symbols and arrangements.

Demonstrate
an
in-depth
understanding of the principes of
unity, variety, repetition, contrast and
balance when arranging individual
symbols into a composition.

Use
painting
and
drawing
techniques, tools and materials with
clear understanding and control.
The student is able to:

Generate
ideas
from
purposeful observation and
or imagination.

Develop ideas appropriately
in relation to communicating
a personal expression of
their story.
The student is able to:

Purposefully explore and
accurately describe how the
use of media, methods,
elements and principles
influences
the
communication of ideas in
the selected artworks.
The student is able to:

Develop a range of ideas from careful
observation and/or imagination.

Develop a range of ideas that reflect
an appropriate understanding of the
personal expression of their story and
the artist model..
The student is able to:

With direction explore and
describe how the choice of
media, methods, elements
and principles influences
the communication of ideas
in the selected artwork(s).
The student is able to:

With direction investigate
the purposes of the
artwork(s) presented and
identify some of the
contexts or influences on
how it was made, viewed
and/or valued.
The student is able to:

Investigate the purposes of
the artwork(s) presented and
identify
contexts
or
influences on how it was
made and is viewed and
valued.
The student is able to:

Consistently explore and interpret the
influence of selected media, methods,
elements and principles on the
communication and interpretation of
ideas in the selected artworks.
The student is able to:

Independently
investigate
the
purposes of the artwork(s) presented
and clearly understand the contexts or
influences on how it was made, is
viewed and valued.