I have been working on creating rubric for my 5th grade Van Gogh unit and I wanted to share them, particularly to get your take on the essay portion. As I said in my previous post, I haven't really been doing much Common Core in art, but I'm trying to change that. By no means am I an English teacher, but I did write upwards of 20+ art history papers and a thesis in college, so I hope I have asked good enough thought-provoking questions! This rubric is the rubric for the final, monochromatic project. I'd like students write a short essay about their artwork and Van Gogh. We will mat/frame their essay and display it together with their paintings. I plan on sharing this with their teachers to see if there is any way I should tweak these questions, write my directions, or review how to write an essay with them. I'm not even sure if they have really done short essays (though I'm sure they have). Please let me know if you have any input on this...I would greatly appreciate it! As I'm posting this, I am adding another paragraph...Which elements of art did you use in your artwork? How and where?
