The Midterm --- Rubric for short answers

  Below Standard (zero credit) At Standard (partial credit) High Standard (full credit)
Critical Thinking Offers an answer but might only describe the element briefly. There may be analysis of effects, but it is vague and confusing. Answer describes the elements and analyzes the effects of these elements. Might need to clarify the link between elements and effects. Overall significance may be unclear. Answer describes the elements and analyzes the effects of these elements persuasively and moves toward a clear claim about their larger significance to the work.

Samples:

The art identification section will ask you to identify the artist and talk about how the specific elements of the piece relate to that artist’s style and purposes.

Below Standard Response:
This is Faith Ringgold. It’s colorful with quilt stuff.

At Standard Response:
Faith Ringgold. She uses bright colors and fabric on the borders of the piece. The intensity of her colors and choice of hues communicate lively excitement. The fabric border adds color and frames the piece with a visual noise.

High Standard Response:
Faith Ringgold did this. She uses bright colors and fabric on the borders of the piece. The intensity of her colors and choice of hues communicates lively excitement. The choice of reds, greens and yellows alludes to the colors of African cloth and the flag – Ringgold sees herself as an African American artist. She uses fabrics on the border, quilting as a validation of art forms long considered female crafts.