Rubric for Assessing Extension Activity
#5: 
Creating and Interview with a Paleolithic Artist
The main purposes of this activity are for the student to practice perspective taking and increase his/her appreciation and understanding of the complex interaction that goes into the production and communal appreciation of art. This interaction includes, the skills and personality of the artist, the needs and supports from the artist’s community, the conditions of the local environment, the symbolic and representational system used by the community, and the material resources available to produce works of art.
Thus each student’s work will be assessed along the following dimensions:
Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________
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Dimension |
Excellent, Very well done. You’ve met or exceeded expectations! |
Very Good |
Good but could benefit from focused revisions |
Poor/Not
Acceptable |
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Perspective Taking |
The interivew is written in the 3 rd person and doesn’t convey a sense of what it was like to be an artist in Paleolithic times. |
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The artist’s statements are written in the first person and they generally reflect a consistent picture of the life and work of a Paleolithic artist. |
The artist’s statements about the different topics convey a consistent picture of his/her sense of the world and the artwork from the perspective of someone living 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. |
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Use of vocabulary and content from the art sites |
Limited information about the Paleolithic site is conveyed. |
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Generally the appropriate vocabulary and information from the Paleolithic site are provided. |
Vocabulary and information provided by the artist are appropriate for the Paleolithic site. |
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Engaging Dialogue |
he dialogue is simply in a question answer and format.
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The reader feels that the interviewer and the artist are actually responding to one another but the flow of the dialogue is somewhat disconnected so that it is difficult to get a clear picture of the artist’s world. |
The reader is brought into the artist’s world through both the questions and reactions of the interviewer as well as the statements of the artist. |
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