3.1 Analysis of Creative Arts and Sports

• Showcasing artwork: drawing, painting, montage, decorated fabric, basketry
• Analysing a verse performance: persona, theme, language, performance
• Spirit of sportsmanship in sporting activities
• Analysing a folk dance from a Kenyan community

• showcase artwork for appreciation
• analyse a verse performance
• examine the spirit of sportsmanship in sporting activities
• analyse a folk dance from a Kenyan community
• appreciate the role of analysis in adding value to Creative Arts and Sports

“Why is analysis an important skill in Creative Arts and Sports?”

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1. Why we analyse Creative Arts and Sports
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Define analysis as looking with criteria, and map artwork, verse, sportsmanship and folk dance as the Grade 8 tools.
2. Preparing the artwork showcase
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Set a clean, labelled, eye-level display of drawing, painting, montage, fabric or basketry for appreciation.
3. Analysing showcased artwork
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Walk the display using subject, design, craft, finish and one next step, with evidence not ranking.
4. Criteria for analysing verse
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Build four lenses for verse: persona, theme, language and performance, with a demand for evidence.
5. Analysing a verse performance
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Watch a verse twice, write a four-lens analysis with evidence, and allow a maker reply.
6. Examining sportsmanship
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Name fair play, respect and honest scoring in Grade 8 sports, using a real moment as evidence.
7. Analysing a Kenyan folk dance
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Watch a folk dance and complete named fields: community, who danced, occasion, movement, song, costume, mood, function.
8. The role of analysis
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Collect four short evidences and answer why analysis adds value to Creative Arts and Sports.