Standard: English Language Arts

27 Jan 2023

Annual Celebration Concert (September 4 & 5, 2024)

September 4 & 5, 2024

Greenacres excitedly welcomes the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet each fall for a spectacular performance chronicling miraculous talents all on one stage. John Morris Russel, beloved conductor of the Cincinnati Pops, serves as our guide throughout a live art experience that compares to none. Limited dates and seats are available.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • MU.4.8PR Demonstrate appropriate audience etiquette at live performances.
  • MU.4.4PR Sing, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers.
  • TBD core standards based on each year’s theme!

Vocabulary:

composer, conductor, orchestra, opera, ballet, audience, applause

25 Feb 2022

Entertainment and Expression

August-June

Art and music have an important and long-lasting relationship with entertainment. Join us as we explore the many ways that art and music cross disciplines. This program places a strong emphasis on the art of sound and its role in the film industry. This program is easily adaptable to suit 6th, 7th, or 8th grade arts and core standards.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.6.2PE Discover and articulate how the media forms of the day use art and images to communicate messages and meaning
  • MU.6.6CE Describe roles and skills musicians assume in various cultures and settings.
  • MU.6.4RE Describe ways that music relates to other art forms using appropriate terminology.

Ohio English Language Standards:

  • SL.6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Vocabulary:

Foley Artist, improvise, entertainment, experiment, storyboard, film score

01 Mar 2021

The Elements of Storytelling

August-June

Let your imagination run wild in the storybook-like setting of the Arts Center as we explore the building, gardens, and trails. Students will delve into the elements of writing and combine these skills to create their very own three-dimensional tale. This program is easily customizable for 6th, 7th, or 8th grade arts and core standards.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.6.1PE Describe how art and design elements and principles are used in artworks to produce certain visual effects and create meaning.
  • VA.8.4PR Present personal artworks that show competence in the use of art elements to create meanings and effects.

Ohio English Language Standards:

  • 8.W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. 

Vocabulary:

character, setting, plot, conflict, resolution, theme, color, line, shape, space, emphasis, movement

01 Mar 2021

Arts Appreciation Series: Art Criticism

April-November

Creating and observing art is part of the human experience. Do you ever find yourself liking or disliking a work of art, but you struggle to articulate why? Have you ever thought about how our experiences in the 21st century affect the way we perceive art? Students will don the hat of “art critic” in this immersive program as we build our art appreciation toolkit. This program is easily customizable for 6th, 7th, or 8th grade arts and core standards.

All multigrade program offerings will be supported by grade-level appropriate standards, available to share upon request.

Fine Arts Standards:

  • VA.7.3RE Interpret selected artworks and synthesize their interpretations with the interpretations of others.

Ohio English Language Standards:

  • SL.6.1/SL.7.1/SL.8.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 /7/8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • 7.SS.Geography.13 Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.A1. 2.c Explain that emotions may vary based on the situation, including people and places

Vocabulary:

painting, ceramics, Rookwood Pottery, art history, art criticism, gallery, curator, Feldman Method, description, analysis, interpretation, evaluation