LibGuides: Grade 8: Visual Arts: Reflecting, Responding and Analysing

Reflecting, Responding and Analysing in Visual Arts

Ontario Curriculum -Visual Arts Grade 8 pg 147
Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing: apply the critical analysis process (see pages 23–28) to
communicate feelings, ideas, and understandings in response to a variety of art works and art
experiences;

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