Grade 5Answer KeyArts and Humanities
Please mark your answer for each multiple-choice question by filling in the circle completely for the correct answer. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess.1. / A repetition of a shape, color, or line creates a
Ο / contrast
Ο / pattern
Ο / abstract
Ο / portrait
2. / Art used expressly for a ritual, celebratory, or commemorative purpose is
Ο / Narrative art
Ο / Expressive art
Ο / Functional art
Ο / Ceremonial art
3. / Which term refers to artworks created by people with little or no formal training
Ο / functional art
Ο / folk art
Ο / nonobjective art
Ο / fine art
Use the music staff below to answer question number 4.
4. / Which of the notes is played the quickest?Ο / note A – whole note
Ο / note B – quarter note
Ο / note C – eighth note
Ο / note D – half note
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Use the music staff below to answer question number 5.
5. / The notes in the spaces of the treble clef music staff shown above from bottom to top areΟ / FACE
Ο / FGAB
Ο / CAGE
Ο / EGBD
6. / How is the sound produced in a woodwind instrument?
Ο / by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed
Ο / by vibration of the lips as a player blows into a mouthpiece
Ο / by striking it which could include shaking, rubbing, scraping, or any other action that sets the object into vibration
Ο / by vibrating a string
7. / Which is an element of dance?
Ο / time
Ο / value
Ο / texture
Ο / medium
8. / Dance and music are important in the African cultures. The dance is
Ο / done without music
Ο / usually done with a partner
Ο / only done in one’s own home; secretly
Ο / gestural, tells a story about the past through the movement of arms and hands
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9. / When dancers are doing locomotor movement theyΟ / stay in one place, but twist and turn
Ο / move forward, backward, or sideways
Ο / move their hands and arms only
Ο / stand perfectly still; no movement at all
10. / Dialogue is
Ο / the music in a movie
Ο / the story of a play
Ο / what the characters say in a play
Ο / what the characters wear in the play
11. / Two students in Ms. Beall’s class are having trouble getting to know their classmates because they are new to the school. The teacher decides to use creative dramatics to practice how to make new friends. Without any prior preparation or rehearsal, she creates a character and situation about making friends and uses movement and speech to show how to make knew friends. What form of creative dramatics did Ms. Beall use?
Ο / mimicry
Ο / improvisation
Ο / pantomime
Ο / storytelling
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12. / Which culture or period used drama in an oral tradition to teach children a lesson, reflect their belief system, and reflect their lifestyleΟ / West African
Ο / Native American
Ο / Colonial American
Ο / Modern American
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ARTS & HUMANITIES OPEN-RESPONSE FORM A
Read all parts of each open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response questions in the space provided in this test booklet.Write your answer to question 13 in the space provided on the next page.
Actors and actresses can use props to define their characters
13. / a.) Identify a prop from the prop list.
Prop List
Chair
Umbrella
Park Bench
Top Hat
Pocket Watch
b.)Describe how the prop identified in part A could be used in a comedy and a mystery. Use at least one example for each genre.
Subject Area:Arts & Humanities
Grade Level:5th
Item Name: Using Props in Theater
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4 / Student identifies a prop and describes how it can be used in two different types of theater genres with examples.
Student’s response shows a complete understanding of how theatrical elements enhance a character with no errors.
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3 / Student identifies a prop and describes how it can be used in two different types of theater genres.
Student’s response shows some understanding of how theatrical elements enhance a character with few errors.
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2 / Student identifies a prop and provides some discussion of its use in two theater genres. Discusses use on a functional level rather than how a prop can affect the production.
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Student identifies a prop and describes its use in one theatrical genre with no or minimal mention of use in another type of theatrical genre.
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1 / Student identifies a prop and minimally discusses it in one or two genre(s). The student’s response has major errors.
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0 / Student’s answer is irrelevant or incorrect.
Blank / No student response.
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ARTS & HUMANITIES OPEN-RESPONSE FORM B
Read all parts of each open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response questions in the space provided in this test booklet.Write your answer to question 14 in the space provided on the next page.
In the early days of our country, folk music was a very important part of people’s work. These people sang about their jobs as coal miners, lumberjacks, canal workers, railroad track builders, and fighters for our freedom.
14. / a)List 1 of the above occupations you want to write a song about.
b)Describe how the tempo, dynamics, rhythm, and tonality would be used to illustrate your occupation (problems, pleasures, specific jobs).
c)Choose 2 instruments you would use to accompany your song. Explain which instruments you would use and why.
Subject Area:Arts & Humanities
Grade Level:5th
Item Name: Early American Folk Music
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4 / Student selects 1 occupation, chooses 2 instruments and explains using elements of production for support.
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3 / Student selects 1 occupation and chooses 2 instruments but only strongly supports 1 with the elements of music.
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2 / Students selects 1 occupation and chooses 2 instruments, but only briefly explained the elements of music.
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1 / Student chooses 2 instruments, but gives no support.
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Student chooses one 1 instrument with no support.
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0 / Student’s answer is irrelevant or incorrect.
Blank / No student response.
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