(1) The benchmark for arts content standard 3 for a student at the end of grade 8 is the ability to:

(a) use arts materials, techniques, technology, and processes to create specific responses;

(b) communicate intended meaning based on his/her own ideas and concepts from other sources;

(c) use improvisation/experimentation to determine solutions;

(d) use technical skills in:

(i) dance by performing movements and rhythm patterns with control and expression;

(ii) music by using accepted performance and expressive techniques (e.g., breath control, posture) while singing and playing music in small and large ensembles;

(iii) theatre by using scenery, properties, sound, costume, and make-up to communicate locale and mood; and

(iv) visual arts by experimenting and practicing with a variety of media to achieve clarity of expression; and

(e) understand and use symbol systems in:

(i) dance by using improvisation to discover and invent several new solutions to movement problems and relating movements in his/her dances to the idea or feeling he/she wants to communicate;

(ii) music by identifying and defining standard notation symbols including pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression;

(iii) theatre by understanding and applying stage direction and ground plans; and

(iv) visual arts by examining the breadth and depth of possible responses presented by media and media techniques.