What do the Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts cards cover?

10 cards across 5 chapters of the national textbook: Artistic Perception, Creative Expressions, History and Culture, Aesthetic Values and Connection, Relationship and Application. You can take any chapter one card at a time on the page itself.

Do these help with the Grade 8 national exam?

Yes. Grade 8 sits a national exam, and these are the Performing and Visual Arts rules and formulas it expects you to know. Past papers with a worked answer behind every question are on the same site, also free.

Where do these cards come from?

They are drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, the Ministry of Education textbook for this grade. A second pass that cannot see the chapter then re-derives every formula, constant and table row, and anything it cannot confirm is held back instead of published.

Yes. Every card here is free to read and the printable sheet is free to download. Neither needs an account.

When was this last checked?

19 October 2026. Cards arrive chapter by chapter, and the line under each one says when that card was last read through.

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Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts

Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts on Temari has 10 revision cards, arranged by the chapters of the Ethiopian national curriculum. Every card says when the rule applies, what each symbol in it stands for, and the mistake students most often make with it. They are free to read and need no account.

The Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts textbook is on this page as a free PDF, Ministry of Education edition, 115 pages. Go to the download

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Chapters: 2
Reference tables: Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts
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Artistic Perception

Ethiopian Pentatonic Music ModesReference tableTizita · Batti · Ambassel · +1

Mode (Kegnet)	Scale Variety	Notes / Pitches
Tizita	Full (Major)	C, D, E, G, A, C
Tizita	Half (Minor)	C, D, Eb, G, Ab, C
Batti	Major and Minor	5 tone pentatonic
Ambassel	Traditional modal	5 tone pentatonic
Anchihoye	Traditional modal	5 tone pentatonic

When you use it

Use when classifying traditional Ethiopian musical scales and identifying the interval structure of Tizita modes.

Watch out

Full Tizita is identical to the universal major pentatonic scale, but Half Tizita is not the same as the standard minor pentatonic scale.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 1-45, then checked twice before it went up

Film Camera Shots Angles and FocusMethodShot · Angle · Focus

Camera Element	Type	Description
Shot	Wide Shot	Shows characters along with the broad background.
Shot	Medium Shot	Shows the character from torso up and some background.
Shot	Close-up	Focuses tightly on the head and shoulders.
Angle	Low Angle	Camera is placed below eye level, looking up at the subject.
Angle	High Angle	Camera is placed above eye level, looking down at the subject.
Focus	Deep Focus	Foreground, middle ground, and background are all in sharp focus.
Focus	Shallow Focus	One plane is sharp while the rest of the image is blurred.

When you use it

Use this card to choose or identify camera framing, shot angles, and focus depth in film production.

Watch out

Low angle places the camera below eye level looking up, while high angle places it above eye level looking down.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 1-45, then checked twice before it went up

Phases of Theatre ProductionMethodPre-production · During production · Post-production

Phase	Main Activity
Pre-production	Play selection and initial planning
During production	Rehearsing and performance execution
Post-production	Audience feedback collection and evaluation

When you use it

Use when organizing, staging, or analyzing the complete workflow of a theatrical performance.

Watch out

Do not confuse pre-production play selection with production rehearsal or post-production audience feedback.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 1-45, then checked twice before it went up

Creative Expressions

Kodály Solfège Hand SignsMethodDo · Re · Mi · +5

Syllable	Hand Position	Height Level
Do	Closed fist	Belly button level
Re	Flat hand tilted upward	Above Do
Mi	Flat palm facing downward	Heart level
Fa	Flat hand with thumb pointing down	Above Mi
So / Sol	Flat palm facing chest	Chin level
La	Arched hand with fingers curved down	Above chin
Ti	Index finger pointing upward	Eye level
Do'	Closed fist	Forehead level

When you use it

Use when learning or teaching sight-singing to represent pitch levels kinesthetically and visually.

Watch out

Ensure hand height rises with each pitch from belly button level for Do up to forehead level for high Do'.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 46-80, then checked twice before it went up

Paper Mache Sculpting StepsMethod1 · 2 · 3 · +2

Step	Action
1	Create an armature using crumpled paper and tape, or select a base object.
2	Prepare flour and warm water paste, or mix paper Mache clay.
3	Tear paper strips and apply them with paste over the form in thin layers.
4	Allow the sculpture to dry all the way through.
5	Paint with acrylic paint and seal with acrylic varnish.

When you use it

Use this procedure to construct lightweight sculptures using paper strips, paste, and an armature.

Watch out

Painting or sealing before the sculpture dries completely through traps moisture, causing destructive mold to grow inside.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 46-80, then checked twice before it went up

History and Culture

Sculpture: carving and modelingMethod

When you use it

Reach for this when asked how a sculpture or monument is made, or how carving differs from modeling.

Watch out

Carving removes material and modeling adds material, so do not swap the two. A carver cuts into a hard block such as wood or stone, while a modeler builds up a soft material such as clay.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 81-106, then checked twice before it went up

Sculpture is three-dimensionalCommon mistake

When you use it

Reach for this when a true or false question asks whether sculpture is two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

Watch out

Sculpture operates in three dimensions because it occupies space, so a statement calling it two-dimensional is False. Sculpture is also tactile, and it changes as the viewer moves around it.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 81-106, then checked twice before it went up

Aesthetic Values

A memorial monument is not only for peopleCommon mistake

When you use it

Reach for this when a question asks who or what a memorial monument (siidaa yaadannoo) is built to remember, or why it is made.

Watch out

Do not answer that monuments are only for people. The chapter says they are made for famous people, animals or livestock, and to pass history and values from one generation to the next.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 140-161, then checked twice before it went up

Discussing a memorial monument in a groupReference table1 · 2 · 3 · +1

Step	Action
1	Read the short history of the figure given in the chapter.
2	Look at the monument picture (Fakkii) and note what it shows.
3	Discuss with your group what the figure's life and struggle tell you.
4	Write a short report (gabaasa) and present it to the class.

When you use it

Use these steps when your teacher asks you to study a memorial monument (siidaa yaadannoo) and its short history, then report back to the class.

Watch out

Check dates and birthplaces against the text: the review questions swap them. Caalii Shoonoo was born in Yaayyoo, not Jimmaa, and Birgaadar Jeneraal Taaddasaa Birruu was born in 1920, not 1942.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 140-161, then checked twice before it went up

Connection, Relationship and Application

Three main purposes of artsMemory aid

When you use it

When asked what arts are for, or how arts relate to social problems, teaching or the economy, name the three main purposes: entertainment (bashannansiisuu), teaching (barsiisuu) and solving social problems (rakkoo hawaasaa furuu).

Watch out

Do not treat arts as entertainment only. Arts can be used for many matters, but the chapter places all of them under these three main purposes.

Drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, pages 162-169, then checked twice before it went up

The Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts textbook

The student textbook for the new curriculum, free as a PDF. The cards on this page follow its chapters.

Ministry of Education edition, English
115 pages
Download the PDF
Oromia Education Bureau edition, Afaan Oromoo
173 pages
Download the PDF

What the book covers

1.Artistic Perception
2.Creative Expressions
3.History and Culture
4.Aesthetic Values
5.Connection, Relationship and Application

The same subject in other years

An exam paper keeps asking for what the year below taught. Those cards are here too.

Your other Grade 8 subjects

Everything else in this year that has cards so far.

Questions students ask

What do the Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts cards cover?: 10 cards across 5 chapters of the national textbook: Artistic Perception, Creative Expressions, History and Culture, Aesthetic Values and Connection, Relationship and Application. You can take any chapter one card at a time on the page itself.
Do these help with the Grade 8 national exam?: Yes. Grade 8 sits a national exam, and these are the Performing and Visual Arts rules and formulas it expects you to know. Past papers with a worked answer behind every question are on the same site, also free.
Where do these cards come from?: They are drafted from Grade 8 Performing and Visual Arts, the Ministry of Education textbook for this grade. A second pass that cannot see the chapter then re-derives every formula, constant and table row, and anything it cannot confirm is held back instead of published.
Is this free?: Yes. Every card here is free to read and the printable sheet is free to download. Neither needs an account.
When was this last checked?: 19 October 2026. Cards arrive chapter by chapter, and the line under each one says when that card was last read through.

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