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I have students choose a work, write down five visual likes about it. That list is given to another student to create a work. (This was a after principles and elements lessons/vocabulary). The idea here being an introduction to how verbal language affects art, art creates a language… really trying to get those observation and word skills to merge with the creative visual ones.
The actual critique(criticism) is much easier imho.
I have my students lay out all their work for the quarter, then we talk about it. Takes like 30 seconds to a minute or kid. This allows to give them credit for knowledge of the material even if execution was lacking. I call them interviews. It also helps them verbalize their thoughts and work