Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - English Language Arts 3

Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Introducing TV Families

Comparing Real Families to TV Families

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Thinking About Television and Movies

Teacher/Parent Guides

Managing Superhero Play

Talking to Kids about Advertising

Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about the News

Talking to Kids about Media Violence

Reading and Viewing

Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts.

make personal connections to text and describe, share, and discuss their reactions and emotions

Lessons

Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen

Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Packaging Tricks

Humour on Television

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Thinking About Television and Movies

Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form and genre.

question information presented in print and visual texts
- use a personal knowledge base as a frame of reference
identify some different types of print and media texts
- recognize some of their language conventions and text characteristics
- recognize that these conventions and characteristics help them understand what they read and view
respond critically to texts
- formulate questions as well as understandings
- identify the point of view in a text and demonstrate an awareness of whose voices/positions are and are not being expressed
- discuss the text from the perspective of their own realities and experiences
- identify instances of prejudice, bias, and stereotyping

Lessons

Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen

Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Packaging Tricks

Humour on Television

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Thinking About Television and Movies

Introducing the Internet: Telephones and Networks

Introducing the Internet: Messages, Envelopes, Addresses

Introducing the Internet: Exploring the Internet

Educational Games

Privacy Playground: The First Adventure of the Three CyberPigs

Writing and Other Ways of Representing

Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.

create written and media texts using a variety of forms
- experiment with a combination of writing with other media to increase the impact of their presentations
demonstrate some awareness of audience and purpose
- make choices about form for a specific audience/purpose
- realize that work to be shared with an audience needs editing

Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and media products to enhance their clarity, precision and effectiveness.

experiment with technology in writing and other forms of representing
use a tape recorder to tape dramatic presentations, readings of published work, and retellings
with assistance use the Internet to communicate

Lessons

Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Packaging Tricks

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Comparing Real Families to TV Families

Introducing TV Families

Creating a Marketing Frenzy