Outcome Chart - Northwest Territories - English Language Arts 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories, Grade 6 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

It is expected that students will:

Listen, Speak, Read, Write, View and Represent to Access and Explore Prior Knowledge and Experiences of Self and Others

Engage in exploratory communication to share personal responses and discover own interpretations of oral, print, and other media texts

Lessons
Advertising All Around Us

Comic Book Characters

Female Action Heroes

Gender Stereotypes and Body Image

Images of Learning: Elementary

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising

The Anatomy of Cool

Once Upon a Time

Prejudice and Body Image

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Listen, Speak, Read, Write, View and Represent to Comprehend and Respond Personally and Critically to Oral, Print, and Other Media Texts

Use prior knowledge and connections between self and texts (oral, print, and other media) to expand personal understanding
Explore a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
Discuss the strengths and limits of various forms and genres

Lessons

"He Shoots, He Scores": Alcohol Advertising and Sports

Co-Co's AdverSmarts

Comparing Real Families to TV Families

Create a Youth Consumer Magazine

Looking At Food Advertising

Once Upon a Time

Packaging Tricks

Prejudice and Body Image

Stereotyping and Bias

Teaching TV: Critically Evaluating TV

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Teaching TV: Television Techniques

Villains, Heroes and Heroines

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

Listen, Speak, Read, Write, View and Represent to Plan and Focus an Inquiry or Research and Interpret and Analyze Information and Ideas

Use a combination of primary and secondary sources to answer inquiry or research questions
Relate gathered information to prior knowledge to reach conclusions or develop points of view; establish goals for developing further inquiry or research skills

Lessons

How to Analyze the News

News and Newspapers: Across the Curriculum

Online Marketing to Kids

Scientific Detectives

You've Gotta Have a Gimmick

Teaching TV: Learning With Television

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

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