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Outcome Chart - Northwest Territories - English Language Arts 8
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories, Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
It is expected that students will:
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts, through a process | |
Overall Expectations Prior Knowledge and Connections Comprehension Strategies Respond to Various Texts Connect Self, Texts, and Culture Forms and Genres Specific Expectations Select, adapt and use appropriate comprehension strategies to construct, revise and explain understanding of texts Use textual cues to construct and confirm meaning:
Identify and compare ideas, points of view, and bias, in and across texts Examine the relationship between genres/forms and audience/purpose Compare how techniques and elements are used in texts
| Lessons Activity One: Looking Through the Lenses Activity Two: Whose Lenses? How Mass Media Portray Global Development Activity Three: Adjusting the Focus Create a Youth Consumer Magazine Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics News and Newspapers: Across the Curriculum Teachable Moments and Educational Games Passport to the Internet (Licensed resource) |
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to plan and focus an inquiry or research and interpret and analyze information and ideas, through a process | |
Overall Expectations Identify Sources of Information Evaluate Sources Specific Expectations Identify relevant primary and secondary sources to answer inquiry or research questions Develop and use criteria to evaluate usefulness and reliability of, and perspectives within, sources | Lessons Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues I heard it 'round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking Teachable Moments and Educational Games Passport to the Internet (Licensed resource) |
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to clarify and enhance oral, written, and visual forms of communication, through a process | |
Overall Expectations Create Original Texts Effective Presentation Specific Expectations Demonstrate understanding of elements of texts when creating oral, print, and other media texts Present and/or publish texts (oral, print, and media)
| Lessons Create a Youth Consumer Magazine Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads |
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to celebrate and build community within the home, school, workplace and wider society | |
Overall Expectations Appreciate Diversity Specific Expectations Identify and describe social issues related to diversity | Lessons Gender Stereotypes and Body Image Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising The Impact of Gender Stereotypes Educational Games Passport to the Internet (Licensed resource) |
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