Teaching Media: The Frame as Storyteller Lesson Plan
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Level: Grades 1 to 6
Author: This lesson, by Elizabeth Verrall, has been adapted with permission from the Federation of Women Teachers' Association of Ontario (FWTAO) Curriculum Insert 1994 Vol. 12 No. 5. Toronto, Ontario, May/June 1993.
This lesson is part of USE, UNDERSTAND & ENGAGE: A Digital Media Literacy Framework for Canadian Schools.
Overview
In this lesson, students explore the ways in which the media frame is used to tell stories.
Learning Outcomes
In this lesson, students explore the ways in which the media frame is used to tell stories.
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- understand that media products can tell a story
- recognize that characters, mood, setting and plot are part of a media story
- tell or re-tell a story using different media
- appreciate that there are different ways to tell the same story
- identify television stories
- compare/contrast TV stories with other stories
- construct a storyboard
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