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:
General Outcome 1: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to access and explore prior knowledge and experiences of self and others. |
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Specific Expectations Engage in exploratory communication to discover own interpretation and understandings Explain preferences for particular forms and genres of oral, print, and other media texts Reflect on prior knowledge and experiences to arrive at new understandings Explain personal viewpoints in clear and meaningful ways, and revise previous understandings
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MediaSmarts Resources Comparing Real Families to TV Families The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information Media literacy key concepts Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning Media literacy key concepts Lesson 5: Media have social and political implications Media literacy key concepts Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form Understanding the Internet: Using the Internet Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource) |
General Outcome 2: 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. |
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Specific Expectations Use prior knowledge and connections between self and texts (oral, print, and other media) to expand personal understanding Anticipate meaning of oral, print, and other media texts; select and use appropriate comprehension strategies to construct, confirm, revise, and explain understanding Use textual cues to construct and confirm meaning in oral, print, and other media texts Explore a variety of oral, print, and other media texts Respond to oral, print, and other media texts creatively and critically Identify bias and stereotype in texts (oral, print, and other media) to extend personal perspective of cultural representations and real life Discuss the strengths and limits of various forms and genres of texts (oral, print, and other media) Listen to, read, and view texts (oral, print, and other media) to understand how the techniques and elements interact to create effects Explain how authors develop voice through vocabulary, descriptive and figurative language, techniques, and elements in a variety of oral, print and other media texts
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MediaSmarts Resources Comparing Real Families to TV Families Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers Media literacy key concepts Lesson 2: Media are constructions Media literacy key concepts Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications Media literacy key concepts Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form Teaching TV: Film Production: Who Does What? The Constructed World of Television Families TV Dads: Immature and Irresponsible? Video Production of a Newscast Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity Educational Games Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource) |
General Outcome 3: 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. |
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Specific Expectations Summarize and focus personal knowledge of a topic to determine information needs in own and group inquiry Formulate relevant questions to focus information needs in own and group inquiry Use a combination of primary and secondary sources to answer inquiry or research questions Recognize that information serves different purposes, and determine its usefulness for inquiry or research focus using pre-established criteria Use a variety of tools to access information and ideas; use visual and auditory cues to identify relevant information Use organizational patterns in texts (oral, print, and other media) to construct meaning and gather information Organize information and ideas using a variety of strategies and techniques Make notes on a topic, combining information from more than one source; reference sources appropriately Evaluate the appropriateness of information for a particular form, audience, and purpose; identify gaps in information collected and gather additional information Relate gathered information to prior knowledge to reach conclusions or develop points of view; set goals for further inquiry |
MediaSmarts Resources Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway? Media literacy key concepts Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy Stay on the Path Lesson One: Searching for Treasure Stay on the Path Lesson Three: Treasure Maps Stay on the Path Lesson Two: All That Glitters is Not Gold The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information TV Dads: Immature and Irresponsible? Understanding the Internet: Using the Internet Understanding the Internet: Pathways and Addresses Educational Games Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource) |
General Outcome 4: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to clarify and enhance oral, written, and visual forms of communication, through a process. |
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Specific Expectations Generate ideas and develop a topic using a variety of strategies Use appropriate form (organizational structure, audience, purpose) to organize ideas and information Create original texts (oral, print, and other media) Use pre-established criteria to focus conversations about own and others’texts and representations (oral, print, and other media) Present and/or publish texts (oral, print, and other media)
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MediaSmarts Resources “He Shoots, He Scores”: Alcohol Advertising and Sports Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques TV Dads: Immature and Irresponsible? Video Production of a Newscast Winning the Cyber Security Game Understanding the Internet: Using the Internet Understanding the Internet: Build Understanding |
General Outcome 5: Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to celebrate and build community within the home, school, workplace and wider society. |
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Specific Expectations Work in a variety of partnerships and groups to follow pre- established group processes through collaborative decision making Assess personal contributions to group processes, set personal goals for enhancing work with others, and monitor group processes Compare personal ways of responding and thinking with those of others Develop an opinion about diversity |
MediaSmarts Resources Introduction to Ethics: Avatars and Identity Media literacy key concepts Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning Teaching TV: Film Production: Who Does What? The Constructed World of Television Families TV Dads: Immature and Irresponsible? Video Production of a Newscast Understanding the Internet: Communication and Social Media Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource) |