This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories, Grade 4 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 Compare own and others’ understandings to reflect upon personal understandings Explain preferences for particular forms and genres of oral, print, and other media texts Connect new information and experiences with prior knowledge to construct meaning in different contexts Express new concepts and understandings in own words, and explain personal opinions |
MediaSmarts Resources Comparing Real Families to TV Families Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway? Media literacy key concepts Lesson 2: Media are constructions Media literacy key concepts Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form The Constructed World of Television Families |
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 Set a purpose and discuss anticipated meaning of oral, print, and other media texts; use comprehension strategies to construct, confirm, revise, and explain understanding Use textual cues to construct and confirm meaning in oral, print, and other media texts Use vocabulary, language structure, and context to construct meaning of 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 Describe how groups are portrayed in texts (oral, print, and other media) from other communities Talk about the purposes of the text genres and their corresponding forms (in oral, print, and other media texts) Listen to, read, and view texts (oral, print, and other media) to understand how the techniques and elements interact to create effects Listen to, read, and view texts (oral, print, and other media) to understand how the techniques and elements interact to create effects |
MediaSmarts Resources Comparing Real Families to TV Families Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence Facing TV Violence: Counting & Discussing Violence on the Screen Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script “He Shoots, He Scores”: Alcohol Advertising and Sports Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 3: Understanding Brands Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 4: Interpreting Media Messages Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway? Media literacy key concepts Lesson 2: Media are constructions Media literacy key concepts Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information Understanding the Internet: Using the Internet |
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 Categorize personal knowledge of a topic to determine information needs in own and group inquiry Ask general and specific questions on topics using predetermined categories in own and group inquiry Select and use a plan for gathering information for own and group inquiry Use relevant information from a variety of sources to answer inquiry or research questions Assess the usefulness of information for inquiry or research using pre-established criteria Use a variety of tools to access information and ideas; use visual and auditory cues to identify important information Determine main and supporting ideas using prior knowledge, predictions, connections, inferences, and context cues Examine collected information to identify categories or aspects of a topic that need more information Review gathered information and questions, and add to knowledge gained from inquiry or research process |
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 Introduction: What is media anyway? The Hero Project: Authenticating Online Information Understanding the Internet: Using the Internet Understanding the Internet: Pathways and Addresses |
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 and focus ideas on a topic using a variety of strategies Create original texts (oral, print, and other media) Present and/or publish texts (oral, print, and other media) |
MediaSmarts Resources Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script “He Shoots, He Scores”: Alcohol Advertising and Sports Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 3: Understanding Brands The Constructed World of Television Families Thinking Like a Tobacco Company: Grades 4-6 Understanding the Internet: Using the Internet |
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 by resolving conflicts Describe relationships between own and others’ ideas and experiences Develop an awareness of diversity |
MediaSmarts Resources Media literacy key concepts Lesson 2: Media are constructions The Constructed World of Television Families |