Outcome Chart - Ontario - English 11 Media Studies

This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the Ontario, Curriculum for English, Grade 11 Media Studies, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

It is expected that students will:

Understanding Media Texts

  • explain how elements in increasingly complex or difficult media texts are designed to suit particular purposes and/or audiences
  • analyse increasingly complex or difficult media texts to identify and interpret overt and implied messages in them
  • evaluate how effectively increasingly complex or difficult media texts communicate information, ideas, and opinions, and/or present issues and themes
  • explain why the same media text might prompt different responses from different audiences
  • analyse increasingly complex or difficult media texts to identify the perspectives and/or biases expressed in them and comment on what they suggest about values, identity, and/or power
  • explain how a variety of production, marketing, and distribution factors influence the media industry

Lessons

Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques

identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning

  • identify several general and specific characteristics of a variety of media forms and explain how they shape content and create meaning
  • identify conventions and/or techniques that are used in different media forms and analyse and explain how they convey meaning and influence their audience

Lessons

Marketing to Teens:

News is Not Just Black and White:

Creating Media Texts

create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques

  • describe the topic, purpose, and audience for media texts they plan to create and identify significant challenges they may face in achieving their purpose
  • select a media form to suit the topic, purpose, and audience for a media text they plan to create and explain why it is a highly appropriate choice
  • identify a variety of conventions and/or techniques appropriate to a media form they plan to use , and explain how these will help communicate an effective message
  • produce media texts for a variety of purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques

Lessons

Marketing to Teens:

News is Not Just Black and White:

Special Initiatives

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Reflecting on Media Literacy Skills and Strategies

reflect on and identify their strenghts as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.

  • Identify a variety of strategies they used before, during, and after interpreting and creating media texts, explain which ones were most helpful, and identify challenges they face and steps they can take to improve as media interpreters and producers
  • explain how their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing help them interpret and produce media texts

Lessons