This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Newfoundland and Labrador English Language Arts curriculum, Grade 8, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Speaking and Listening |
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Overall Expectations GCO 1: Students will be expected to speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences. Specific Expectations 1.1 reflect upon the contribution of others’ ideas during discussion 1.2 ask questions of others for clarification 1.3 respond to questions to provide accuracy, relevancy, and validity 1.4 express a point of view and support it with personal examples and evidence from various sources 1.5 use active listening skills to interpret main ideas and the relevancy of supporting details |
MediaSmarts Resources Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking Media literacy key concepts Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising |
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Overall Expectations GCO 3: Students will be expected to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose. 3.2 express ideas and opinions in a manner that reflects sensitivity and shows respect to others 3.3 recognize that values and attitudes such as bias, beliefs, and prejudice can be reflected in oral language 3.4 examine how oral language can be used to influence and manipulate |
MediaSmarts Resources Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Values Cyberbullying and Civic Participation |
Reading and Viewing |
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Overall Expectations GCO 4: Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual text. Specific Expectations 4.1 identify and select texts that meet their needs and interests 4.2 explain how authors use text features to create meaning and achieve different purposes 4.3 use a variety of reading and viewing processes and strategies to construct meaning from texts 4.4 assess personal processes and strategies for reading and viewing various texts |
MediaSmarts Resources Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking Media literacy key concepts Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising TV Dads: Immature and Irresponsible? Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource) |
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Overall Expectations GCO 5: Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies. Specific Expectations 5.1 identify relevant or interesting topics for further inquiry 5.2 evaluate the reliability of information from various sources 5.3 compare information from a variety of sources 5.4 use effective inquiry approaches and strategies |
MediaSmarts Resources ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking I heard it ‘round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues |
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Overall Expectations GCO 6: Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts. Specific Expectations 6.1 use examples and supporting ideas to explain personal responses to texts 6.2 explain personal points of view about texts using relevant evidence from the text(s) |
MediaSmarts Resources Marketing to Teens: Talking Back Understanding Cyberbullying : Virtual vs. Physical Worlds Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource) |
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Overall Expectations GCO 7: Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form and genre Specific Expectations 7.1 recognize that texts can be biased 7.2 question a text’s language, form and genre 7.3 recognize the tools text creators use to achieve different purposes 7.4 describe the impact that text form, content and structure have on meaning 7.5 demonstrate an awareness that values and personal experiences influence understanding of and critical responses to texts 7.6 describe the portrayal of culture and reality in texts |
MediaSmarts Resources News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities News Journalism: Definitions and Comments about the News Perceptions of Youth and Crime The Impact of Gender Stereotypes Video Production of a Newscast Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource) |
Writing and Representing |
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Overall Expectations GCO 8: Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations. Specific Expectations 8.1 experiment with a variety of strategies as language learners 8.2 use writing and representing to extend, explore, and reflect on ideas, values, and attitudes 8.3 assess strategies that help them learn and describe their personal growth as language learners 8.4 integrate stylistic effects in writing and representing to create interest |
MediaSmarts Resources Creating A Youth Consumer Magazine Marketing to Teens: Talking Back Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy |
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Overall Expectations GCO 9: Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes. Specific Expectations 9.1 create a range of texts 9.2 experiment with a variety of writing and representing forms and styles to suit purpose(s) and intended audience(s) 9.3 use appropriate feedback to inform future work |
MediaSmarts Resources Creating A Youth Consumer Magazine Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising Marketing to Teens: Talking Back Marketing to Teens: Talking Back Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy |
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Overall Expectations GCO 10: Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and representing and to enhance their clarity, precision, and effectiveness. Specific Expectations 10.1 choose writing and representing strategies that help create a variety of texts 10.2 use the conventions of written language 10.3 use various technologies in communicating for a range of purposes with a variety of audiences 10.4 demonstrate a commitment to the processes involved in creating texts |
MediaSmarts Resources Creating A Youth Consumer Magazine Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising Marketing to Teens: Talking Back Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques Perceptions of Youth and Crime Privacy and Internet Life: Lesson Plan for Intermediate Classrooms Video Production of a Newscast |