This year, Canada’s 15th annual Media Literacy Week runs from October 26th to 30th. Co-hosted by MediaSmarts, Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy, and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE), the annual event invites all Canadians - teachers, students of all ages kindergarten to seniors and community groups, libraries, museums, to celebrate by engaging in media and digital literacy activities.
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Understanding context
Defining
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 2 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Overall Expectations: Comprehen
Contrary to popular belief, cyberbullying remains a problem in high school. Students in these grades should learn the ways that they can speak out and make a difference, both in cases of individual cyberbullying and in building more tolerant and respectful online spaces.
GCO 4: Select, read, and view with understanding, a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.
SCO 4: Respond literally, inferentially, and critically to the purpose, structure and characteristics of text, demonstrating increasing knowledge of genre and form (narrative, expository, persuasive, poetry/lyrics, and visual/multimedia).
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This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario, Curriculum for English, Grade 10, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.