MediaSmarts

Violence on Film: The Ratings Game

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.

Specific Expectations

identify effect of audience, purpose, and form
write, using a variety of audiences, purposes, and forms

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Lessons

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Miscast and Seldom Seen

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

Perceptions of Youth and Crime

Television Broadcast Ratings

The Citizen Reporter

The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms

Video Production of a Newscast

Violence on Film: The Ratings Game

Who’s Telling My Story?

Narrative Writing

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to use writing and other ways of representing to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imagination.

Specific Expectations

use a variety of pre-writing strategies to explore ideas for narrative writing
respond to a variety of narrative forms

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Lessons

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.

Specific Expectations

identify components of a narrative essay

write narrative prose for a variety of audiences and purposes

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Lessons

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing, and to enhance clarity, precision, and effectiveness.

Specific Expectations

edit and revise narrative draft(s)

apply strategies from mini lessons
take narrative draft(s) to the publishing stage

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Lessons

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Expository Writing 1

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to use writing and other ways of representing to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imagination.

Specific Expectations

recognize and understand the different purposes and developmental patterns (forms) of expository writing
use a variety of prewriting strategies to explore ideas for expository writing

MediaSmarts Resources

Lessons

Miscast and Seldom Seen

Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy

The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms

The Citizen Reporter

Violence on Film: The Ratings Game

Who’s Telling My Story?

Overall Expectations

Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.

Specific Expectations

use a variety of developmental patterns in expository writing for different audiences and purposes
produce drafts of expository writing both collaboratively and independently

MediaSmarts Resources

Lessons

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Miscast and Seldom Seen

Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy

The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms

The Citizen Reporter