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Students will be expected to respond personally to a range of texts.
- respond to the texts they are reading and viewing by questioning, connecting, evaluating, and extending
- make thematic connections among print texts, public discourse, and media
- demonstrate a willingness to consider more than one interpretation of text
Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media and visual texts. - view a wide variety of media and visual texts, such as broadcast, journalism, film, television, advertising, CD-ROM, Internet, music videos
- demonstrate an understanding of the impact literary devices and media techniques (editing, symbolism, imagery, figurative language, irony, etc.) have on shaping the understanding of a text
Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form and genre. - examine the different aspects of texts (language, style, graphics, tone, etc.) that contribute to meaning and effect
- make inferences, draw conclusions, and make supported responses to content, form, and structure
- explore the relationships among language, topic, genre, purpose, context, and audience
- recognize the use and impact of specific literary and media devices (e.g., figurative language, dialogue, flashback, symbolism)
- discuss the language, ideas, and other significant characteristics of a variety of texts and genres
- respond critically to a variety of print and media texts
- demonstrate an awareness that texts reveal and produce ideologies, identities, and positions
- evaluate ways in which both genders and various cultures and socio-economic groups are portrayed in media texts
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Bias
Camera Shots
Cinema Cops
Comparing Crime Dramas
Crime in the News
Crime Perceptions Quiz
Defining Pop Culture
Don't Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectivenes of Anti_Drinking Campaigns
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
How to Analyze the News
Hype!
Images of Learning: Secondary
Individuality vs. Conformity
Kellogg Special K Ads
Marketing to Teens: Introduction
Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics
Marketing to Teens: Talking Back
Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads
Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads
Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising
Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names
That's Me You're Talking About
The Front Page
Bias in the News
Fact Versus Opinion
Diversity Audit
News Journalism Across the Media: Introduction
Definitions and Comments about the News
The Newspaper Front Page
Radio News
News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities
Perceptions of Youth and Crime
Popular Music and Music Videos
Political Cartoons
The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self Esteem
The Privacy Dilemma
Public Images
Scripting a Crime Drama
Teaching About Napster
Television Broadcast Ratings
The Function of Music
Resource Racket: A Global Perspective on Resources and Consumption
The White Screen: Absent Voices in the Media
Thinking About Hate
Too White: Minority Representation in the Media
Viewing a Crime Drama
Violence on Film: The Ratings Game
Who Knows? Your Privacy in the Information Age
You Be the Editor MNet Special Initiatives Making Your Voice Heard: A Media Toolkit for Youth Reality Check! Evaluating Online Information |
