Northwest Territories | English Language Arts 8

Northwest Territories Outcome Chart: English Language Arts - Grade 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories, Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.

It is expected that students will:

Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts, through a process
Overall Expectations Prior Knowledge and Connections Comprehension Strategies Respond to Various Texts Connect Self, Texts, and Culture Forms and Genres Specific Expectations Select, adapt and use appropriate comprehension strategies to construct, revise and explain understanding of texts *viewing process stages include: pre-viewing, viewing, responding, exploring, and applying Use textual cues to construct and confirm meaning: - music / sounds, - volume, - colour, - movement, - opening shots to videos, - lighting (time, mood, feelings), and composition Identify and compare ideas, points of view, and bias, in and across texts Examine the relationship between genres/forms and audience/purpose Compare how techniques and elements are used in texts	Lessons Activity One: Looking Through the Lenses Activity Two: Whose Lenses? How Mass Media Portray Global Development Activity Three: Adjusting the Focus Comic Book Characters Cop Shows Create a Youth Consumer Magazine Creating a Marketing Frenzy How to Analyze the News Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics News and Newspapers: Across the Curriculum Selling Tobacco The Broadcast Project Television News Thinking About Hate Tobacco Labels You Be the Editor You've Gotta Have a Gimmick Teachable Moments and Educational Games Jo Fool or Jo Cool Passport to the Internet (Licensed resource) Allies and Aliens
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to plan and focus an inquiry or research and interpret and analyze information and ideas, through a process
Overall Expectations Identify Sources of Information Evaluate Sources Specific Expectations Identify relevant primary and secondary sources to answer inquiry or research questions Develop and use criteria to evaluate usefulness and reliability of, and perspectives within, sources	Lessons Deconstructing Web Pages Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues I heard it 'round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking Scientific Detectives Taming the Wild Wiki Thinking About Hate Teachable Moments and Educational Games Jo Fool or Jo Cool Passport to the Internet (Licensed resource)
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to clarify and enhance oral, written, and visual forms of communication, through a process
Overall Expectations Create Original Texts Effective Presentation Specific Expectations Demonstrate understanding of elements of texts when creating oral, print, and other media texts Present and/or publish texts (oral, print, and media)	Lessons Create a Youth Consumer Magazine Creating a Marketing Frenzy Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads Video Production of a Newscast Writing a Newspaper Article
Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to celebrate and build community within the home, school, workplace and wider society
Overall Expectations Appreciate Diversity Specific Expectations Identify and describe social issues related to diversity	Lessons Comic Book Characters Exposing Gender Stereotypes Female Action Heroes Gender Stereotypes and Body Image Learning Gender Stereotypes Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising Perceptions of Race and Crime Prejudice and Body Image Stereotyping and Bias The Girl in the Mirror The Impact of Gender Stereotypes Thinking About Hate Teachable Moments and Educational Games Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty Jo Fool or Jo Cool Passport to the Internet (Licensed resource) Allies and Aliens