This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario, Curriculum for English, Grade 10, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.

Understanding Media Texts
By the end of Grade 10, students will: explain how both simple and complex media texts are created to suit particular purposes and audiences   interpret simple and complex media texts, identifying and explaining the overt and implied messages they convey     evaluate how effectively information, ideas, issues, and opinions are communicated in both simple and complex media texts and decide whether the texts achieve their intended purpose     identify and explain different audience responses to selected media texts   identify the perspectives and/or biases evident in both simple and complex media texts and comment on any questions they may raise about beliefs, values, identity, and power    explain how several different production, marketing, and distribution factors influence the media industry	Lessons that meet the Grade 10 expectations Advertising Marketing Tactics   Talking Back Television Broadcast Ratings Alternative Ads   Parody Ads Gender Roles in Advertising    Selling Obesity The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self Esteem Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names Kellogg Special K Ads Popular Music and Music Videos Alternate Ads Alcohol Don't Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns Environment Resource Racket: A Global Perspective on Resources and Consumption Internet ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking Deconstructing Web Pages     Thinking About Hate Free Speech vs the Internet   Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!   Propaganda Techniques on Hate Sites   Understanding Online Hate Tale of Two Cities Research Relay Internet Glossary: Authenticating Online Information Media Defining Pop Culture Individuality vs. Conformity Public Images   Hype   Political Cartoons Looking Through the Lenses Whose Lenses? How Mass Media Portray Global Development Adjusting the Focus The Function of Music Comparing Crime Dramas Crime in the News Crime Perceptions Quiz Killer Games Teaching About Napster Violence on Film Music Popular Music and Music Videos     The Function of Music News Journalism Across the Media:   Introduction Definitions and Comments about the News The Newspaper Front Page Radio News Television News Summative Activities How to Analyze the News Crime in the News Resource Racket: A Global Perspective on Resources and Consumption Bias Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide! News is Not Just Black and White:   That's Me You're Talking About The Front Page Bias in the News Fact Versus Opinion Diversity Audit  Newspapers You Be the Editor Bias Scripting a Crime Drama True Story Privacy What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Who Knows? Your Privacy in the Information Age Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet The Privacy Dilemma Stereotyping Images of Learning: Secondary The White Screen: Absent Voices in the Media   Too White: Minority Representation in the Media Perceptions of Youth and Crime   Perceptions of Race and Crime Ethnic and Visible Minorities in Entertainment Media Viewing a Crime Drama MyMedia: Video Podcast Contest for Youth Television Television Broadcast Ratings Camera Shots Cinema Cops Crime Perceptions Quiz Comparing Crime Dramas Viewing a Crime Drama   Scripting a Crime Drama   Tobacco Be a Tobacco AdBuster Selling Tobacco Tobacco Advertising in Canada   Educational Contest MyMedia: Video Podcast Contest for Youth Jo Cool or Jo Fool: Interactive module and quiz on critical thinking for the Internet Independent Study Unit Reality Check! Evaluating Online Information Teachable Moments Photographic Truth in the Digital Era Pop Music Reaches Way Down The "BadAd" Essay Writing Contest A Fish Out of Water A Gold Medal is Worth its Weight in Endorsements A Tale of Two Cities A Teletubbies Christmas And Now a Word From Our Sponsor Buy Nothing Day Captive Audience? Christmas Commercialism Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty Deconstructing the Titanic: Introduction to Titanic Earth Day Hurricane Katrina and Celebrities Hurricane Katrina and the "Two-Photo Controversy" Hurricane Katrina and the Internet Smoke Screen TV Turnoff Week What Do Halloween Costumes Say? Smoke Screen TERRORISM: 2001 09 11 5 Ws of Cyberspace Evaluating Internet Research Sources Evaluating Internet-Based Information: A Goals-Based Approach How to do an Effective Search on the Internet Quick Tips for Authenticating Online Information How To Discourage Plagiarism
Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques
By the end of Grade 10, students will: identify some general characteristics of several different media forms and explain how they shape content and create meaning   identify several different conventions and/or techniques used in familiar media forms and explain how they convey meaning and influence their audience
Creating Media Texts
By the end of Grade 10, students will: describe the topic, purpose, and audience for media texts they plan to create, and identify specific challenges they may face in achieving their purpose    select a media form to suit the topic, purpose, and audience for a media text they plan to create and explain why it is an appropriate choice   identify several different conventions and/or techniques appropriate to a media form they plan to use, and explain how these will help them communicate meaning   produce media texts for several different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques
Reflecting on Media Literacy Skills and Strategies
By the end of Grade 10, students will: describe several different strategies they used in interpreting and creating media texts, explain which ones they found most helpful, and identify several specific steps they can take to improve as media interpreters and producers    explain how their skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing help them interpret and produce media texts