Teachers

3rd Grade

Constructing Meaning | Viewing and Media Literacy

• Begin to demonstrate an awareness of different media forms and how they contribute to communication

• Identify the central theme and main ideas in different media (3.5.3 A)

Visual and Verbal Messages

• Recognize the effects of visual arts on one's mood and emotions

• Begin to explore and interpret messages found in advertisements and other texts (3.5.3 B)

4th Grade

Constructing Meaning

• Interpret information found in pictorial graphs, map keys, and icons on a computer screen

• Respond the and evaluate the use of illustrations to support text

• Use graphs, charts and diagrams to report data

• Distinguish between factual and fictional visual representations

• Identify the central theme in a movie, film or illustration

• Identify the target audience for a particular program, story or advertisement

• Demonstrate an awareness of different media forms and how they contribute to communications (3.5.4 A)

Visual and Verbal Messages

• Understand that creators of both print media and electronic media have a purpose and a target audience for their work

• Explore and interpret various messages found in advertisements and other texts

• Discuss the emotional impact of photos and how they aid in understanding

• Compare and contrast media sources, such as film and book versions of a story (3.5.4 B)

Living with Media

• Express preferences for media choices (3.5.4 C)

5th Grade

Constructing Meaning

• Respond to and evaluate the use of illustrations to support text.

• Use graphs, charts, and diagrams to report data.

• Distinguish between factual and fictional visual representations (e.g. political cartoons).

• Identify the central theme in a movie, film, or illustration.

• Identify the target audience for a particular program, story, or advertisement.

• Demonstrate an awareness of different media forms (e.g. newspapers, internet, magazines) and how they contribute to communication.

• Understand uses of persuasive text related to advertising in society.

• Distinguish different points of view in media texts. (3.5.5 A)

Visual and Verbal Messages

• Understand that creators of both print media and electronic media have a purpose and target audience for their work.

• Evaluate media messages for credibility.

• Explore and interpret various messages found in advertisements and other texts.

• Interpret verbal and nonverbal messages reflected in personal interactions with others.

• Discuss the emotional impact of a still image (e.g., photo, poster, painting) and how it aids understanding.

• Compare and contrast media sources, such as film and book versions of a story.

• Understand the uses of technology (e.g., the Internet for research). (3.5.5 B)

Living with Media

• Express and justify preferences for media choices

• Choose the most appropriate media for a presentation

• Use a rubric to evaluate effects of media on the family, home, and school (3.5.5 C)

6th Grade

Constructing Meaning

• Respond to and evaluate the use of illustrations to support text

• Use graphs, charts and diagrams to report data

• Distinguish between factual and fictional visual representations (e.g. political cartoons)

• Identify the central theme in a movie, film, or illustration

• Identify the target audience for a particular program, story, or advertisement (3.5.6 A)

Visual and Verbal Messages

• Understand that creators of both print media and electronic media have a purpose and target audience for their work

• Evaluate media messages for credibility

• Explore and interpret various messages found in advertisements and other texts

• Interpret verbal and nonverbal messages reflected in person interactions with others

• Discuss the emotional impact of a still image (e.g. photo, poster, painting) and how it aids understanding

• Compare and contrast media sources, such as film and book versions of a story

• Understand the uses of technology (e.g. the internet for research) (3.5.6 B)

Living with Media

• Express and justify preferences for media choices

• Choose the most appropriate media for a presentation

• Use a rubric to evaluate the content of media presentations

• Examine and evaluate effects of media on the family, home and school (3.5.6 C)

7th Grade

Constructing Meaning

• Analyze aspects of print and electronic texts that support the author's point of view, opinion, or attitude

• Analyze the use of elements (e.g. setting, plot, theme, characters) to understand media presentations such as film, video television and theatrical productions

• Analyze and respond to visual and print messages (e.g. humor, irony, metaphor) and recognize how words, sounds, and still or moving images are used in each medium to convey the intended messages

• Compare and contrast how the various forms of media (e.g. newspapers, radio, television, internet news outlets) cover the same topic (3.5.7 A)

Visual and Verbal Messages

• Analyze and compare the pros and cons of visual and verbal advertising

• Evaluate various media messages for credibility

• Develop criteria/rubric to judge the effectiveness of visual and verbal presentations

• Make inferences based upon the content of still images

• Compare and contrast media sources, such as film and book version of a story (3.5.7 B)

Living with Media

• Evaluate media forms, such as television, video, games, music and film for content appropriateness (e.g. rating systems, rubric)

• Analyze media content for emotional effect on audience

• Create media presentations and written reports, using multimedia resources such as an overhead projector, computer, and/or a tape recorder to communicate information (3.5.7 C)