Weekly Agenda

NO SCHOOL - COLUMBUS DAY

Learning Target: Students will analyze top-grossing films to identify patterns in representation and power, and use these observations to form evidence-based conclusions about who holds cultural influence in media.
Bell Ringer: Think about the last movie you watched or your favorite movie. Answer in one sentence: Who is the protagonist? What is their gender, race, and approximate age? How much power or influence do they hold in the story?
IMDB Scavenger Hunt/ Discuss unit essential question/ Discuss discoveries from IMDB activity

Learning Target: Students will analyze media messages to determine their impact on individuals’ sense of self, identifying whether the messages influence thoughts, actions, or beliefs and evaluating the strength of that influence.
Introduction to Evidence trackers
- Discuss purpose and final activity (synthesis paper)
- Hand out books/ Begin reading chapter 1 together

HW: Read pp. 1-40 (due 10/21)

Learning Target: Students will analyze excerpts from Chapter 1 of Feed to identify literary elements such as language, mood, setting, narration style, symbolism, and character details, and use that analysis to infer the text’s overarching theme.
Chapter 1 Close Read

Learning Target: Students will analyze dystopian themes in Feed by identifying examples of societal critique, methods of control, and commentary on modern society, using evidence from the text and supporting multimedia resources.
Dystopian themes in Feed Analysis

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