Monday
Complete writing prompt.
Begin working on creating your bar graph of media usage on page 116 of your Springboard.
Creating Media Awareness
Think-Pair-Share
Compare your graph on page 116 to a partner.
Create a chart with multiple graphs, and add your partner’s information.
We will also determine a class average.
You will add these to your chart.
After creating the chart, summarize the information on your chart.
Write a reflection that reveals your insights into your media habits in relation to those of others.
Evaluate your media choices.
Media Consumption – Pod Debates
Each pod is assigned a debate topic.
Explore both sides of the issue.
Come to a consensus and determine your pod position on the topic.
Compose an opening statement to introduce your topic and defend your position.
Have several talking points for your topic.
Other pods will have the opportunity to respectfully respond or refute your statement.
Topics
1-Should ads be allowed in school?
2-Are advertisements necessary?
3-Does watching television too much hurt children?
4-Do advertisements influence our purchases?
5-Are advertisements a valuable form of expression?
6-Do television ads targeting children have negative social consequences?
7-Should the government regulate advertising?
Reflection
How does commercialism influence daily life?
Complete Vocabulary assignments for Units 1-2-3-4-5-6 – Test Friday...
3rd 9 weeks – Units 3, 4, 5, and 6 -aud, photo, struct, therm, vis, act, cycl, graph, mem, tact, ast, fac, geo, morph, rupt, brev, cap, ord, phil, sanplus aqua, bio, gen, mater, spec, cogn, loc, nat, ped, sign
Complete your reading assignment.
Tuesday
Complete writing prompt.
What did you find most interesting about your pod debate topic?
Media Consumption – Pod Debates continued
Each pod is assigned a debate topic.
Explore both sides of the issue.
Come to a consensus and determine your pod position on the topic.
Compose an opening statement to introduce your topic and defend your position.
Have several talking points for your topic.
Other pods will have the opportunity to respectfully respond or refute your statement.
Topics
1-Should ads be allowed in school?
2-Are advertisements necessary?
3-Does watching television too much hurt children?
4-Do advertisements influence our purchases?
5-Are advertisements a valuable form of expression?
6-Do television ads targeting children have negative social consequences?
7-Should the government regulate advertising?
Reflection
How does commercialism influence daily life?
Create a thesis statement as if your are going to write an essay in response to this question.
Complete Vocabulary assignments for Units 1-2-3-4-5-6 – Test Friday...
3rd 9 weeks – Units 3, 4, 5, and 6 -aud, photo, struct, therm, vis, act, cycl, graph, mem, tact, ast, fac, geo, morph, rupt, brev, cap, ord, phil, sanplus aqua, bio, gen, mater, spec, cogn, loc, nat, ped, sign
Complete your reading assignment.
Wednesday
Complete writing prompt.
The Media and Commercialism
How many minutes of advertisements are in a typical one-hour television show?
How many pages of ads are there in a typical fashion magazine?
How many minutes of ads are there in an hour of radio?
What is the annual revenue of the “free” Google Web site?
What percentage of NBA sports arenas are named for corporations?
Writing Strategies (page118)
Looping – focusing on one section of text and generating ideas from that section, then repeating the process with the new material you created
Freewriting – fluid brainstorming without constraints
Outlining – identify topics and supporting details
When finished you may begin diffusing the text for “Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers.”
SOAPSTONE
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone
“Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers”
Activity 2.4
page 119
Complete a SOAPSTone analysis of the material.
Homework – Bring a one-page print ad from a newspaper or magazine that features a man or woman.
Reflection
What shows or movies have you seen a product intentionally inserted into the plot of the program?
How about general product placement?
Complete Vocabulary assignments for Units 1-2-3-4-5-6 – Test Friday...
3rd 9 weeks – Units 3, 4, 5, and 6 -aud, photo, struct, therm, vis, act, cycl, graph, mem, tact, ast, fac, geo, morph, rupt, brev, cap, ord, phil, sanplus aqua, bio, gen, mater, spec, cogn, loc, nat, ped, sign
Complete your reading assignment.
Thursday
Complete writing prompt.
Which country has the greatest percentage of teens that watch the most television each day?
What percentage of mobile video viewers are teens?
“How Teens Use Media”
“A Day in the Life”
“More Focused Than You Think”
“TV Makes the World Go Round”
“Online Video”
“Video on the Go”
“The Internet Generation”
Complete Vocabulary assignments for Units 1-2-3-4-5-6 – Test Friday...
3rd 9 weeks – Units 3, 4, 5, and 6 -aud, photo, struct, therm, vis, act, cycl, graph, mem, tact, ast, fac, geo, morph, rupt, brev, cap, ord, phil, sanplus aqua, bio, gen, mater, spec, cogn, loc, nat, ped, sign
Complete your reading assignment.
Friday
Complete writing prompt.
What did you find most surprising from the article “How Teens Use Media.”
After reading the article, what concerns do you have about teens and the media?
Complete your test.
Diffuse the text on pages 123-124 of your Springboard. “How Advertisers Persuade”
Underline the last three sentences of the first paragraph.
Refer to the memorable ads you listed earlier on page 117 and tell whether these statements apply to those ads.
“How Advertisers Persuade”
Underline the last three sentences of the first paragraph.
Refer to the memorable ads you listed earlier on page 117 and tell whether these statements apply to those ads.
As we read this article mark the text when you see something persuasive.
We will examine which of these persuaders is used for specific target markets.
Ad Appeal
Look around the room at the various advertisements.
Write words and phrases that describe how men and women are portrayed.
Complete Vocabulary assignments for Units 1-2-3-4-5-6 – Test Friday...
3rd 9 weeks – Units 3, 4, 5, and 6 -aud, photo, struct, therm, vis, act, cycl, graph, mem, tact, ast, fac, geo, morph, rupt, brev, cap, ord, phil, sanplus aqua, bio, gen, mater, spec, cogn, loc, nat, ped, sign
Complete your reading assignment.