Mental Health

Essential Questions

How does mass media use both visual and written text to influence our understanding of social norms and deconstruct formerly taboo topics?

COURSE COMPONENTS ADDRESSED IN THIS UNIT

Concepts: Identity + Representation + Perspective

Area of Exploration: Readers, writers, text

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

Various formative paragraph responses and analyses
Group presentations and responses (formative)
Guided portfolio entries (formative and summative)
Independent portfolio entries (formative and summative)
Creative task (summative)

Key Resources

Terminology - Mental Health

CCS Wellbeing Website - Secondary

Online Mental Health Resources

Understanding and Finding Help for Depression

Supporting a Family Member or Friend with Depression

If you, a friend, or a family member are struggling, and you feel comfortable doing so, you are always welcome to speak with Ms. Urban; or, she can help direct you to someone you feel more comfortable speaking with.

Week II

This week's learning objectives:

Understand the elements and features of comic strips
Engage prior knowledge and understand appropriate terminology to use when discussing mental health

Wednesday, November 3 - LS5

Elements of Comic Strips
Comic Strip Features
Reading: "“That’s Crazy”: Why You Might Want to Rethink That Word in Your Vocabulary"
HW: 5-A-Day quiz on “That’s Crazy”: Why You Might Want to Rethink That Word in Your Vocabulary" AND Elements/Features of Comic Strips to begin Monday's lesson

Thursday, November 4 - LS2

Lesson 4

Time to read!
Debrief Calvin and Hobbes annotations

Lesson 5a

Comic Mind Map AND Mental Health Mind Map in groups
Peruse through the Depressions Comix website - note first impressions
Peruse the Paper 1 page of this site - note any questions you have about the assessment
IO Preparation feedback
HW: Please complete the IO Preparation feedback before Monday.

Elements of Comic Strips

Week III

This week's learning objectives:

Understand the elements and features of comic strips
Engage prior knowledge and understand appropriate terminology to use when discussing mental health

Monday, November 8

5-a-day reading quiz: "“That’s Crazy”: Why You Might Want to Rethink That Word in Your Vocabulary" and Elements of Comic Strips
Peruse through the Depressions Comix website.
Take a look at the following comic strips:
- "I can outrun this"
- Too much work"
- "…but..."
- "Why?"
- Complete a Big 5 analysis on ONE of the above comics
Annotate all of the above comics and add to your Learner Portfolio

Wednesday, November 9 - No class, Galungan

Thursday, November 10

Lesson 4

Time to read! + journal
Paper 1 Guidance Narrated PPT:
- Characteristics of Paper 1 (0:58 - 8:42)
- Applying the guiding questions to the text (comic strip) (10:37 - 12:36)
Paper 1 General Structure Guidance

Lesson 5a

Depression Comix annotations
- Gallery Walk
- Post your thesis statement to the Jamboard, based on the comic you completed your Big 5 analysis on, based on the guiding question, "How do text and image work together to convey the comic's message?"
HW: Ensure your thesis statement is posted for Monday's lesson.

Paper 1 Guidance for Students and Teachers - Narrated PPT.mp4

Week IV

This week's learning objectives:

Understand and apply our knowledge of the Paper 1 assessment criteria
Write a timed Paper 1

Monday, November 15

Tops and Tips: Depression Comix Thesis Statement Jamboard
Paper 1 Guidance Narrated PPT:
- Assessment Criteria (12:51 - 19:17)
Paper 1 exemplar
- Guiding question: "Comment on how the interplay of text and images is used to appeal to multiple audiences"
- Stimulus text: page 23 of a 66 page document titled "UK Chief Medical Officer Physical Activity Guidelines." Oddly, the page is listed as 23 on the document, but you have to punch in 24 out of 66 in the pdf to find it.
HW: Read this Paper 1 exemplar Paper 1; assess based on the criterion you were assigned for Wednesday's lesson.