Media Literacy
Grade 2: Media Literacy
Grade 2: Media Literacy
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning; create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques; reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning; create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques; reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
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Word Walk - Media
Word Walk - Media
Go on a walk with a family member and find signs as you walk or look out a window to find words. Example: stop, caution, welcome, etc. Take pictures of these signs and start to consider the following questions:
Go on a walk with a family member and find signs as you walk or look out a window to find words. Example: stop, caution, welcome, etc. Take pictures of these signs and start to consider the following questions:
Who is this message for?
What is the intention for the message?
Why would there need to be a sign there?
What elements and characteristics were used in the sign to get the message across?
After your walk take time to look back at the signs and write your answers to those questions down for each sign.
After your walk take time to look back at the signs and write your answers to those questions down for each sign.
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