Grade 5: October 18, 2012

Grade 5: October 18, 2012

Covert and Overt Messages

 

•Overt: done or shown openly

Covert: not openly acknowledged or displayed

 

 

Courageous: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9VT_NBIVfs

 

 

 

Instructions:

 

Answer the following questions in a Microsoft Word document.

Put your name, grade, and date at the top.

Save it in your 'Grade 5' folder.

 

 

OVERT

 

1. Give at least one example of an overt message in the movie.

 

2. Explain how you know it is an overt message.

 

3. Why do you think the producers made this an overt message?

 

 

COVERT

 

1. Give at least one example of a covert message in the movie.

 

2. Explain how you know it is a covert message?

 

3. Why do you think the producers made this an overt message?

 

 

Reflect

 

Who is the intended audience? How do you think the covert and overt messages target this audience?