Grade 5: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

TASK

1. Complete Title Page:

It must have:

Wesley Christian Academy
Media Literacy
Grade 5
Name
Year (optional)

2. File these assignments in order if it is not already done:

Title Page
What is Media Literacy?
How Much Media?
My Media Postcard Rubric (from Mrs. McLeod) with written drafts
Media Postcard Rubric marked (from Miss Ali) 
Self-Assessment: Media Postcard
Grade 5: October 18, 2012 Covert and Overt Messages

Stop Smoking (Nov. 15)
Smoking Stinks (Nov. 20)
Grade 5 Poster Planning Sheet (Nov. 27)

Stop Smoking Poster
Stop Smoking Poster Rubric marked (Dec. 20)
Self-Assessment: Stop Smoking Poster (Jan. 10)
Stop Smoking Video Advertisement (Jan. 24)
Intended Audience and Purpose Quiz (Jan. 31)

When you are finished: complete this final task in our Goodbye Penny Unit:

Here is a list of all the resources we have used during this unit. Use them when answering the questions below.

Informational Article:  http://www.theprovince.com/news/Canada+penny+heads+into+retirement/7913978/story.html
Informational Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7YiiYeArmM
Last Penny Made at the Royal Canadian Mint Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbaJthvG-O8
Opinion Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4E6SSy5Yg
Toronto Star Readers' Opinion Article: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2013/02/09/lamenting_another_lost_icon.html 
Photographs of Penny Rounding: http://medialiteracywca.blogspot.ca/2013/02/grade-5-good-bye-penny.html


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My "Two Cents":

My Opinion About the Issue of No Pennies in Canada

We have read, viewed and discussed information and different opinions about how Canada has decided to stop the manufacturing and distribution of pennies. What is your personal opinion about this Canadian event? Answer the following questions in full sentences and include specific details.

1. What is my opinion about this issue?

2. Is my opinion biased? What has influenced me? (YouTube videos, newspaper articles, online articles, my peers?)

3. Do I think I have all the necessary pieces of information to have an informed opinion?

4. What steps can I take to be a more informed citizen?

5. What have I learned about bias, opinion and neutral ideas from this unit?

DISCUSSION IDEAS FOR BUDDIES ABOUT MEDIA LITERACY:

What do we learn in Media Literacy?

We look at different media such as YouTube videos, movie trailers, commercials, posters and websites. We see who the audience is, what the message is, how it is being communicated. We also create our own media text (posters, media postcards)

We have done a unit on Stop Smoking and how Canada stopped distributing pennies.

Here are some examples of media texts we have looked at.

1. Show the articles, videos and websites we have looked at in the class using the Media Blog.
2. Show your Stop Smoking Poster and Media Postcard.