Grade 4 Overall Exptectations:
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Owl (magazine)
- Beanz (magazine)
- National Geographic for Kids (magazine)
- Kedi: the cats of the ancient city (Kanopy)
- Media and Information Literacy (YouTube)
- Time for Kids (website)
- Game Time (website)
- Kids React: Old Computers (YouTube)
Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;
- Wacky… but True! (magazine)
- CBC Kids News (website)
- Junk food jungle (website)
- The Pigeon news (PNN) (website)
Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques;
- Create a Comic Strip (website)
- Current Events and Daily News Worksheets (website)
- Facing TV violence (website)
- One Good Thing: Hogwarts Digital Escape Room (website)
- Data Defenders (website)
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.
- TV Takeover (book)
- Virtually True (book)
- Pretty in Print (book)
- Coming Distractions (book)
- Extra! Extra! Newsboys Strike! (Hoopla eBook)
- The Importance of Media Literacy (website)
- Logos Quiz App (App)