Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts
- Media Meltdown (Book)
- Media Madness (Book)
- Beanz (Magazine)
- National Geographic (Magazine)
- Media literacy explained (Website)
- Identify Persuasive Texts (YouTube)
- Why smart people believe coronavirus myths (Website)
- CBC Kids news (Website)
- Digital literacy framework (Website)
Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning
- Share It! (Book)
- Snap It! (Book)
- Violence as Entertainment (Book)
- Using Digital Maps (Book)
- Owl (App)
- Persuasive Techniques in Advertising (Website)
- That’s not cool (Website)
- NetSmartz (Website)
Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques
- Don Bluth’s The Art of Storyboard (Book)
- How to Make a Movie in 10 Easy Steps (Book)
- The audience in media (Website)
- A newspaper assignment (Website)
- Visual Storytelling (YouTube)
- Online Research (YouTube)
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.
- Fighting Misinformation (Book)
- Violence as Entertainment (Book)
- What Are Databases and Why You Need Them (YouTube)
- Evaluating a Wikipedia Article for Accuracy (Website)
- Branding, identity and logos explained (Website)
- Thinking about hate (Website)
- Kids and Digital Media (Website)