These activities help young learners to understand media texts, understand media forms and techniques, create media texts. The lessons create the opportunity to study forms of media and discuss how it impacts their lives. Once students have acquired the skills to look at media images critically, they will be better equipped to make decisions about the true value of the messages.
Features:Introduction
Background Information: What is media, media form, media text, and media literacy? and Types of Media
Teacher Assessment Rubric
How to Use This Book
Letter to Parents Media Survey: Media in My Week
Additional Activities
Memory Game Cards


Activities focus on these curriculum expectations:
I. Understanding Media TextsActivity 1 Introducing Media Forms
Activity 2 Purpose and Audience
Activity 3 Interpreting Messages
Activity 4 Responding to and Evaluating Texts
Activity 5 Audience Response
Activity 6 Point of View
Activity 7 Media Purposes


II. Understanding Media Forms and TechniquesActivity 1 Elements of Media Form
Activity 2 Techniques in Media Forms


III. Creating Media TextsActivity 1 Specific Purpose and Audience
Activity 2 Appropriate Forms of Media Texts
Activity 3 Making a Media Text
Activity 4 Reflecting on a Media Text


80 pages.