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Grade 9, Applied
4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies
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Producing Media Texts
3.4 produce media texts for a few different pur- poses and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques (e.g., a dinner menu to attract a family clientele to a restaurant; a poster to promote events such as Black History Month or Asian History Month)
Teacher prompt: “What should you include in a phone directory ad for a friend or relative’s business?”
By the end of this course, students will:
Metacognition
4.1 describe a few different strategies they used in interpreting and creating media texts and explain how these and other strategies can help them improve as media interpreters and producers (e.g., explain how a checklist helped them increase their awareness of media market- ing strategies and consumer responses)
Teacher prompt: “What strategies helped you recognize the target audience for a CD cover?”
Interconnected Skills
4.2 identify a few different skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing that help them interpret and produce media texts (e.g., under- standing how to select key words to include in an oral or written summary can help them create effective copy for an informational poster)
Teacher prompt: “How could explaining to someone why you like a product help you generate ideas for advertising it?”