English SOL Institute Elementary Media Literacy Strand (Grades 4 & 5)

1. English SOL Institute • Elementary Media Literacy Strand • (Grades 4 & 5) Laura Jo Darcy, King George County Reading Specialist Sharon James, King George Elementary ITRT

2. Media Literacy SOL • 4.3 & 5.3 The student will learn how media messages are constructed and for what purposes. • Differentiate between auditory, visual, and written media messages. • Identify the characteristics and effectiveness of various media messages. • Curriculum Framework • Identify attributes of a constructed message: author, audience, format, content, and purpose • Create age-appropriate media messages • NOTE: Aspects of media literacy that are introduced in 5th grade are italicized.

3. Media Literacy (Grades 4 & 5) Key Points in Media Literacy • Several attributes examined: authorship, format, audience, content, and purpose (audience and purpose only at grade 4) • Students not just consumers but producers of media (beginning at grade 5)

4. Media Literacy (Grades 4 & 5) Key Points in Media Literacy • Several attributes examined: authorship, format, audience, content, and purpose (audience and purpose only at grade 4) • Students not just consumers but producers of media (beginning at grade 5)

5. What Is Media Literacy? Learning to watch, listen, and read media like an EXPERT! We began our lesson by introducing students to the concept of media literacy and asking them to reflect on their current media use and expertise.

6. Student Media Preferences

7. Media Expertise Survey

8. Media Expertise Results

9. Things to consider for deconstructing • Author: Who? • Audience: Who? • Content: What? • Format: How? • Purpose: Why?

10. Print & Visual Media Messages Pollacco, Patricia. (1994). Pink and Say. Philomel Books: NY. In the next component of our lesson, students applied the Big Five concepts in a familiar media type, a content-related picture book. (SOL USI.9)

11. Content: What is the message?

12. Content: What is the message?

13. Format: How is the message communicated?

14. Purpose: Why did the author create the message?

15. Print & Visual Media Messages Our next lesson component asked students to complete a scavenger hunt as they examined website content. http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=5

16. WORDLE: Previewing Content

17. WORDLE Sample

18. Smithsonian Website Scavenger Hunt

19. Smithsonian Website Scavenger Hunt

20. Smithsonian Website Scavenger Hunt

21. Smithsonian Website____________

22. Creating Media Messages • Students were asked to plan a media message of their own using content from their research. Author: 5th grade King George Elementary School (KGES) students Audience: Other 5th grade KGES students; internet audience Format: Readers’ theater podcast Content: Lives of young people during the Civil War and young people today Purpose: To inform listeners about lives of young people during the Civil War

23. Planning Steps • Develop an understanding of readers’ theater and podcasts • Brainstorm possible characters • Complete graphic organizer with ideas for content • Write scripts for podcasts • Practice reading with fluency and expression for effective communication

24. Contact Information • Laura Jo Darcy • ldarcy@kgcs.k12.va.us • Sharon James • sjames@kgcs.k12.va.us

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