1+CR+20.2

Team Members:

 * 1) Lydia Frazer - Maryfield
 * 2) Jacqueline Dawe - Arcola
 * 3) Michele Amy - Online ELA

1 CR 20.2 Indicator d. Bullets 1 - 7
Demonstrate critical viewing behaviours including:

determining the message and purpose the text is representing choose a variety of texts to use to walk students through process of analysls
 * mini lesson on media triangle ( below)


 * 1) Teacher Led: Media Awareness project (below) as a class group project: Aspartame

2. Student Groups: Jigsaw Second text: ( each of the W's): Group share as a class http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/OtherCarcinogens/AtHome/aspartame Note references: note identifies authors: note sources/ contact numbers/
 * Here is a worksheet relevant to this project.
 * http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/upload/Deconstructing-Web-Pages-PDF.pdf
 * Students answer each of the W questions independently, then collaborate as a class for clarification
 * identifying and analyzing how the text was constructed (structure and process)
 * identifying and analyzing how digital text was constructed, including construction of navigation, division of content among pages in a site, the non-linear nature of the content, use of authored texts vs. message-based content, use of features
 * Have students analyze this website http://www.getawebsite.friezedesign.co.uk/plan.htm
 * identify main page content
 * identify sub-pages
 * identify features on web page including:
 * photos
 * videos
 * message boards
 * links
 * sources
 * use the text in the blue text-box on the web-site as a deconstruction guide.

>> * depending upon TIME: either show students slide show without captions and discuss.. or show with captions and analyze >> done under first activity on Aspartame
 * identifying the intended audiences and points of view in the text
 * Use photo-essay: http://www.unicef.org/photoessays/53757.html to identify audience/ author point of view and intent.
 * identifying and analyzing the assumptions, interests, beliefs, and values embedded in the text, and the credibility, purpose, tone, attitude, and bias of the author
 * done under first activity on Aspartame
 * identifying and analyzing the speaker’s tone, attitude, and bias
 * choose one or two photos from photo-essay, and have students express their analysis ( written or oral)


 * Logical extension: **

Students create a web-page incorporating a photo essay on a topic dealing with major themes of ELA 20, depending upon your location in the course.

Resources:
The Media Triangle can be used to analyze any media text. There are questions on each side of the triangle at the following link.

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The following link from The Media Awareness Network has a good procedure for deconstructing web pages. []