Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.5B Grade 4 CPI 3

 

Standard: 3.5 - Viewing and Media Literacy

 

Strand: B - Visual & Verbal Messages

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will discuss the emotional impact of photos and how they aid understanding.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Each of three groups performs a given task described in a selection of everyday text that explains how to do something (e.g., how to tie-dye a T-shirt or how to make an origami bird). Without viewing the illustrations, one group of students reads the selection and then attempts to use the written instructions to perform the task. The second group studies the illustrations and uses these as their sole guide to performing the task. The third group, with access to both the written and pictorial text, attempts to perform the same task. Afterwards, the students compare their experiences with the different versions of the instructions.

 

·       Students examine illustrations cut out from magazine articles to predict or determine what the article is about. Then, students read the article and compare their predictions with the substance of the article.