Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.5B Grade 8 CPI 5

 

Standard: 3.5 - Viewing and Media Literacy

 

Strand: B - Visual & Verbal Messages

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 5 -  The student will compare and contrast media sources, such as film and book versions of a story.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Pairs of students select a current high-profile story from the news, sports, entertainment, or fashion world. For one week, they follow the story in print and on television, comparing the level of detail and breadth of coverage by the two media. The following week, each pair presents a brief report to the class.

 

·       Students listen to audiotapes of old Abbott and Costello radio shows. They then write their description of the comedians and favorite scenes and discuss them. Next, they view one of the Abbott and Costello films and compare how their conceptions of the comedians and favorite scenes changed as a result of their viewing.

 

·       After students read The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, they illustrate their four favorite scenes and share their work with the class. Next, they view the film version and discuss whether the viewing experience altered their understanding of the novel.