Writer's Choice Grade 11

Unit 30: Viewing and Representing

Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have studied the elements of visual design and how to analyze media messages. In this lesson, they will identify the media genres, elements of visual design, film techniques, and ways to deconstruct media messages.

Lesson Description
Students will complete an identification activity with terms related to the unit.

Instructional Objectives

Students will be able to identify the genres of media.
Students will be able to identify other terms related to the media.

Student Web Activity Answers

print media This includes newspapers, magazines, billboards, and books
film media This consists of movies and video
Media literacy The ability to interpret, analyze, and evaluate media messages
Broadcast media This consists of radio and television, in which sounds or both sounds and moving images are transmitted
Internet This contains a variety of Web sites that contain some combination of printed words, still and moving images, and sounds
Director Coordinates the group members and supervises filming
composition The arrangement of elements
Deconstruct To take apart and analyze how its parts contribute to the overall message
Media messages These are constructed to inform, entertain, or persuade
Special effects Artwork, miniature models, computer enhancement, and background music are all examples of this