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Saskatchewan Outcome Chart: English Language Arts - Grade 3

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 3 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.

In the elementary curriculum in Saskatchewan, learning objectives for media studies are included as a category within the supporting domain, Oracy and Literacy: Media. Media-related objectives can also be found within Speaking and Listening, Reading and Response to Literature, Writing, Educational Drama, Research and Presentation and Computer Applications.

Oracy: Speaking and Listening

It is expected that students will:

Discover and Explore

  • use language to develop and clarify thoughts and feelings
     
  • pose relevant questions for various purposes -- for directions, information, permission and clarity of understanding

  • describe, share and discuss resources, media experiences, events and issues

 

Lessons

Looking at Food Advertising

Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Packaging Tricks

Humour on Television

Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen

Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Sheroes and Heroes

Villains, Heroes and Heroines

TV Stereotypes

Prejudice and Body Image

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Thinking About Television and Movies

Parent/Teacher Tip Sheets

Managing Superhero Play

Talking to Kids about Advertising             

Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about the News

Talking to Kids about Media Violence

 

Literacy: Reading and Response to Literature

It is expected that students will:

  • distinguish between facts and opinions, reality and fantasy

  • in reading selections discuss bias in resources

  • understand how printed language can influence and persuade others

  • consciously use sense of story to organize, recall and make inferences about events

  • interpret information conveyed in pictures, graphs, charts, maps, signs and symbols

 

Lessons

Thinking About Television and Movies

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Introducing TV Families

Comparing Real Families to TV Families

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Sheroes and Heroes

Villains, Heroes and Heroines

Prejudice and Body Image

Once Upon a Time

TV Stereotypes

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Teacher/Parent Guides

Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about the News

MNet Special Initiatives

Cybersense and Nonsense: The Second Adventure of the Three CyberPigs

 

Literacy: Writing

It is expected that students will:

  • write for a variety of audiences

 

Lessons

Introducing TV Families

Comparing Real Families to TV Families

Looking at Food Advertising


Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen

Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script

Prejudice and Body Image

Once Upon a Time

TV Stereotypes

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

 

Oracy and Literacy: Media

It is expected that students will:

  • interpret and respond to a variety of symbols and media

  • use various forms of media to convey information and stories

  • select an appropriate medium of expression for projects and reports

  • develop a sense of personal responsibility for choices about appropriate use of media

  • compare and contrast stories or events expressed in various formats

  • compare and contrast the language used in various formats to convey the same information

  • interpret and critique a variety of media to determine:
  • the intention and meaning conveyed
  • the effectiveness of a form of media to convey specific ideas or information
  • the presence of bias through stereotyping

  • recognize how media can be used to manipulate and influence public opinion

 

Lessons

Facing TV Violence: Counting and Discussion Violence on the Screen

Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script

Prejudice and Body Image

Once Upon a Time

TV Stereotypes

Sheroes and Heroes

Villains, Heroes and Heroines

Analyzing the News: Introduction

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Humour on Television

Packaging Tricks


Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Introducing the Internet: Telephones and Networks

Introducing the Internet: Messages, Envelopes, Addresses

Introducing the Internet: Exploring the Internet

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Teacher/Parent Guides

Managing Superhero Play

Talking to Kids about Advertising             

Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about the News

Talking to Kids about Media Violence

 

Oracy and Literacy: Research and Presentation

It is expected that students will:

  • develop strategies for reviewing print and non-print materials to:
    • determine content
    • determine the main ideas
    • detect opinions and biases
    • locate specific facts and details

 

Lessons

TV Stereotypes

Packaging Tricks

Looking at Food Advertising


Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Analyzing the News: Introduction

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Introducing the Internet: Telephones and Networks

Introducing the Internet: Messages, Envelopes, Addresses

Introducing the Internet: Exploring the Internet

MNet Special Initiatives

Privacy Playground: The First Adventure of the Three CyberPigs

Cybersense and Nonsense: The Second Adventure of the Three CyberPigs

 





 
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