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Saskatchewan Outcome Chart: English Language Arts - Grade 4

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan, Grade 4 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

Junk Food Jungle

Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Packaging Tricks

Humour on Television

The Constructed World of TV Families

Do You Believe This Camel?

Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

Sheroes and Heroes

Villains, Heroes and Heroines

Analyzing the News: Introduction

Reporter for a Day

TV Stereotypes

Prejudice and Body Image

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Teaching TV: Learning With Television

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Thinking About Television and Movies

Parent/Teacher Tip Sheets

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 a student will:

  • discuss bias in resources

  • understand how printed language can influence and persuade others

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

 

Lessons

Media Kids

Thinking About Television and Movies

Do You Believe This Camel?

The Constructed World of TV Families

Prejudice and Body Image

You've Gotta Have a Gimmick!

The Anatomy of Cool

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Messages About Drinking

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Young Drinkers

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Understanding Brands

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising:  Interpreting Media Messages

"He Shoots, He Scores": Alcohol Advertising and Sports

Teacher/Parent Guides

Talking to Kids about Racial Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about Gender Stereotypes

Talking to Kids about the News

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

MNet Special Initiatives

Cybersense and Nonsense: The Second Adventure of the Three Little CyberPigs

 

Literacy: Writing

It is expected that a student will:

  • write for a variety of audiences

 

Thinking Like a Tobacco Company: Grades 4–6

TV Stereotypes

Reporter for a Day

You've Gotta Have a Gimmick!

 

Oracy and Literacy: Media

It is expected that a student 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 formats to convey the same information
  • 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

Thinking About Television and Movies

The Anatomy of Cool

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Messages About Drinking

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Young Drinkers

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Understanding Brands

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising:  Interpreting Media Messages

Reporter for a Day

Media Kids

Junk Food Jungle


Co-Co’s Adversmarts

You've Gotta Have a Gimmick!

Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script

Once Upon a Time

TV Stereotypes

Sheroes and Heroes

Villains, Heroes and Heroines

Analyzing the News: Introduction

Creating a Marketing Frenzy

Teaching TV: Enjoying Television

Humour on Television

Teaching TV: Learning With Television

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Packaging Tricks

Introducing the Internet: Telephones and Networks

Introducing the Internet: Messages, Envelopes, Addresses

Introducing the Internet: Exploring the Internet

Newspaper Ads

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

 

Oracy and Literacy: Research and Presentation

It is expected that a student 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

Research Relay

Do You Believe This Camel?

Thinking Like a Tobacco Company: Grades 4–6

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Messages About Drinking

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Young Drinkers

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Understanding Brands

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising:  Interpreting Media Messages

"He Shoots, He Scores": Alcohol Advertising and Sports

Female Action Heroes

TV Stereotypes

Packaging Tricks


Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Looking at Newspapers: Introduction

Newspaper Ads

Analyzing the News: Introduction

Teaching TV: Learning With Television

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

 





 
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