Eng3c1 Media Appearance Vs Reality

GR. 11 ENGLISH (COLLEGE) COURSE CODE: ENG3C1

UNIT TITLE/ THEME: Appearance vs. Reality GROUP MEMBERS: 1) ALICIA SGRIGNUOLI 2) DANIELLE MAILLOUX 3) JESSICA GONCALVES 4) ALISON DE SOUSA UNIT RATIONALE: How does this unit fit into the overall course? Why is this unit important for these students? This unit, which focuses on the theme of appearance versus reality, works towards the development of student’s literacy, critical thinking, and communication skills. Students will study multiple forms of literature including novels, articles, lyrics, advertisements, poems, short stories and film. They will critically analyze this literature for the theme of appearance and reality and identity formation. Media studies is explored in-depth during this unit as students become critical consumers in exposing the explicit and implicit messages found in many forms of media which have a strong influence of inner and outer self-identity for teenagers. This unit prepares students to create a media product that creatively depicts their own personal adolescent experience. Thorough this activity, students communicate with peers through an oral presentation to express the relationship between inner and outer identity. UNIT CULMINATING ACTIVITY:

E.g. Essay, group skit, oral presentation, etc. What is the Culminating Activity? What is the purpose of the Culminating Activity? Why was it the best way to demonstrate the attainment of the Enduring Understandings, knowledge and skills of the unit? It should demonstrate a deep understanding of the material and be an activity that can be repeated in the course in order to assess student growth.

This culminating activity provides students with the opportunity to become reflective learners through exposing their experiences as a teenager through the study of media, a medium that not only intrigues them but is also a consuming aspect of their daily life. Before students begin working on the culminating activity, they will adopt a critical lens on various forms of media, which influences the perceptions that many teenagers have towards their inner and external self-identity through particular issues such as gender, body image, immigration, identity construction, and drawing connections to the students’ lived experiences as an adolescent. Students will demonstrate their learning by creating a media product to depict the adolescent experience. This product will also visually connect to how media influences their external and internal selves. Students will choose how to illustrate this relation using a choice board where they can choose to create a video, script, poster, poem, YouTube clip, spoken word, slam poetry, song, or commercial. They will orally present their piece to the class, in a clear and expressive manner, a particular aspect to their adolescent experience. Students will also write a two-page reflection on the process of creating their media product. When students are able to explore their inner identities, they internalize the idea that what appears on the outside may not also be a true depiction of an individual’s identity. Through this activity, students will gain an appreciation for the diversity that exists in the many communities in which they belong. UNIT CULMINATING ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT TOOL: If there is a group performance, there must be a provision for individual accountability and assessment. The assessment tool should also be precise. (E.g. Avoid “limited “or “some” etc.)

Students will have a practice period in which they will present their culminating activity to a peer who will provide them with an assessment of his/her presentation and elements that can be improved. The assessment of learning tool for the culminating activity will be a rubric, which will evaluate the student’s media product and their written reflection. This rubric will assess Knowledge/Understanding based on how well the student references the connection between internal and external selves in their written reflection. The Thinking/Inquiry section will assess the critical and creative thinking skills in creating media product. The Application section will assess the student’s

ability to reference class material in showing the relationship between media influence and the adolescent experience. The Communication section will assess how creatively the media product was presented to the class to depict the personal experiences of the student. Communication will also assess the clarity with which the student presented at the degree of eye contact that was maintained throughout the presentation. Students will also have the opportunity to self-assess their performance and make note of which areas they hope to improve on for next time. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Cover Page Unit Calendar Taking A Closer Look: Danielle Mailloux Lesson 1: Introduction to Theme – How do our names reflect who we are? Appendix A: What’s In a Name? Handout Appendix B: Graffiti tagging examples Lesson 2: How does where we come from influence our identities? APPENDIX A: “I Am From” Presentation Handout APPENDIX B: Presentation Rubric APPENDIX C: “I Am From” Template (ELLs) APPENDIX C: The Writing Process Overhead Sheet APPENDIX D: “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon Lesson 3: How do external forces influence our identity constructions? APPENDIX A: Circles of Ourselves Worksheet APPENDIX B: “Identities” by W.D. Valgardson APPENDIX C: Exit Slips Lesson 4: How do persuasive media tactics challenge our perceptions? APPENDIX A: Cubing Handout Lesson 5: How can I effective present to the class, and how can I be a good audience member? APPENDIX A: Evaluation Rubric Exposing the Media: Alicia Sgrignuoli Lesson 6: What Happens When We “Step Out” of Ourselves? APPENDIX A: Identity Role Cards APPENDIX B: Situation Sheet Lesson 7: What Is Gender? APPENDIX A: What is ‘Gender’? APPENDIX B: “Love Story’- Taylor Swift APPENDIX C: “The women we want to be?” Article APPENDIX D: “Common stereotypes of men in media” Article APPENDIX E: Entry Card Lesson 8: What Is ‘Real Beauty’? APPENDIX A: Body Image Photos Lesson 9: How Can We Deconstruct the Media? APPENDIX A: Deconstructing Media Chart Lesson 10: How Do We Be Market Savvy Teens? APPENDIX A: How Much Does Media Affects You? Pt. 1 APPENDIX B: How Much Does Media Affects You? Pt. 2 APPENDIX C: “Market Savvy Teens” Writing Assignment Handout APPENDIX D: “Market Savvy Teens”- Writing Assignment Rubric APPENDIX E: “Market Savvy Teens” Article

Cross-Cultural Connections: Alison De Sousa Lesson 11: What is your bias? APPENDIX A: Handout – Questions for Namioka’s “They Don’t Mean It!” Lesson 12: The Influence of Culture APPENDIX A: What is Culture? APPENDIX B: Culture Wheel APPENDIX C: Interview Assignment APPENDIX D: Interview Assignment Rubric Lesson 13: Why Should Understanding Precede Judgment? (Pt. 1) APPENDIX A: Misconceptions Activity—What do we know? APPENDIX B: Think-Pair-Write Handout APPENDIX C: Post-reading Questions: "My Favourite Chaperone" by Jean Davies Okimoto Lesson 14: Understanding Before Judging (Pt. 2) Lesson 15: Work Period The Adolescent Experience: Jessica Goncalves Lesson 16: Presentation and Inspiration APPENDIX A: Marathon of Hope Lesson 17: The Blind Side (Pt. 1) Lesson 18: The Blind Side (Pt. 2) Lesson 19: Writing In Role Lesson 20: Work Period: Preparation for Culminating Activity Lesson 21&22: Presentation Days Culminating Activity: The Adolescent Experience and the Media Description and Instructions Choice board Rubric Preparation Work Stage One Stage Two Individual Assessments Danielle Mailloux Alicia Sgrignuoli Alison De Sousa Jessica Goncalves

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: How do our names reflect who we are?

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands:

Oral Communication Reading and Literature Studies Writing Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1) Listening to Understand, 2) Speaking to Communicate Reading & Literature Studies: 1.) Reading for Meaning Writing: 1) Developing & Organizing Content Media Studies: 1.) Understanding Media Texts

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 Reading & Literature Studies: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 Writing: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.7 Media Studies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • •

Media forms influence us, such as our way of seeing the world. Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: •

Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case?

Knowledge: • • •

Identity construction (culture, community) External influences Recognize difference between inner/outer selves

Skills: • • •

Critical literacy skills Communication Analyzing different media forms

Learning Goals: • Examine how their identities are shaped and connected by external forces. • Explore the complexities of identity by starting with something that appears simple (our names). • Demonstrate our inner and outer selves visually through the arts. Assessment Tools/Strategies • • • •

Teacher observation Anecdotal comments Performance task, product/artifacts (formative assessment) Performance task, process-focused (formative assessment)

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

DI  Intelligences

Need to Know • •

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Multiple Intelligences with the purpose of developing pathways to reach every learner in the classroom during different in‐class activities What the students’ interests are in order to activate full engagement

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

How to Find Out • •

Refer to MI Test in student profile from beginning of year (majority are intrapersonal with visual, linguistic, kinesthetic, and musical learners) Refer to student profiles – interests/activities section

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Necessary Prior Knowledge and Skills: Prior to this lesson, students will have… • •

Engaged in teambuilding activities and have had the opportunity to get to know one another. Developed an understanding of the meaning of a “safe and inclusive environment” where others’ differences and diversities are to be valued, not ridiculed.

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • • • • • •

Photocopy handout Complete own “what’s in a name” sheet for modelling Write quotation on board: “Through our names we place ourselves in the world.” Prepare materials for graffiti art activity Book all necessary technology equipment Test out technology

Materials: •

• • • • • •

“What’s in a name?” work sheets Large 11 x 14 paper Mixed art media (markers, pencil crayons, oil pastels) Graffiti examples Projector Laptop Picture/video slideshow on the theme of identity, inner and outer selves, and appearance and reality

Agenda:

1. Guess who? 2. What’s in a name?

3. F r e e - w r i t e 4. E x i t S l i p

Appendices: • •

APPENDIX A: What’s in a name? Handout APPENDIX B: Graffiti examples

Internet Resources: • •

Facing History and Ourselves. (2012). “Using names to understand each other.” Retrieved from www.facinghistory.org. Read, Write, Think. (2012). “Oral presentation rubric.” Retrieved from www.readwritethink.org.

Resources: • •

Ministry of Education. (2007). The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, English. The Learning Link Educational Consultation (2009). Differentiated Learning Suggestions Chart.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook)

Time:

⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions INDIVIDUALLY to WHOLE CLASS Guess Who?

10min.

Students: • On an index card, students have one minute to write down a little known fact about themselves. It should be something not visible by merely looking at them.

Connections:

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

AfL: teacher observation, anecdotal comments MI: intrapersonal

Explain the activity and state that students should write their names on the card (in the upper right-hand corner of the side they wrote on). Inform students that what is written will be read to the class, but their identities will remain secret unless they reveal themselves later. Welcome students to write anything about themselves that is appropriate for a classroom setting. Provide an example: “I am a vegetarian.” “I was once in a folk dancing group.” “I can speak some Japanese, French, and Spanish.” “I am terribly afraid of spiders and most insects.” Collect the index cards. Students then guess who the card describes, and why they chose that person. Through this activity, students can find commonalities with others in the classroom and build relationships. Debrief the activity with the class with the following questioning prompts: 1) What did you consider when guessing? 2) What judgment calls or assumptions did you make? 3) What are the implications of these judgments? 4) How does this impact your relationship with others?

5min.

WHOLE CLASS  Overview and Slideshow

5min.

Share the learning goals for this lesson with the class, and then give a brief overview of the unit. Students view a slideshow that depicts images of the themes in the unit: identity, inner/outer self, and appearance/reality. Before continuing, confirm their understanding, and answer any questions.

MI: visual/spatial, verbal/auditory

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Action

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) INDIVIDUAL to PARTNERS  WHAT’S IN A NAME?

15min.

Students: • Have three minutes to fill in the worksheet (see appendix A). • Find an elbow partner and, for roughly four minutes, take turns explaining the origin of their first and last names.

AfL: teacher observation, anecdotal comments MI: intrapersonal

As facilitator, hand out the worksheets and ask students to answer as many questions as they can to the best of their ability. After three minutes, invite students to turn to the person sitting to their left and share their responses (model the process first with own answers to the worksheet using last name). After the first student has two minutes, the next partner shares too.

MI: interpersonal

Walk around the room and listen to the students to get to know their backgrounds, and how they communicate their thoughts to one another. Make notes about their interactions. This exercise acts as a simple introduction to the concept of self-identity. More so, students have the opportunity to share things with their peers that may not have been known. WHOLE CLASS  GUIDED DISCUSSION / DEBRIEFING OF ACTIVITY

10min. AfL: anecdotal comments

Students: • Can share what they have learned about their partner (such as anything interesting or surprising). • Interpret and analyze the significance of their names as part of their identity construction through guided class discussion. Use the following questions (adapted from Facing History.org) to guide the class discussion: • What do names reveal about us? What don’t they tell us about someone? • Do you think names have a great influence our identities (i.e., who we are)? Why or why not? • Can we change our identities by changing our names? Why or why not? INDIVIDUALLY  Graffiti Tagging Students: • Create graffiti art of their names using various media materials.

20min.

Cross-curricular, visual arts MI: visual, intrapersonal

5 Briefly go over modern graffiti (“wildstyle”) art (e.g., use of arrows, curves and letters; 3D elements; bright colours; and interwoven images representing the artist) with visual examples. On 11 x 17 papers, students draw their name with this style in mind. They are instructed to incorporate images that show who they are.

AfL: performance task (product, artifacts)

For example: A maple leaf for Canadian. A treble-clef for a music lover. *If not finished, students will take this work home with them to bring back for Wednesday’s gallery walk.

Consolidation and Connection

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection INDIVIDUALLY  Free Write – One Paragraph

10min.

AfL: Performance task, process-focused

Students: • On a sheet of lined paper, students do a free-write about the quotation on the board:

MI: Intrapersonal

“Through our names we place ourselves in the world.” Explain the free-write exercise and remind students of the paragraph form. Students are asked to draw upon discussions they had in class. Invite students to write down their thoughts about the quotation. What does it mean to them? What questions do they have? Students write anything that comes to mind in the form of a paragraph. This will be added to their student portfolios as reference to their writing abilities.

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? The teacher will… • Provide oral as well as written instructions. • Model the expected behaviour during classroom activities. • Allocate a space for those who do not want to be distracted during individual work. • Give a fair amount of time for discussion to answer questions and verify understanding. • Utilize a variety of activities that focus on students’ multiple intelligences. • Scaffold the learning material.

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Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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What’s in a name? “Through our names we place ourselves in the world.” - Ralph Ellison

1. My parents/guardians named me __________________________ because… (i.e., were you named after anyone? Did your parents use a naming custom or tradition to name you?)

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

2. I have a nickname and it is ______________________. I received this nickname because…

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

3. I like/dislike my first name because…

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

4. If I could have chosen my own name, it would be __________________ because…

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

5. My name means… (i.e., do you know your name in another language? Is there a special meaning to your name?)

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

6. A funny/interesting/sad story about my name is…

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you think your name has influenced who you are? Why or why not? How so?

__________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

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Graffiti Examples Pictures will be larger. Shown as PowerPoint presentation: Slide 1:

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: How does where we come from influence our identities? Curriculum Connections Strands:

Oral Communication Reading and Literature Studies Writing

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1) Listening to Understand, 2) Speaking to Communicate Reading & Literature Studies: 1.) Reading for Meaning, 2) Understanding Form and Style Writing: 1) Developing & Organizing Content

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 Reading & Literature Studies: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2, 2.3 Writing: 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.7

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • •

Media forms influence us, such as our way of seeing the world. Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • •

How do the various texts, which explore the theme of appearance versus reality, like poems, short stories and song lyrics relate to the high school roles and stereotypes that students recognize? Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case?

Knowledge: •

• •

Identity construction (culture, community, interests, objects, places) External influences Powerful descriptors can make one’s writing more impactful

Skills: • • •

Analytical skills in literary works Communication Critical literacy skills

Learning Goals: • Examine how where we “come from” (i.e., our family, our cultural backgrounds, the physical space in which we •

grew up, our interests, etc.) can influence who we become. Powerful descriptors can make one’s writing more impactful.

Assessment Tools/Strategies • Teacher observation • Anecdotal comments • Discussion Web

• Exit Slip • Performance Task (product) – poem

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

DI  Intelligences

Need to Know • •

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Multiple Intelligences with the purpose of developing pathways to reach every learner in the classroom during different in‐class activities What the students’ interests are in order to activate full engagement

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

How to Find Out • •

Refer to MI Test in student profile from beginning of year (majority are intrapersonal with visual, linguistic, kinesthetic, and musical learners) Refer to student profiles – interests/activities section

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • • • •

Prepare photocopies and materials Prepare own “I am from” poem and creative presentation Book all necessary technology equipment Music for own poem (look for instrumental music)

Materials: • • • • • • • •

I am From Presentation Handout Cue cards Instrumental music, music player, speakers “I am from” template (ELLs) Overhead projector WRITING PROCESS overhead sheet “Where I’m From” handout Audio recording of “Where I’m From”

Agenda:

1. Think, Pair, Share 2. Oh, the places we are from!

Appendices: • • • • •

APPENDIX A: “I Am From” Presentation Handout APPENDIX B: “I Am From” template for students who are English Language Learners APPENDIX C: The Writing Process overhead sheet APPENDIX D: “I Am From” Rubric APPENDIX E: “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon

Internet Resources: • • •

EHow. (2012). “How to write an “I am from” poem.” Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com Facing History and Ourselves. (2012). “Where I’m from poems.” Retrieved from www.facinghistory.org Read, Write, Think. (2012). “Oral presentation rubric.” Retrieved from www.readwritethink.org.

Resources: • Gould Lundy, Kathy. (2004). What do I do about the kid who… • •

Ministry of Education. (2007). The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, English. The Learning Link Educational Consultation (2009). Differentiated Learning Suggestions Chart.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions INDIVIDUAL to PAIR  ENTRANCE SLIP to THINK, PAIR, SHARE Students: • Write down the answer to the following question on a cue card: “What does it mean to be “from” some place?” • Join with someone who they have not spoken with in the class and share what they wrote with one another.

Time:

Connections:

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

10min. AfL: teacher observation, anecdotal comments MI: intrapersonal, interpersonal

Write the question on the chalkboard. Explain the activity and ensure understanding of the proposed question before prompting students to pair with another person. Students share with a partner for five minutes before coming back as a class to discuss what they discovered. Each pair gets a turn to express their thoughts. Walk around the room to hear students’ conversations. Adapted from Facing History.org, the class discusses the following: • • •

How can the place we are from influence our identities (who we are)? Is it possible to be from more than one place? How might our identity change depending on where we are? Can people be from a “place” that is not an actual location, but represents a community or an idea – such as being from a family, a religious tradition or a strong interest?

Using a discussion web (sketch out seating arrangement and write down where everyone is sitting during the day), mark down who participates during class discussion. Encourage new voices (i.e., people who have yet to speak) gather different perspectives. Explain the learning goals for the class and rephrase the importance of “where we are from” (i.e., not just as a place, but as an all-encompassing idea including our cultures, families, interests, and experiences) has on shaping who we are and who we become. Relate this idea with how external forces influence our identities.

15min. AfL: anecdotal comments, participation (discussion web)

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Action

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) ““Who am I?” is a question on the minds of many adolescents. “Where I’m from” poems get beyond aspects of identity that are often more obvious and familiar (such as ethnicity, gender and age), by focusing on other factors that shape our identities such as experiences, relationships, hopes and interests… When these poems are shared they can help build peer relationships and foster a cohesive classroom community.” – Blurb from Facing History.org WHOLE CLASS  Listening and Guided Discussion

15min. MI: auditory

Students: • Read along with the audio recording of Lyon’s “Where I’m From.” • Explore the use of imagery and powerful descriptors.

AfL: participation (discussion web)

After listening to the poem, students look at the ways George Ella Lyon uses vibrant imagery and powerful descriptors to illustrate where he is from. Questions to direct the discussion include: • What images do you find particularly powerful? Why? • What is the message of this poem? Does the writer convey it well? Instruct students that they will create their own I am from poems. INDIVIDUAL to PAIRS  “I am from” poems Students: • Using a template spoken by the teacher, students create I am from poems in class. • With a partner, students peer edit and refine their work. On a sheet of paper, students write I AM FROM at the top of the page. Students finish the following statements when prompted. I AM FROM… • A landmark you pass by on your way to school • A favourite food or dish • Nostalgic songs and where you first heard it • Stories, novels or poetry that you'll never forget • The best things that you were told • The worst things that you have been told • A description of your home (e.g., scents, feelings, sound) • Ordinary household items • A popular product/brand name you enjoy • Family traditions or traits • Cultural symbols or experiences • Someone you admire (i.e., a role model)

30min. AfL: teacher observation, anecdotal comments AoL: performance task, product MI: intrapersonal, interpersonal, linguistic

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Fears Joys (what makes you happy) Location of memories, pictures, or mementos Something you hope for

Remind students of the writing process (PREWRITING-DRAFTING-REVISINGPROOFREADING-PUBLISHING). Show steps on overhead projector and check for their understanding (e.g., “What does each mean? What do we have to do at each stage?”). Provide fill-in-the-blank templates for students in ELL program (see appendix). Throughout the drafting and peer-editing period, encourage students to play with the form and structure of their poem. How can they reorganize what they wrote to communicate the meaning of the “I am from” poem (e.g., rearrange sentences)? Students will add the poems to their student portfolios.

Consolidation and Connection

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection WHOLE CLASS  Presentation Handout and Preparation

10min.

MI: visual, interpersonal

Students: • Watch as teacher models own “I am from” poem. • Write down what worked and what did not work about teacher presentation and share as a class. In order to model the expectations, perform own “I am from” poem for the class, bringing in creative presentational elements. Afterwards, hand out description of the assessment of learning performance task (performance/product-based). Students will watch and assess teacher’s presentation.

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? The teacher will… • Model the expected behaviour during classroom activities. • Provide oral as well as written instructions. • Scaffold the material. • Employ group work to aid in students improving their understanding. • Utilize graphic organizers to help organize information.

AfL: anecdotal comments

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Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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Name: ___________________________ Date: _________________________

POETRY CAFÉ: “I Am From” Poems Due: _______________________________ An important part of the writing process is publicizing – sharing your creation with others. You are required to present your final draft of your “I Am From…” poem to the class. This counts as five percent of your grade. Part 1: You will be marked on your preparedness for your presentation, the creativity with which you read your poem (e.g., volume, intonation, and pace), and the content of your poem. You are welcome to incorporate technology into your presentation (e.g., visual images, lighting, and background music). Part 2: On the provided colourful sheet of paper, you will select one line from the poem and create a poster with your chosen line written on it. These posters will hang in the classroom year round. You will hand in a copy of your poem to receive full marks.

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“I Am From” Presentation Evaluation Rubric:

Preparation ( /4)

Content (

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/6)

Creativity (

/6)

Delivery (

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/8)

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NAME: ______________________________________ TOTAL: ______ / 24

Level 4 (80%-100%) □ There is a clear practice and preparation of the “I Am From” poetry reading □ All materials were ready and set up in advance with teacher’s approval

Level 3 (70%-79%) □ There is some preparation evident, but would benefit from more practice □ Materials were set up and ready with some difficulty

Level 2 (60-69%) □ There is minimal preparation and practice evident □ Little to no materials were used

Level 1 (50-59%) □ There is a clear lack of preparation □ No materials were used.

□ “I Am From” poem is complete and creatively plays with form/structure, imagery, and vivid word choice □ Strong evidence of deep exploration of one’s identity and heritage; the ideas expressed help the listener understand the writer’s life □ Has appropriate spelling, grammar, and punctuation; contains few, if any, errors that do not interfere with audience’s understanding □ There is a memorable ending that is purposeful, focused, and demonstrates meaningful choice of details □ There is great creativity evident in the use of presentation material that is appropriate and connects to the content “I Am From” poem in a thoughtful way. □ Holds attention of entire audience with the use of direct eye contact, seldom looking at notes □ Speaks with fluctuation in volume and inflection to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points

□ “I Am From” poem is complete and contains developed ideas so that it moves away from “I am from this; I am from that” structure similar to prose □ Evidence of exploration of one’s identity and heritage; the ideas expressed help the listener understand the writer’s life □ Has 3-5 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors, which interfere with audience’s understanding □ There is a satisfactory ending

□ “I Am From” poem contains one or two developed ideas, but details are undeveloped or clichéd □ Little evidence of exploring one’s identity and heritage; ideas expressed make little connections to writer’s life □ Has 6-10 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors, which interfere with audience’s understanding □ Ending is abrupt and without significance

□ “I Am From” poem contains little to no developed ideas □ No connection made to one’s identity and heritage □ Has more than 10 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors, which significantly interfere with audience’s understanding □ No clear ending given

□ There is some creativity evident in the use of presentation material. Creative elements are somewhat appropriate and connect to content in poem. □ Consistent use of direct eye contact with audience, but still returns to notes □ Speaks with satisfactory variation of volume and inflection

□ There is minimal creativity evident in the use of presentation material.

□ There is a lack of creativity evident the use of presentation material.

□ Displays minimal eye contact with audience, while reading mostly from the notes □ Speaks in uneven volume with little or no inflection

□ Holds no eye contact with audience, as entire report is read from notes □ Speaks in low volume and/or monotonous tone, which causes audience to disengage

Do not meet success criteria if… • does not show development, seems hastily done, and does not fulfill the requirements of the assignment. 1

“Content” criteria partly adapted from www.fultonschools.org “Creativity” and “Preparation” criteria partly adapted from Powerful Words rubric 3 Delivery” criteria partly adapted from ReadWriteThink.org 2

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“I Am From” Poem Template Fill in the blanks with the descriptors below: I am from ___________________________, (What you see on your way to school) from ____________________ and ___________________. (Favourite food) I am from ___________________________, (A song you like to listen to) ____________________________________________________. (What you were doing when you first heard the song) I am from ______________, ___________________, and ______________. (List stories, novels, or poetry that you will never forget) I am from “_____________________________________” (Best thing someone said to you) and “_________________________________.” (Worst thing someone said to you) I am from the __________________________________ (Describe the place you grew up) where ______________________________________. (What did it smell like? What did it feel like? What sounds did you most often hear?) I am from _______________, __________________, and ____________. (Household items) I am from ________________________. (A popular product you use) I am from ________________________________ (A family tradition) and _____________________________. (A cultural symbol or experience) From ________________________________________, (Someone you admire) who is _____________________ and _________________. (Describe that person) I am from _______________. (Something you fear) I am from _______________. (Something that brings you joy) I am from the ______________________, (A personal item or favourite belonging) which is found ________________________, (The item’s location) and __________________. (Another personal item or favourite belonging) I am from _____________________________(What do you want/hope for?)

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The Five Steps of the Writing Process STEP 1: PREWRITING THINK

Decide on a topic to write about Consider who will read or listen to your written work Brainstorm ideas about the subject List places where you can research information Do your research

STEP 2: DRAFTING WRITE

Put the information you researched into your own words Write sentences and paragraphs even if they are not perfect Read what you have written and judge if it says what you mean Show it to others and ask for suggestions

STEP 3: REVISING MAKE IT BETTER

Read what you have written again Think about what others said about it Rearrange words or sentences Take out or add parts Replace overused or unclear words Read your written work aloud to be sure it flows smoothly

STEP 4: PROOFREADING MAKE IT CORRECT

Be sure all sentences are complete Correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation Change words you used incorrectly Have someone check your work Recopy it correctly and neatly

STEP 5: PUBLISHING SHARE THE FINISHED PRODUCT

Read your writing aloud to a group Create a book of your work Send a copy to a friend or relative Put your writing on display. Illustrate, perform, or set your creation to music Congratulate yourself on a job well done!

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“Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon

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I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember as if they were my own.

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I'm from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-alls and the pass-it-ons, from Perk up! and Pipe down! I'm from He restoreth my soul with a cottonball lamb and ten verses I can say myself.

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I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost to the auger, the eye my father shut to keep his sight.

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Under my bed was a dress box spilling old pictures, a sift of lost faces to drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments-snapped before I budded -leaf-fall from the family tree. What images do you find particularly powerful, and why? What is the message of this poem? How does the writer convey it?

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: How do external forces influence our identity constructions? Curriculum Connections Strands:

Oral Communication Reading and Literature Studies Writing

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1) Listening to Understand, 2) Speaking to Communicate Reading & Literature Studies: 1.) Reading for Meaning Writing: 1) Developing & Organizing Content

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6 Reading & Literature Studies: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 Writing: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.7

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • •

Media forms influence us, such as our way of seeing the world. Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • • •

How can one determine a character’s true intention? How do the various texts, which explore the theme of appearance versus reality, like poems, short stories and song lyrics relate to the high school roles and stereotypes that students recognize? Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case?

Knowledge: • • • •

Identity construction (culture, community) External influences Character analysis Recognize difference between inner/outer selves

Skills: • • •

Analytical skills in literary works Communication Critical literacy skills

Learning Goals: • Define the word “identity.” • Examine how their identities are shaped and connected by external forces. • Analyze the dichotomy between appearances and reality in literary works. Assessment Tools/Strategies • • • • • • •

Teacher observation Anecdotal comments Exit Slip Performance task: performances/events (formative assessment) Self-reflection Group work Performance task: constructed responses (formative assessment)

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

DI  Intelligences

Need to Know • •

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Multiple Intelligences with the purpose of developing pathways to reach every learner in the classroom during different in‐class activities What the students’ interests are in order to activate full engagement

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

How to Find Out • •

Refer to MI Test in student profile from beginning of year (majority are intrapersonal with visual, linguistic, kinesthetic, and musical learners) Refer to student profiles – interests/activities section

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • • • •

Prepare photocopies and materials Write the word identity on the board Organize desks into groups Book all necessary technology equipment

Materials: • Chart paper • Markers • Circle of ourselves worksheets • •

“Identities” by W.D. Valgardson Exit Slip

Agenda: 1. Gall ery Walk 2. I d e n t i t y 3. C i r c l e o f Ourselves

4. R e a d i n g C i r c l e s 5. E x i t S l i p

Appendices: • • •

APPENDIX A: Circles of Ourselves worksheet APPENDIX B: “Identities” by W.D. Valgardson APPENDIX C: Exit Slips

Internet Resources: •

Facing History and Ourselves. (2012). “Identity and Community.” Retrieved from www.facinghistory.org

Resources: • •

Ministry of Education. (2007). The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, English. The Learning Link Educational Consultation (2009). Differentiated Learning Suggestions Chart.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions WHOLE CLASS  GALLERY WALK Students: • Post their graffiti name posters around the room. • Divide into two groups: one will observe the images while the rest stand by their poster. They will switch after five minutes. • Ask and answer questions about the choices in their art work during this time.

Time:

Connections:

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

15min. AfL: performance task, event MI: Kinesthetic, interpersonal, visual

Walk around and ask questions about every student’s artwork during this time. The gallery walk helps students become comfortable presenting in front of others while thinking on the spot. This will also prepare them for their presentations at the end of the week. Ask the class the following questions as a debrief: • What did you notice about your peers’ body language when the spoke? What about their voice? How does this contribute to effective communication? GROUPS of FOUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

AfL: anecdotal comments

10min.

Students: • Write down a definition of the word “identity” on their corner of the chart paper. • In groups, discuss how they came to that definition. • As a group, come up with a clear definition and present it to the class.

AfL: teacher observation MI: logical, visual L: definition-formation

After each presentation, ask questions about their definition. Did they leave anything out? What else could they add to their definition? As a class, come up with a clear, concise definition and write it on the board.

Action

Time:

Connections:

15min.

AaL: self-reflection

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) INDIVIDUAL to PAIRS  Circle of Ourselves Students: • Fill in the circle of ourselves worksheet. • Pair up with a partner and share at least three ‘circles.’ • Contribute to classroom discussion on identity formation.

MI: intrapersonal, visual, logical

24 Instruct students to take out a pen/pencil and fill in the circle of ourselves worksheet independently. They are to write their names in the middle, and ‘branch off’ with what groups they identify with (at least five). Provide own worksheet on overhead as a sample and to allow students to get to know you. After three minutes, students share what they have with a partner. During class student, prompt students with the following questions: • What if you had to remove three items? What would they remove and why? How did you come to that? Was it easy or difficult? GROUPS of FOUR  Reading Circles to Graffiti Wall Exercise

30min.

Students: • Take turns reading “Identities” by W.D. Valgardson by going around in a circle, reading each paragraph. • Answer the question on the chart paper at their table. Each question relates to the short story. • Move to a new table and add onto the answer for that question.

AfL: anecdotal comments, performance task (constructed responses) MI: Interpersonal, verbal, kinesthetic

Connecting to the theme of appearance vs. reality, explain the reading circle activity first and check for understanding. Hand out the chart paper with prewritten questions (each different per group). Give students roughly 3 minutes each to answer the questions. After three minutes, students rotate clockwise to answer the next question. Students present the answers of their initial question to the class. The questions are: • Why do you think the author called the story “Identities”? • What assumptions/judgments did the characters make in the story? • How would you describe the protagonist? • How does “appearance vs. reality” play out in the text? • What are the relationships between the unit theme and this story? • What are some experiences you had where you suffered unfair treatment because the way you dressed?

L: Literacy (reading, postreading strategies)

Consolidation and Connection

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection INDIVIDUAL  Exit Slip

5min.

AfL: anecdotal comments, written response

Students: • Answer the questions on the exit slip and hand in before leaving. Questions pertain to effective presentation techniques for Friday. Read and review exit slips to see where students are at for presentations on Friday. This will help structure the debriefing of the presentations on Friday.

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Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? The teacher will… • Model the expected behaviour during classroom activities. • Provide oral as well as written instructions. • Scaffold the material. • Employ group work and cooperative learning strategies to aid in students improving their understanding • Utilize graphic organizers to help organize information.

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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CIRCLE OF OURSELVES

1. Write your name in the central circle. 2. In the smaller circles, write the names of groups or social identities you identify with. 3. Please feel free to add circles if you wish. You do not need to fill in all the circles.

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Exit Slips – Effective Presentations Name: __________________________ Date: ______________________

EXIT SLIP

What are some effective presentation techniques that you have seen, and/or from what we have discussed in class so far? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ How will you prepare for your “I am from” presentation at home? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________ Date: ______________________

EXIT SLIP

What are some effective presentation techniques that you have seen, and/or from what we have discussed in class so far? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ How will you prepare for your “I am from” presentation at home? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________ Date: ______________________

EXIT SLIP

What are some effective presentation techniques that you have seen, and/or from what we have discussed in class so far? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ How will you prepare for your “I am from” presentation at home? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

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“Identities” By W.D. Valgardson

Normally, he goes clean-shaven into the world, but the promise of a Saturday liquid with sunshine draws him first from his study to the backyard, from there to his front lawn. The smell of burning leaves stirs the memories of childhood car rides, narrow lanes adrift with yellow leaves, girls on plodding horses, unattended stands piled high with pumpkins, onions, or beets so that each one was, in its own way, a still life. Always, there were salmon tins glinting with silver, set above hand-painted signs instructing purchasers to deposit twenty-five or fifty cents. This act of faith containing all the stories he has read in childhood about the North – cabins left unlocked, filled with supplies for hapless wayfarers – wakes in him a desire to temporarily abandon the twice-cut yards and hundred-year-old oaks. He does not hurry for he has no destination. He meanders, instead, through the neat suburban labyrinth of cul-de-sacs, bays and circles, losing and finding himself endlessly. Becoming lost is made all the easier because the houses repeat themselves with superficial variations. There grows within him, however, a vague unease with symmetry, with nothing left to chance, no ragged edges, no unkempt vacant lots, no houses rendered unique by necessity and indifference. The houses all face the sun. They have no artificial divisions. There is room enough for everyone. Now, as he passes grey stone gates, the yards are all proscribed by stiff picket fences and, quickly, a certain untidiness creeps in: a fragment of glass, a chocolate bar wrapper, a plastic horse, cracked sidewalks with ridges of stiff grass. Although he has on blue jeans – matching pants and jacket made in Paris –he is driving a grey Mercedes Benz. Gangs of young men follow the car with their unblinking eyes. The young men stand and lean in tired, watchful knots close to phone booths and seedy-looking grocery stores. Their slick hair glistens. Their leather jackets gleam with studs. Eagles, tigers, wolves and serpents ride their backs. He passes a ten-foot wire fence enclosing a playground bare of equipment and pounded flat. The gate is double locked, the fence cut and rolled into a cone. Three boys throw stones at pigeons. Paper clogs the fence like drifted snow. The school is covered with heavy screens. Its yellow brick is pock-marked, chipped. The houses are squat, as though they have been taller and have, slowly, sunk into the ground. Each has a band of dirt around the bottom. The blue glow of television sets lights the windows. On the front steps of a red-roofed house, a man sits. He wears black pants, a tartan vest, a brown snap-rimmed hat. Beside him is a suitcase. Fences here are little more than fragments. Cars jam the narrow streets and he worries that he might strike the unkempt children who dart back and forth like startled fish. Streetlights come on. He takes them as a signal to return the way he came, but it has been a reckless, haphazard path. Retracing it is impossible. He is overtaken by sudden guilt. He has left no message for his wife. There have been no trees or drifting leaves, no stands covered in produce, no salmon tins, but time has run away with him. His wife, he realizes, will have returned from bridge, his children gathered for supper. He also knows that, at first, they have explained his absence on a neighbour’s hospitality and gin. However, by the time he can return, annoyance will have blossomed into alarm. His safe return will, he knows from childhood and years of being locked in domestic grief, degenerate to recriminations and apology.

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Faced with this, he decides to call the next time he sees a store or phone booth. So intent is he upon the future that he dangerously ignores the present and does not notice the police car, concealed in the shadows of a side street, nose out and follow him. Ahead, there is a small store with windows covered in hand painted signs and vertical metal bars. On the edge of the light, three young men and a girl slouch. One of them has a beard and, in spite of the advancing darkness, wears sunglasses. He has on a fringed leather vest. His companions wear leather jackets. Their peaked caps make their heads seem flat, their foreheads nonexistent. The girl is better looking than she should be for such companions. In spite of his car, he hopes his day old beard which he strokes upward with the heel of his hand, will, when combined with his clothes, provide immunity. He slips his wallet into his shirt pocket, does up the metal buttons on his jacket and slips a ten dollar bill into his back pocket. Recalling a television show, he decides that if he is accosted, he will say that the ten is all he’s got, that he stole the car, and ask them if they know a buyer. He eases out of the car, edges nervously along the fender and past the grille. The store window illuminates the sidewalk like a stage. Beyond the light, everything is obscured by darkness. He is so intent upon the three men and the girl that he does not notice the police car drift against the curb, nor the officer who is advancing with a pistol in his hand. When the officer, who is inexperienced, who is nervous because of the neighbourhood, who is suspicious because of the car and because he has been trained to see an unshaven man in blue jeans as a potential thief and not as a probable owner, orders him to halt, he is surprised. When he turns part way around and recognizes the uniform, he does not feel fear but relief. Instinctively relaxing, certain of his safety, in the last voluntary movement of his life, he reaches his hand, not in the air as he was ordered to, but toward his wallet for his identity.

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: How do persuasive media tactics challenge our perceptions? Curriculum Connections Strands:

Reading and Literature Studies Writing Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

Reading & Literature Studies: 1.) Reading for Meaning Writing: 1) Developing & Organizing Content, 2) Understanding Forms, Conventions, and Techniques Media Studies: 1) Understanding Media Texts

Specific Expectation(s):

Reading & Literature Studies: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 Writing: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.7 Media Studies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: •

• • • •

All media is constructed using a creative language/rhetoric and its own rules and is organized to persuade and influence others. Media forms influence us, such as our way of seeing the world. Each individual receives/experiences media messages differently. The media does not represent society accurately, fairly, or equally. Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • • • •

Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? Why do people project an image of themselves contrary to what they are really like? What real world examples suggest that appearances can be deceiving? How can the belief that appearances are deceiving contribute to one’s understanding of persons in a positive way? How can the idea contribute to one’s understanding of others in a negative way?

Knowledge: • •

Critical understanding and critique of media terms Persuasive tactics in the media

Learning Goals: • •

• •

Critical literacy skills Analyzing different media forms

Begin to analyze critically how the mass media influences us. Become critically aware of the persuasive tactics used by people in the media.

Assessment Tools/Strategies • • •

Skills:

Self-reflection Anecdotal comments Teacher observation

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

DI  Intelligences

Need to Know •

•

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Multiple Intelligences with the purpose of developing pathways to reach every learner in the classroom during different in‐class activities What the students’ interests are in order to activate full engagement

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

How to Find Out •

•

Refer to MI Test in student profile from beginning of year (majority are intrapersonal with visual, auditory/linguistic, kinesthetic, and musical learners) Refer to student profiles – interests/activities section

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • • •

Download YouTube American campaign videos Write reflection question and learning goals on the board Book all necessary equipment

Materials: • • • • • •

YouTube campaign ads Cubing Handout Projector Speakers Laptop Cue cards

Agenda: 1. Write, Pair, Share

2. P o l i t i c a l

Campaigns

Appendices: •

APPENDIX A: Cubing Handout

Internet Resources: • • • • • •

YouTube. (2012). “Ron Paul conviction ad” Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUNIeOB0whI. YouTube. (2012). “Mitt Romney: believe in America.” Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3a7FC0Jkv8. YouTube. (2012). “Rick Perry: time to get America working again.” Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0n3NLgSsAg. YouTube. (2012). “President Barack Obama’s first aid of 2012.” Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIA5aszzA18. YouTube. (2012). “Obama for America 2012 TV ad: the facts about President Obama’s energy record.” Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq3GGwgV7R0. The Museum of Moving Image. (2012). “Introduction.” Retrieved from http://www.livingroomcandidate.org.

Resources: • •

Ministry of Education. (2007). The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, English. The Learning Link Educational Consultation. (2009). Differentiated Learning Suggestions Chart.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook)

Time:

⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions INDIVIDUAL  WRITE, PAIR, SHARE

20min.

Students: • Describe a time when they were fooled or misled by appearances. What led their perception or judgment astray? Why were they fooled? What did they learn because of their experience? • Students write a memory of the event on a piece of paper and pair with an elbow partner.

Connections:

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

AfL: anecdotal comments MI: interpersonal

Welcome students to share their stories, and then introduce the ways in which media forms can distort our perceptions.

MI: visual, auditory

Go over the learning goals of the class before continuing. Play five YouTube/TV political campaign ads for America’s 2012 elections. Ask students to make notes about what they find interesting and the ways in which the video employs persuasive media tactics (e.g., visuals, sound, statistics, etc.).

Action

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) “In a media-saturated environment in which news, opinions, and entertainment surround us all day on our television sets, computers, and cell phones, the television commercial remains the one area where presidential candidates have complete control over their images. Television commercials use all the tools of fiction filmmaking, including script, visuals, editing, and performance, to distill a candidate's major campaign themes into a few powerful images. Ads elicit emotional reactions, inspiring support for a candidate or raising doubts about his opponent. While commercials reflect the styles and techniques of the times in which they were made, the fundamental strategies and messages have tended to remain the same over the years.” – The Living Room Candidate: Museum of Moving Image, Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008

40min.

GROUPS  CUBING ACTIVITY Students: • Choose a table corresponding to each video ad (Ron Paul, Mick Romney, Rick Perry, and two Obama ads) • At each station, students roll a cube with questions that require

AfL: anecdotal comments, teacher observation MI: interpersonal, kinesthetic

33 different levels of thinking. Students take turns contributing to answering these questions. Hand out Cube Cut Out (Appendix A) and Cubing Handout (Appendix B). Explain the activity and give them the choice for which ad they would like to look at more closely. Students can roll as many times as they wish. Emphasize the importance of teamwork and participation. Briefly discuss with students what the characteristics of a productive group are. Express to students that everyone should have a turn providing an answer to at least one question. Walk the room and take part in discussions when necessary. After some time, instruct students to choose one question and synthesize their responses and reiterate them to the class. Students will have time to consider 1) what it is they would like to say, 2) pick a speaker.

Consolidation and Connection

Time:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection INDIVIDUAL  Self-Reflection

15min.

Students: • Reflect and consolidate their learning by answering the following question on a cue card.

Connections:

AaL, Self-Reflection MI: intrapersonal

In what ways have you been affected or influenced by media persuasiveness? How can being more critically aware of these influences help? Give students time in class to reflect on this personal issue. Used as an assessment as learning practice, students do not hand this in. The purpose of this exercise is to open students’ minds to the following week’s deeper exploration of the media and connect further to the culminating activity’s theme of adolescent identity and media influence.

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? The teacher will… • Offer one-on-one support for students in ELL program where appropriate (individual time) • Employ group work and cooperative learning strategies to assist students with IEPS and ELLs • Provide oral as well as written instructions. • Model the expected behaviour during classroom activities. • Allocate a space for those who do not want to be distracted during individual work. • Give a fair amount of time for discussion to answer questions and verify understanding. • Utilize a variety of activities that focus on students’ multiple intelligences.

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Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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CUBING ACTIVITY – POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ADS Cut out the template before and glue the cube together. Roll the dice and answer the questions, using examples from your specific political campaign ad.

Do you think “negative campaign” ads are effective? Why?

How does your political campaign ad try to persuade voters? Is it effective?

What are the similarities and differences between your politician’s ad and one of his opponents?

Why do you think learning about the influence of media forms, such as political campaign ads, is relevant to your life?

How would you change the political campaign ad to make it more effective for a teenage audience? Feel free to demonstrate! 

Where can you see similar tactics used in the media? What do you believe are the audiences’ responses to such tactics?

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: How can I effective present to the class, and how can I be a good audience member? Curriculum Connections Strands:

Oral Communication Reading and Literature Studies Writing Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1) Listening to Understand, 2) Speaking to Communicate Reading & Literature Studies: 1.) Reading for Meaning, 2) Understanding Form and Style Writing: 1) Developing & Organizing Content Media Studies: 1) Understanding Media Texts, 2) Creating Media Texts

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 Reading & Literature Studies: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.2, 2.3 Writing: 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.7 Media Studies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 3.1, 3.4

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • • •

Media forms influence us, such as our way of seeing the world. Using expressive and clear oral language skills enhances communication and engages the audience. Judging an individual based on appearance reinforces stereotypes.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: •

Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case?

Knowledge: • •

Critical understanding and critique of media terms Persuasive tactics in the media

Learning Goals: • • • •

• •

Critical literacy skills Analyzing different media forms

Demonstrate understanding of effective presentational strategies and techniques. Use illustrative, powerful imagery in “I Am From” poems. Gain understanding the role presentation assignment has in preparations and practice for the culminating activity at the end of month. Understand the role audience etiquette has for all participants of a presentation (listener and presenter).

Assessment Tools/Strategies • •

Skills:

Evaluation rubric Teacher observation

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

DI  Intelligences

Need to Know • •

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

If students understand “audience etiquette” If students have performance anxiety/get nervous speaking in front of others

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

How to Find Out • •

Go over “audience etiquette” before presentations commence Make note in descriptive feedback if students appear overly nervous, and plan to give further lesson at the end on how to combat those fears

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • • • •

Prepare snack table for students for Poetry Café Prepare all equipment Book spotlights from Drama studio Book all necessary technology equipment

Materials: • • • • • • •

Laptop Projector Overhead projector Speakers Music player Spotlights from Drama studio Multiple copies of evaluation rubric (see Appendix 2.B)

Agenda: CHEZ POETRY CAFÉ! Welcome!

Appendices: •

N/A

Internet Resources: •

N/A

Resources: • •

Ministry of Education. (2007). The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, English. The Learning Link Educational Consultation. (2009). Differentiated Learning Suggestions Chart.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook)

Time:

⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Play soft, jazz music as students enter the room. Invite them to grab a snack.

5min.

Connections:

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

WHOLE CLASS  DISCUSSION ON “AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE” and PREP

AfL: teacher observation

Students: • Discuss what “audience etiquette” means to them. • Prepare for their presentations. Ask students the following question: what does being a good audience member look like, sound like, and feel like? Audience etiquette is a way of behaving appropriately and politely during a performance. Some highlights of audience etiquette include: • We should sit quietly and appreciate the poet’s (i.e., the student) efforts. • We should look at the poet with friendly faces. • We should not talk to our neighbour about last night’s episode of Jersey Shore; we will save such discussions until after class. • Show respect and ‘snap’ at the end. Students have 5 minutes to prepare themselves for their presentations.

Action

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Connections:

65min.

AoL, evaluation rubric

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) WHOLE CLASS  Student Presentations Students: • Present their “I Am From” poems to the class. Sit at the back of the room to ensure students are paying attention and that the presenter speaks with a good volume. Debrief the activity briefly. What worked? What didn’t work?

MI: visual, auditory/linguistic, intrapersonal

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Consolidation and Connection

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection WHOLE CLASS  CULMINATING ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENT GIVEN

10min.

AfL, teacher observation, anecdotal comments

Students: • Look over culminating activity with the class, and ask any questions they may have. Go over objectives and due dates with the class. Read over the rubric and ensure understanding by asking questions.

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? The teacher will… • Offer one-on-one support for students in ELL program in and outside of the classroom • Provide oral as well as written instructions. • Give choice on culminating evaluative tasks (e.g., choice board). • Model the expected behaviour during classroom activities. • Give a fair amount of time for discussion to answer questions and verify understanding.

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: What Happens When We “Step Out” of Ourselves? Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral Communication

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1. Listening to Understand, 2. Speaking to Communicate

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.8, 2.1

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • •

Students gain an understanding of the social inequities that exist in society and how they affect a person’s selfidentity Students will understand that judging individuals based on appearances or how they perceive the person to be reinforces stereotypes

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • • •

Why is it important to understand that appearances may not always be a true indication of a person’s identity? Which real life examples illustrate the idea that appearances can be deceiving? How do judgements lead to the development of stereotypes? What effect can stereotypes have on a person’s self-identity?

Knowledge: •

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Students will be able to recognize the difference between inner and outer identity Students will understand that identity construction is a personal trait Students will understand that judging others is a way to reinforce stereotypes

Skills: • • • •

Learning Goals: • • •

Develop awareness about the inequities of opportunity in society Develop empathy skills Increase understanding of possible personal consequences of belonging to certain minorities or cultural groups

Assessment Tools/Strategies • • •

Reflection Communication Role Play Empathy skills

Identity Activity (AasL) Observation while debriefing Stepping Out Activity (AforL) Debrief Reflection (AforL)

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

DI

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) • Kinaesthetic learners will have the opportunity to physically move around the class for this activity • Visual learners, by the end of the activity, while see the varying positions of students around the class. This variance is a visual representation of the social inequalities that affect the standard of life for many individuals • Auditory learners will hear the situations being read out during the activity, process this information and make the decision to step forward in their role or remain where they are

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • •

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Teacher must prepare identity role cards for each student in the class Teacher must ensure that students clearly understand the ‘Stepping Out’ activity to ensure that they get the most out of the activity Desks should be moved to one end of the classroom to make most room possible for the activity

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One identity role card per student will need to be prepared Situation sheet for the teacher/facilitator must be made available

Agenda: 1.

Who am I? Who are you? 2. Stepping Out 3. Debrief: Class Reflection

Appendices: • •

Appendix A: Identity Role cards Appendix B: Situation Sheet

Internet Resources: •

N/A

Resources: •

Canadian International Development Agency. (2011). Parenting the ‘Rights’ Way: An Educational Resource for Ontario Parenting Course. UNICEF Canada.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook)

Time:

⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Identity Activity 1. Students will partner up with a peer in the class who they do not know very well on a personal level 2. Students will identify themselves as Partner A and Partner B. 3. Partner A will begin as the questioner and Partner B will be the respondent for the first round. 4. Partner A will ask Partner B a series of questions:  What is my cultural background?  Do I have any pets?  What is my favourite food?  What types of movies do I enjoy watching?  In what country was I born?  How many siblings do I have?  What part of the city do I live in? • Partner A will then reveal to Partner B the answers to the questions that were being asked to assess how well they were judged based on appearance. • Partner B will then become the questioner while Partner A responds following suit. • Debrief question: Were you surprised when you learned the true information about your partner?

Action

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L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

15AaL, identity activity 20min.

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4550min.

AfL, teacher observation

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) ‘Stepping Out’ Activity 1. Explain to students that they are going to be asked to step into someone else’s shoes. They will be told who they are going to be, and they will need to use their imagination to respond to questions as that person. 2. Hand out the role cards at random, one to each student, which are to be kept a secret. 3. Line the students up and ask them to begin reflecting to get into their role. To help them, read out some of the following questions, pausing after each one, to give the students time to think an build up a picture of themselves and their lives. 4. Tell the students that a list of situations or events will be read out. Every time they answer ‘yes’ to a statement, they should

43 take a step forward. Otherwise, they should stay where they were and not move. 5. Read out the situations one at a time, pause for a while between statements to allow students time to step forward and to look around to take note of their positions relative to each other. At the end, invite everyone to take note of his or her position. Then give them a couple minutes to come out of their role before debriefing.

Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection Debriefing the ‘Stepping Out’ Activity: 1. For the debriefing and evaluation, start by asking the students about what happened and how they felt about the activity. Talk about the issues raised and what they have learned. 2. The following discussion questions can be addressed:  How did the students feel when they stepped forward?  How did they feel when they did not step forward?  Can the participants guess who was who? (Read out some of the more extreme roles)  Did they judge the person they were playing or any other people being portrayed?  How easy or difficult was it to play their role? How did they imagine what the person they were playing was like? 3. As a brief writing assignment for next class, students will continue to reflect on this activity. They will jot down a few notes regarding the role of gender in this activity? Was it men or women who seemed to be more stigmatized and or disadvantaged? Why might this be the case?

Time:

Connections:

10min.

AoL, reflection

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • • •

The ‘Stepping Out’ activity requires students to take on the role of another individual and think critically about their position in society via specific situations (i.e access to Internet, support from family or friends) and how this individual would experience these instances. For ELL students or those with an IEP, the teacher should provide these students with their role for this activity beforehand as well as the situations that will be read aloud. This will allow these students to reflect on their role before the activity to prepare them in responding to the various situations. ELL and IEP students will be granted additional time to submit their Exit Cards for added reflection and critical thinking.

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You are yourself.

You are whoever you would like to be.

You are a single mother who has three children and works as a day-care worker and also at a store in the afternoons.

You are a 16-year-old pregnant school girl.

You are the parent of a child with a physical disability.

You are a 10-year-old who frequently has to babysit your three younger siblings while your parents work long hours.

You are a 13-year-old student with learning difficulties.

You use spanking to discipline your young child, including in public.

You are whoever you would like to be.

You are a pregnant woman who cannot quit smoking during pregnancy no matter how hard you try.

You are a world famous actress with no children.

You often have to use coupons to buy necessities like food.

Your three children are on a hockey team. Hockey can be expensive so you have to miss most of their games to work overtime and earn more money.

You are the Prime Minister of Canada.

You are in Grade 12 and have been recruited to play college basketball.

You are 14, and your father is an unemployed alcoholic.

Adapted from: UNICEF Canada: Helping to make your Classroom a Global Schoolhouse

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‘STEPPING OUT’ ACTIVITY: SITUATIONS (to be read aloud by the teacher/facilitator) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

You have always had enough money to do as you wanted. You feel like you have a nice home. You feel that you are respected by everyone. You feel your opinions count and people listen to you. You have completed or will complete high school. You are not afraid to be stopped by the police. You know where to turn for advice and help if you need it. You never feel discriminated against. You can see a doctor and get medicine when needed. You can go away on holiday once a year. You can invite friends to your home at any time. You have an interesting life and are positive about the future. You feel you can study and follow the profession of your choice. You are not afraid of being harassed in the street. You can go to the movie theatre at least once a week. You can fall in love with the person of your choice. You eat healthy and what you want. You can use and benefit from the Internet. You can easily go out with your friends. You can work for money. Adapted from: UNICEF Canada: Helping to make your Classroom a Global Schoolhouse

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: What Is Gender?

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands:

Oral Communication, Reading and Literature Studies, Writing, Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1. Listening to Understand, 2. Speaking to Communicate Reading and Literature Studies: 1. Reading for Meaning Media Studies: 1. Understanding Media Texts, 2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Technique, 4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Reading and Literature Studies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Oral Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2 Media Studies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • • •

Each individual receives/experiences media differently Media forms influence one’s perception of the world Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • •

What are some real life examples of the idea that appearances can be deceiving? How do various forms of literature portray the theme of appearance versus reality?

Knowledge: • •

Media is persuasive and must be analyzed critically Identity and gender is a social construction

Skills:

Learning Goals: • •

Critical media literacy skills Communication in small groups Analyzing different forms of media

Recognize that identity and gender is a fluid social construction Recognize how popular forms of media (i.e music) reinforce gender stereotypes where women are seen as inferior and weaker than their male counterparts

Assessment Tools/Strategies • •

• • •

Informal observation during small group discussion (AasL) Entry Card (AforL)

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students

DI

Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) • Kinaesthetic learners will have the opportunity to move out of their seats and work with different groups of students • Auditory learners will hear the perspectives of group members after reading each article which may help them form their own ideas • Visual learners will see the interaction within their group, benefit from silent reading and have the opportunity to respond to the graphics which are included in each article

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • • •

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Pre-book LCD projector Print copies of lyrics for the “Love Story” song to provide to ELL and IEP students Prepare Entry Card to handout at the end of class Photocopy articles for students

Materials: • • •

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LCD projector Lyrics Entry cards Photocopied articles

Agenda: 1. 1 . “Love Story”-

Taylor Swift 2. Last Word: Reading Strategy 3. Gender and Stereotypes 4. Entry Ticket

Appendices: • • • • •

Appendix A: What is ‘Gender’? (activity) Appendix B: “Love Story’- Taylor Swift (lyrics) Appendix C: “The women we want to be?” (article) Appendix D: “Common stereotypes of men in media” (article) Appendix E: Entry Card

Internet Resources: • • •

“Common Stereotypes of Men in Media” (2007). Media Awareness Network. Accessed February 12 2012. http://www.mediawareness,ca/english/issues/menandmasculinity/masculinity_stereotypes.cfm Petrescu, Sarah. “The women we want to be?” Canadian Reference Centre. (2005). EBSCOhost. Web. Accessed February 12 2012. Swift, Taylor. “Love Story” YouTube. Accessed February 19 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E&ob=av2n

Resources: • • •

Gillian, Eve, ed. Media Literacy: Teacher Created Resources . U.S.A, 2011. Print. Hollas, Betty. Differentiating Instruction in a Whole-Group Setting. U.S.A, 2007. Print. McBride, Bill. If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well. U.S.A, 2008. Print.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook)

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Taylor Swift- “Love Story” 151. Teacher will play the music video “Love Story” by Taylor Swift 20mins. and critically analyze it for the portrayal of gender both through the lyrics of the song and the behaviour of characters 2. Note: Teacher may choose to play the music video more than once after assessing students work through observation after the first play 3. Students will complete a hand-out that includes a male and female figure. Inside each figure, students will watch the music video and jot down words, ideas, feelings, characteristics or appearances that coincide with being male or female 4. Teacher will debrief with class; asking them the ideas that were jotted down. The following questions will be posed:  What does this video/song say about gender?  What does it mean to be a male or female according to the “Love Story”?  Are these ideas accurate when speaking about men and women and their relationship with one another?  What are the consequences of internalizing this perception of gender and how we are called to behave and think?

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

Action

Connections:

Time:

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) Last Word Reading Strategy: Small Group Work 1. Students will form groups of 4 for this activity 2. Each student will receive two articles that discuss gender stereotypes (“The women we want to be?” and “Common stereotypes of men in media”) 3. Students will begin by silently reading each short article and turn it over on the desk to indicate that they have finished reading 4. Once all group members have read the first article discussion will begin. The first student to finish reading will begin by expressing to the group one main idea that resonated with them or that they found interesting after reading the article. The students who finished reading the article second and third will follow suit and express their ideas. The last student to finish reading will add on to any main ideas or points of interest and create a “final word” based on their own thoughts and those expressed by their group members

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Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection Entry Card 1. Students will use the learning from this class to reflect on the following question: What does being male/female mean to you? How do you express your gender? Have you ever been in a situation where you behaved in a way that defied traditional definitions of being male or female? How did you feel? 2. Entry Card Reflections will be approximately 150-250 words in length and will be collected at the beginning of next class

Time:

Connections:

10min.

AfL, entry card

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • • •

IEP and ELL students will be informed to view the “Love Story” music video by Taylor Swift to prepare them to participate in class discussion. These students will also be provided with a copy of the lyrics to added support. IEP and ELL students will be given copies of the body image articles that will be used in class to read beforehand to prepare them for small group work IEP and ELL students may submit jotted notes for the Entry Card assignment and are only required to fill half a page

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WHAT IS ‘GENDER’? Fill out the following figures with words, ideas, appearances, images, characteristics that you believe define a male or a female. Pay particular attention to gender stereotypes and the way males and females are portrayed in the media.

52 “Love Story”- Taylor Swift We were both young, when I first saw you. I close my eyes and the flashback startsI'm standing there, on a balcony in summer air. I see the lights; see the party, the ball gowns. I see you make your way through the crowdYou say hello, little did I know... That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebblesAnd my daddy said "stay away from Juliet"And I was crying on the staircasebegging you, "Please don't go..." And I said... Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone. I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess, It's a love story, baby, just say yes. So I sneak out to the garden to see you. We keep quiet, because we're dead if they knewSo close your eyes... escape this town for a little while. Oh, Oh. Cause you were Romeo - I was a scarlet letter, And my daddy said "stay away from Juliet" but you were everything to meI was begging you, "Please don't go" And I said... Romeo take me somewhere, we can be alone. I'll be waiting; all there's left to do is run. You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess. It's a love story, baby, just say yesRomeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel. This love is difficult, but it's real. Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess. It's a love story, baby, just say yes. Oh, Oh. I got tired of waiting. Wondering if you were ever coming around.

53 My faith in you was fadingWhen I met you on the outskirts of town. And I said... Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone. I keep waiting, for you but you never come. Is this in my head, I don't know what to thinkHe knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring and said... Marry me Juliet, you'll never have to be alone. I love you, and that's all I really know. I talked to your dad -- go pick out a white dress It's a love story, baby just say... yes. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh. 'cause we were both young when I first saw you

Source: www.lyricsmania.com

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE:

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral Communication Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1. Listening to Understand, Media Studies: 1. Understanding Media Texts, 2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques, 3. Creating Media Texts, 4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.8 Media Studies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: •

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All media is constructed using creative language/rhetoric and its own rules and is organized to persuade and influence individuals Media forms influence our way of seeing the world Each individual receives/experiences media messages differently

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • •

How does a focus on body image in the media today affect the crucial period of adolescence? What is ‘real’ beauty?

Knowledge: • • •

Critical understanding and critique of media terms Persuasive tactics used in the media Recognize the difference between inner and outer self

Learning Goals: •

•

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Critical media and literacy skills Analyzing different forms of media

Media influences how individuals perceive their inner and outer self through body image Recognize that the “ideal” body shape and appearance illustrated by the media for men and women is not an “ideal”, natural, or healthy way of living

Assessment Tools/Strategies •

Skills:

‘Real Beauty’ Message Board (AforL)

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DI

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) Student Readiness • Entry Card activity from previous class will prepare students for a discussion on body image and the personal implications of media images that address body image and what it means to be an “ideal” male or female in society Learning Profile/Style • Kinaesthetic learners will benefit from the ‘Real Beauty’ message activity board which offers a tactile application of the learning experienced in class regarding gender and body image • Visual learners will benefit from the video clips and the creativity that they can utilize when creation the message board • Auditory learners will benefit from hearing the dialogue during video clips and the ideas generated through group discussion and collaboration in creating the message board

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • •

Teacher will prepare all the materials for student to create a message boards Teacher will have to print a coloured copy of each image (male and female) for mindson activity

Materials: • • • • • •

4 Bristol boards Markers Pencil crayons Construction paper Scissors Glue

Agenda:

1. The ‘ideal’ body? 2. Dove campaign for ‘Real Beauty’ 3. What does ‘Real Beauty’ mean to you? 4. Message Boards

Appendices: •

Appendix A: Body Image (photos)

Internet Resources: • • •

“Dove Evolution.” YouTube. Accessed February 19 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U “Only Two Percent of Woman Describe Themselves as Beautiful: New Global Study Uncovers Desire for Broader Definition of Beauty.” http://www.dove.ca/en/#/cfrb/onlytwo.aspx/ Media Awareness Network. “Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.” http://www.mediaawareness.ca/english/resources/teacable_moments/campaignrealbeauty.cfm

Resources: • Gillian, Eve, ed. Media Literacy: Teacher Created Resources . U.S.A, 2011. Print.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Images of the ‘Ideal’ Body 1. Teacher will show students an image of two magazine covers (thin woman and muscular man) . 2. Students will be asked to reflect on these images and question whether or not these images are in fact “ideal” representations of the male and female body? How do these images make you feel about your own body? Definition of a stereotype. A stereotype is an oversimplified portrayal of someone. “Dumb blonde” or “insensitive male” or “wicked stepmother” are some examples. Many forms of media use stereotypes, however, they often do not reveal the truth about one’s character.

Action

Time:

Connections:

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

1015min.

Time:

Connections:

5055min.

AfL, Real Beauty Message

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) Creating ‘Real Beauty’ Message Board 1. Now that students have seen some extreme examples of body image which have been discussed for their artificiality in representing the “ideal” male or female body, students can begin to challenge these stereotypical ideas. 2. As a class, an idea web will be created, centering on the idea of ‘Real Beauty’:  What does real beauty look like for both males and females and their interactions with one another?  Think about the environment and how we can incorporate the beauties of the outside world into our lives? 3. Students will watch a YouTube clip of Dove’s campaign for ‘Real Beauty’. This clip will direct student’s attention towards the artificiality of some forms of media to create an image that is neither ideal nor natural. Through this visual representation of distorted media messages, students will begin to reflect on their own ideas of beauty. 4. The class will be divided into 4 groups, each responsible for creating a message board which will be hung in the class to remind students that ‘Real Beauty’ is not based on external ideals as represented by media influence. 5. The message board with display a quote that follows the format of, “Real Beauty is...” 6. Students are free to use the magazines that that stored in the classroom or sign-out a library pass to use computers to retrieve images for their poster.

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Time:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection Presenting ‘Real Beauty’ message boards  As a concluding exercise, each group will present the poster that they have created. Each student will be required to speak and express any of the following: interpretation of real beauty, planning methods for creating the poster, how this specific message on their poster can increase self-esteem and confidence for adolescents.

Connections:

510min.

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • •

Accommodations may be made by the teacher to acknowledge the range and diversity of cultural understandings possible within the classroom Teacher must be aware of the sensitive nature of body image among adolescence and carefully observe students during classroom discussion and activities for discomfort/sensitivity

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WHAT DO YOU SEE? WHAT DO THESE IMAGES SAY ABOUT BODY IMAGE?

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: How do we deconstruct the media?

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands: Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

Media Studies: 1. Understanding Media Texts, 2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques, 3. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Media Studies: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • • •

Each individual receives/experiences media differently Media forms influence one’s perception of the world Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • •

How does a focus on body image in the media today affect the crucial period of adolescence? How can the belief that appearances are sometimes deceiving contribute to one’s understanding of a person in a positive way? How can it contribute in a negative way

Knowledge: • •

Persuasive tactics used in the media Critical understanding of the media

Skills: • • • •

Ability to communicate with a critical lens Communication in small groups Deconstructing media Analyzing different forms of media

Learning Goals: • •

Critically analyze magazine advertisements for gender stereotypes Deconstruct media forms of hidden messages or ideas that affect individual’s perception of their inner and outer self

Assessment Tools/Strategies • Deconstruction chart and magazine advertisements (AforL)

Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile: Student Readiness

 Styles

DI  Intelligences

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

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Students are aware of the body image issues in the media and gender stereotypes Students are provided with guided questions when analyzing any medium of media including magazine advertisements to reveal the implicit and explicit messages Learning Profile/Style • Kinaesthetic learners will be able to move around the class, sharing magazines and images with students which will maintain their engagement during class • Visual learners will have the opportunity to look through numerous magazines where they will choose an image to deconstruct for its various visual aspects that may reveal a gender stereotype • Auditory learners will be able to communicate with peers regarding the images they selected and their means of deconstruction

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • Teacher will ask that students to bring in magazines from home while also supplying them for the class

Materials: • •

Agenda:

Magazines Scissors

1. Rapid Writing 2. Deconstructing Media: Essential Questions 3. Exploring the Magazine 4. What’s next?

Appendices: •

Appendix A: Deconstructing Media( chart)

Internet Resources: •

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Resources: • Gillian, Eve, ed. Media Literacy: Teacher Created Resources . U.S.A, 2011. Print. • Hollas, Betty. Differentiating Instruction in a Whole-Group Setting. U.S.A, 2007. Print. • McBride, Bill. If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well. U.S.A, 2008. Print.

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions

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⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) Exploring the Magazine 451. Students will use the magazines that they have brought to class, 50min. along with those provided by the teacher in search of images that reveal gender stereotypes 2. Students will cut out two images that they found to be the most striking or interesting 3. Students will analyze the images that they found and complete a chart which asks essential questions in deconstructing media 4. Students will note the advertisement sponsor, the implicit and explicit message(s) of this image, the gender stereotype that is conveyed, how this image can affect the self-esteem of a young male or female and how this image can be improved. 5. Students will submit the ‘Deconstructing Media’ chart and submit it to the teacher along with the two images they chose to analyze.

Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection What’s Next? 1. Students will be assigned the article “Market Savvy Teens” to read in preparation for next class.

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Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • •

IEP and ELL students may partner up with a classmate to complete the magazine activity ELL and IEP students may transcribe notes on a laptop or receive teacher’s copy of notes

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Deconstructing Media: Magazine Analysis

1. Using the magazine images that you found, complete the following chart after analyzing each image. 2. Please submit this completed chart along with the two images that were analyzed. Which company sponsors this advertisement? To what age group, economic group, and gender does this media ad appeal? What text or images bring you to this conclusion?

What kind of lifestyle is presented? How is it glamorized?

What is the obvious message in this image?

What are the hidden messages in this image?

Are these examples of a (un)healthy way of living?

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: How Do We Be Market Savvy Teens?

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands:

Reading and Literature Studies, Writing

Overall Expectation(s):

Reading and Literature Studies: 1. Reading for Meaning Writing: 1. Developing and Organizing Content, 2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style, 4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Reading and Literature Studies: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 Writing: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1. 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 4.1

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: •

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All media is constructed using a creative language/rhetoric and its own rules and it organized to persuade and influence individuals Each individual receives/experiences media differently Media forms influence one’s perception of the world Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • •

Why is it important to know that what may appear on the outside is not always a true indication of who a person truly is? Are there real life examples that illustrate the idea that appearances can be deceiving?

Knowledge: • •

Persuasive tactics used in the media Critical understanding of the media

Skills:

Learning Goals: • •

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Communication skills Critical literacy skills Organization during the writing process

Recognize how the media enforces the dichotomy between internal and external self Recognize the extent that media influences their personal lives Recognize the importance of being critical media literates

Assessment Tools/Strategies • • • •

• • •

How much media? How much media affects you? (AasL) Media Maker: Writing Assignment (AofL ) Self-assessment of writing (AasL) Writing Check-Up (AforL)

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

DI

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) Student Readiness • Students have a wide range of prior knowledge on the topic of body image, gender stereotypes in the media and the effect that these influences have on individual’s perceptions of their internal and external self. Student Interest • Students will be able to explore their feelings on the topic of body image within their writing piece. • Students will be given choice in what type of writing they would like to perform. Choices include: a newspaper article, a letter, or a personal journal response.

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: •

Pre-book time in the library computer lab for students to conduct research for their writing assignment

Materials: • N/A

Agenda: 1.

How much media affects you? 2. “Market Savvy Teens” 3. Writing Assignment 4. Library Visit Check-up

Appendices: • • •

Appendix A: “Market Savvy Teens” (article) Appendix B: “Market Savvy Teens”- Writing Assignment (hand-out) Appendix C: “Market Savvy Teens”- Writing Assignment (rubric)

Internet Resources: •

N/A

Resources: • Krugel, Lauren. “Market Savvy Teens.” Media. • Gillian, Eve, ed. Media Literacy: Teacher Created Resources . U.S.A, 2011. Print. • Hollas, Betty. Differentiating Instruction in a Whole-Group Setting. U.S.A, 2007. Print. • McBride, Bill. If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well. U.S.A, 2008. Print.

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions How Much Media? 1. Students will complete two brief activities which will explore the significant role that media plays in their lives. These activities will work towards making students critical viewers of all forms of media so that they are able to make healthy, safe and informed choices 2. Activity 1- How much media?  Students will list all of the forms of media that they are exposed to daily  If students are having difficulty this, teacher may provide them with a list of media sources which include; radio, websites, movies, television, newspapers, mail, billboards, books, magazines, print ads, photographs, speeches, radio, paintings, e-mail, sculptures, videogames, packaging  Students will include the hours per day spent using each form of media  Students will record their observations regarding their personal media exposure and explain anything that surprised them 3. Activity 2- How much media affects you? Students will indicate the form of media that is most important to them and explain how this form of media makes them feel and how it affects their life

Action

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Connections:

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L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

Time: Connections:

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) Media Maker: A Writing Assignment 1. The selection “Market Savvy Teens” reports on an Internet survey conducted by the Toronto Star. Students will reread the article, making note of its main ideas and organization. 2. Students will participate in a Think/Pair/Share activity to discuss a direct quotation from the article. “Image is our external appearance, identity is who we are”. This analysis will help students generate ideas for their writing assignment. 3. For the writing assignment, students will have the opportunity to expresses their feelings and opinions regarding the media as a medium to present body image as reinforce gender stereotypes. Students will examine the influence that the media has in the life of adolescents and the effect that these appearances can have on self and others. They will use the “Market Savvy Teen” newspaper article to explore the tension between “being who

40-45 min.

AoL, Writing Assignment

72 you want to be” and “being who we want you to be”. 4. The product for this assignment can be in the form of a newspaper article, a letter, or a personal journal response. Writing product will be 200-250 words in length. 5. Students will spend the second half brainstorming ideas for their writing assignment. 6. There will be library passes available for students who wish to work or conduct further research in the computer lab. Self assessment: Teacher will assess student’s learning through selfassessment. Along with the article, students will submit a self-assessment. They will describe elements of writing an article that worked well, the skills that they hope to further develop and what strategies they would use next time.

Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection Writing Check-Up Appointment Before each student leaves the class they will be required to have a short debrief with the teacher regarding the progress that they have made with their writing assignment (i.e., sources they have found, ideas they have, additional topics of interest in relation to body image, format/organization etc.)

Time:

Connections:

1015min.

AfL, writing check-up

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • • •

IEP and ELL students will be provided with websites which they can review in writing their article IEP and ELL students will be provided with an online template for writing a newspaper article IEP and ELL students may receive assistance from an Educational Assistance and be granted extra time to complete the newspaper article of approximately 150 words

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HOW MUCH MEDIA?

Directions: Complete the activities below. 1. Write down all of the forms of media that you are exposed to daily. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Now, complete the chart below to show how many hours each day you use each form of media. Type of Media

Hours Per Day Used

3. Finally, study your completed chart. On the lines below, record your observations about your own media exposure. Explain anything that surprised you. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Adapted from: Media Literacy

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HOW MUCH MEDIA AFFECTS YOU?

As you have seen from the previous page, media is all around you. If affects how you view yourself and your life. It shapes the choices you make, whether you listen to a particular song, buy a certain brand of shoes, or choose a certain movie to watch. Your favourite form of media makes you feel a certain way and it affects your life in a particular manner. Directions: Think about the media that you see every day and then answer the questions below. 1. On the line below, write down the form of media that is most important to you based on the previous list you complied. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Now, explain how this form of media makes you feel, how it affects your life in a positive and or negative way. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Adapted from: Media Literacy

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“Market Savvy Teens”- A Writing Assignment “Image is our external appearance, identity is who we are”

As a class, we have examined the theme of appearance versus reality in the media. The media is heavily influential to all of our lives in the way we see the world and the way we see ourselves. Body image is intertwined into many forms of media outlets including television, movies, music, social media, and so on. Much of the material surrounding body image can be seen as having a negative influence on adolescent development. You will use this assignment as an opportunity to expresses your feelings regarding the influence of the media in the decisions we make and our self-identity. Discuss the effects that these influences can have on self and others. Offer solutions to your fellow youth to reduce the negative influences that media can have on their self-confidence and lifestyle. For this assignment, you can write in the form of a newspaper article, a letter, or a personal journal response that will be 200-250 words in length. Please also include a self-assessment as part of this assignment. You can label this section ‘Self-Assessment’ and you will describe elements of your writing worked well (i.e brainstorming, organization), the skills that they hope to further develop and what strategies they would use next time.

Stage 1: Questions about assignment and preliminary check-up Stage 2: Rough draft of writing assignment for peer review/editing Stage 3: Final product submitted to teacher

DUE DATE: ______________________

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ENG3C- Appearance versus Reality – Writing Assignment Rubric Categories Knowledge/ Understanding Student will display an understanding of the relationship between internal/external self and the persuasive tactics of the media. Thinking/Inquiry Students will provide solutions for adolescents to lessen the negative influences of media on their internal/external self. Communication Expression and organization of ideas and information Application Students will discuss the personal consequences they have endured as a result of media influence.

Level 4 (80-100%)

Level 3 (70-79%)

Level 2 (60-69%)

Level 1 (50-59%)

Three or more clear references made to the relationship between internal/external self and the persuasive tactics used by the media.

Two clear references made to the relationship between internal/external self and the persuasive tactics used by the media.

One reference to the relationship between internal/external self and the persuasive tactics used by the media.

Student did not make any clear reference to the relationship between internal/external self or the persuasive tactics used by the media.

Three or more clear and insightful solutions were discussed for adolescents to reduce the negative influences of media.

Two solutions were discussed for adolescents to reduce the negative influences of media.

One solution was discussed for adolescents to reduce the negative influences of media.

Student did not make any clear solutions for adolescents to reduce the negative influences of media.

Writing was free of all structural, spelling and grammatical errors.

Writing had 1-2 structural, spelling, or grammatical errors.

Writing had 3-4 structural, spelling, or grammatical errors.

Writing had 5 or more structural, spelling, or grammatical errors.

Student made more than one clear reference to personal feelings/experiences in terms of media influence which was fully explored and developed.

Student made one clear reference to personal feelings/experiences in terms of media influence which was explored and developed fully.

Student made one brief reference to personal feelings/experiences in terms of media influence but lacked further exploration and development.

Student did not make any clear reference to personal feelings/ experiences in terms of media influence.

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: Appearance Vs. Reality - The Immigration Experience: What is your bias?

Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral Communication Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral: Listening to Understand, Speaking to Communicate Media: Understanding Media Texts, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2; Media: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 4.1, 4.2

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • • •

Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy Using expressive and clear oral language skills enhances communication and engages the audience Understanding before judging is a necessary skill which contributes to a just world

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? •

In what way does the immigrant experience affect students today? What are some of the misconceptions?

Knowledge: • •

• •

Biases and assumptions Recognize the difference between inner and outer selves External influences particularly culture Ability to communicate and present one’s perspective with a critical lens

Learning Goals: • • • •

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•

Effective communication of ideas

Gain an understanding of what affects biases and assumptions Understand how those assumptions can affect one’s understanding of others Understand how this contributes to judging persons on the outside Become aware of how one’s outer behaviour is shaped by how one sees the world (e.g. culturally)

Assessment Tools/Strategies AfL:

Skills: • Effective presentation techniques • Analytical skills in literary works

In-class questions Pre-questions/post-questions response check

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students

Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) Oral reading for aural learners/ variation of tone, pitch, and volume Define difficult terminology Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) Board use for agenda/write down answers on board Differentiated Instruction Response  Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

DI

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • Photocopy, order, and staple short story •

Materials: • "They Don't Mean It!" by Lensey • •

Namioka Pre-questions sheet Post-questions sheet

Agenda:

1. Two truths and a lie 2. TPS Appearance vs. Reality 3. Short Story: Let us Read! 4. Homework

Appendices: •

APPENDIX A: Handout – Questions for Namioka’s “They Don’t Mean It!”

Internet Resources: •

N/A

Resources: • •

"They Don't Mean It!" by Lensey Namioka From: Gallo, Donald R. Ed. First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants. Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2004. School and Society "Implicit Bias : Getting to know ME ‘Working towards an Inclusive Classroom Approach’” (McKintosh Kurt, School and Society, OISE 2012)

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Two truths and a lie Each student writes down one thing others do not know about themselves

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AaL: Minds-on activity- learning

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

84 (and which they feel comfortable sharing) and two things which are lies. Students present the three things to the class and students guess which statement is true of the person.

Action

about one’s assumptions

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Connections:

Bias and Stereotypes of others/cultural connection Think- Pair-Share Were any of you surprised by what your classmates shared? What biases do people have of others when they see them? What biases do people have of those who come to a new country? Discuss: What appears on the outside and what actually is Pre-reading questions done in class to prepare for "They Don't Mean It!" by Lensey Namioka (About misunderstandings between cultures)

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AaL: TPS AfL: Question/response

Consolidation and Connection

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection Oral Reading [partial]: Of "They Don't Mean It!" by Lensey Namioka Homework: Rest of "They Don't Mean It!" by Lensey Namioka and post reading questions assigned

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⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent)

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • • • • •

Oral reading for aural learners/ variation of tone, pitch, and volume Define difficult terminology (ELLs) Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) Board use for agenda/write down answers on board (memory/anxiety) Repetition (memory)

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Hand-outs (Day 1): PRE-READING QUESTIONS What is culture? Have you ever been misunderstood? What happened? Do you know of someone from another culture? What do they do differently from you? What aspects of what they do have to do with their culture?

PRE-READING QUESTIONS What is culture? Have you ever been misunderstood? What happened? Do you know of someone from another culture? What do they do differently from you? What aspects of what they do have to do with their culture? PRE-READING QUESTIONS What is culture? Have you ever been misunderstood? What happened? Do you know of someone from another culture? What do they do differently from you? What aspects of what they do have to do with their culture?

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: Appearance Vs. Reality - The Immigration Experience: The Influence of Culture Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral, Reading, Media

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral: Listening to Understand, Speaking to Communicate Reading: Reading for Meaning, Understanding Form and Style, Reading With Fluency, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies Media: Understanding Media Texts, Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral: 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1 Media: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy. • Understanding before judging is a necessary skill, which contributes to a just world. Essential Question(s) Addressed: • • • • •

Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? Why do characters project an image of themselves contrary to what they are really like? What real world examples suggest that appearances can be deceiving? How can the belief that appearances are deceiving contribute to one`s understanding of persons in a positive way? How can the idea contribute to one`s understanding of others in a negative way? In what way does the immigrant experience affect students today? What challenges do these students face?

Knowledge: •

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Recognize the difference between inner and outer selves External influences particularly culture

Skills: • Ability to communicate and present one’s • •

perspective with a critical lens Analytical skills in literary works Effective communication of ideas

Learning Goals: • Students will have a greater understanding of the short story and the conventions used • Through the misconceptions activity, story, and videos students will understand what culture is, how culture influences behaviour, what challenges immigrants face, and how one can understand those who are different from us.

Assessment Tools/Strategies •

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In-class questions Pre-questions/post-questions response check Class brainstorming Discussion Culture wheel

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) Show visuals (videos and culture-wheel hand-out) Oral reading for aural learners/ variation of tone, pitch, and volume Define difficult terminology Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) Board use for agenda/write down answers on board

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

DI

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • • • •

Projector and computer set-up for videos Culture wheel hand-outs stapled Short Story “My Favourite Chaperone” photocopied and stapled Interview assignment rubrics and task sheet photocopied

Materials: • • •

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Projector and computer Hand-outs Culture Wheel Hand-outs short story “My Favourite Chaperone” Hand-outs Interview assignment rubrics and task sheet

Agenda: 1. Pre/Post reading questions 2. Short Story Take-up 3. Culture 4. Culture Wheel 5. Let’s Read! 6. Interview Assignment 7. Homework

Appendices: • • • •

APPENDIX A: What is Culture? APPENDIX B: Culture Wheel APPENDIX C: Interview Assignment APPENDIX D: Interview Assignment Rubric

Internet Resources: • • • • •

“What is Culture?” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KW6RO8Rcs “The History of Immigration into Canada” Part 1 and 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo4ViKqT7Cw (1:18 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=YausHoTooPQ&feature=endscreen Culture Wheel Hand-out: www.globalkidsconnect.org/activities/culture_lesson.doc Global Citizenship & Youth Philanthropy. Module 1: Cross Cultural Understanding Some material for the interview assignment reflection rubric has been adapted from the following source: http://carmancollegiate.pbworks.com/f/Reflection+Rubric.pdf

Resources: • N/A

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook)

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Immigration into Canada: Video “The History of Immigration into Canada” Part 1 and 2 (approx. 10 minutes) Question: What are some challenges that newcomers face in this country? If you or a loved one immigrated here, what challenges did they face? How would that affect their experiences in school?

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Connections:

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STORY Discussion of Pre-reading + post-reading questions: What assumptions did you have of what you would read? Were you surprised?

Action ⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) During: Story take-up: Class brainstorming --Plot, Point of View, Characterization, Themes Discussion of main themes: cultural identity, misunderstandings and learning to understand one another. Cultural: Video “What is Culture?”(1:17 minutes) Discussion: What quotation stands out to you? What is culture? How does culture influence society? What is the purpose of culture? How does culture play into the way people perceive things? Why is this important to know when it comes to understanding people? How does this relate to appearance vs. reality? Culture wheel activity (Group Work) [Understand what culture is and how it influences us]

Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection Preparation for next story: In-class partial reading of "My Favourite Chaperone" by Jean Davies Okimoto. Read up to "'Maya you're wanted in the office,' Ms. Coe said, 'You can go now with Mr. Walsh.' My fingers tingled with fear. What was wrong? What had I done? Mr.

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**Introduce interview assignment** Hmwk. Students read 12 pages of "My Favourite Chaperone" by Jean Davies

Okimoto.

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • • • • • •

Visuals (videos and culture-wheel hand-out) Oral reading for aural learners/ variation of tone, pitch, and volume Define difficult terminology (ELLs) Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) Board use for agenda/write down answers on board (memory/anxiety) Repetition (memory)

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STUDENT HANDOUT: WHAT IS CULTURE? We all belong to a culture. One definition of culture is the combination of human knowledge, beliefs and behavior that we learn and pass on to future generations. We usually express our culture in certain ways, like how we dress, what we eat, what we believe, and how we play.

DIRECTIONS Each member of your team fills out a Culture Wheel diagram like the one attached, using various colored pens. Point out what you do that is traditional in your family. Think about what your parents or grandparents tell you about how to do things and what they believe. Include at least two items from your cultural background for each of the parts of a culture. You may draw symbols that are unique to your culture. For example, an eagle on a pear cactus is a symbol from the ancient Aztec culture. Now discuss with your teammates what is special to each person’s family and culture. After that, make one big team Culture Wheel on chart paper that shows the variety and uniqueness that each of you brings to the team. Use various colored pens to label your answers. After you finish the team Culture Wheel, look at the Culture Wheels made by the other teams. Then talk with your teammates about how this activity has contributed to your cross-cultural understanding. In what ways have you gained greater understanding or respect for another culture or for someone in your class, school or community?

Have Fun Team!

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STUDENT HANDOUT: CULTURE WHEEL

food

clothing religion

recreation

customs values

My Culture

work

government

family tools shelter

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INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT (Due Monday)

TASKS: 1) FIND: Find a student in the school who you do not know and have not spoken to— a newcomer to the country is preferred. You must seek the person's permission to be interviewed. The person must be chosen before Thursday. 2) PRE-INTERVIEW: Prepare a one-page double-spaced reflection about what you think this person is like. This will not be shared with the person, only with the teacher. Answer the following question: What is your perception of this person? 3) INTERVIEW: Prepare a set of questions to ask the person about who they are, what they like, their interests, their challenges in this country etc. Then, set up a meeting time and ASK THEM! 4) POST-INTERVIEW: Prepare a two-page reflection answering the following questions: i) ii) iii) iv)

How has your perception of this person changed? What did you learn from this experience? Can this experience be applied to the idea that one must seek to understand before making a judgment? How can you apply this learning to your daily-life?

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Eng3C Interview Assignment Rubric Evidence of reflective thought: Student communicates an understanding of the interview’s purpose 1 2 3 4 Student communicates an understanding of their own interaction with the learning 1 2 3 4 Mechanics in Writing: Writing contains minimal to no spelling errors 1 2 3 4 Writing contains minimal to no grammatical errors 1 2 3 4 Organization and Clarity in Writing: Writing is clear and easy to understand 1 2 3 4 Reflection question answers communicate message effectively and consist of supporting details 1 2 3 4 Proper format for pre-interview and post-interview reflections followed 1 2 3 4 Completion Name included 1 2 3

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Pre-interview and post-interview reflections responded to 1 2 3 4

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: Appearance Vs. Reality - The Immigration Experience: Why Should Understanding Precede Judgment? Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral, Reading, Media

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral: Listening to Understand, Speaking to Communicate Reading: Reading for Meaning, Understanding Form and Style, Reading With Fluency, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies Media: Understanding Media Texts, Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral: 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1 Media: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • •

Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy. Understanding before judging is a necessary skill which contributes to a just world.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • • • • •

Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? Why do characters project an image of themselves contrary to what they are really like? What real world examples suggest that appearances can be deceiving? How can the belief that appearances are deceiving contribute to one`s understanding of persons in a positive way? How can the idea contribute to one`s understanding of others in a negative way? In what way does the immigrant experience affect students today? What challenges do these students face?

Knowledge: •

•

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Recognize the difference between the inner and outer self Understand the influence of culture Understand how misconceptions can affect one’s understanding of others

Learning Goals: • •

• • •

•

• •

Ability to communicate and present one’s perspective with a critical lens Analytical skills in literary works Effective communication of ideas

Students will have a greater understanding of the short story and the conventions used Through the misconceptions activity, story, and video students will understand what culture is, how culture influences behaviour, what challenges immigrants face, and how one can understand those who are different from us.

Assessment Tools/Strategies • •

Skills:

In-class questions and discussions Pre-questions/post-questions response check Class brainstorming Misconceptions Activity Think-Pair-Write (Reflection Activity)

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students

Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) Show visual (video) Define difficult terminology Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) Board use for agenda/write down answers on board

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

DI

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • •

Photocopied TPW questions sheet Photocopies post-reading questions

Materials: •

•

TPW questions hand-out Post-reading questions hand-out

Agenda: 1.

Misconceptions Activity 2. Judgment 3. TPW

Appendices: • • •

APPENDIX A: Misconceptions Activity—What do we know? APPENDIX B: Think-Pair-Write Handout APPENDIX C: Post-reading Questions: "My Favourite Chaperone" by Jean Davies Okimoto

Internet Resources: • Lonergan Background: http://www.lonergan.org.au/?p=202 • Links: Mythbusters-Discovery Channel (source of research for misconceptions activity) [See Resource at Bottom]

Resources: • N/A

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook)

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Misconceptions Activity: “What do you know?” 10 statements presented to the students. They must put their thumbs up or down as to which they think are true and which false. All statements are commonly held beliefs; 9 statements are false, the last is true. Purpose: Students will be led to see that they may have simply accepted something because they heard it to be true without having checked for the

10min.

AaL Misconceptions Activity

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

AfL Pre /Post Questions + Discussion Questions and

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veracity of those facts. Prompt: What does this have to do with our story?

Action

Time:

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) Discussion “Judgment” define: Making a conclusion about someone,something, or a certain situation. -We as humans often have to make decisions that involve judging particular situations. We have to use good judgment in certain situations. PROMPT: But before we judge something we have to come to understand it. Do you think that this is a fair statement?

Bernard Lonergan-A well-known 20th century Canadian philosopher and theologian named Bernard Lonergan argued that human persons come to knowledge by experiencing, understanding, judging, and deciding [WRITE TERMS ON BOARD]. For more info. on Lonergan see: http://www.lonergan.org.au/?p=202 EXAMPLE: If your car stops in the middle of the street, that is an experience. You move to understanding when you ask: “Why did my car stop?” and so you seek to understand why the car broke down. Then you make a judgment based on the facts you have; for instance, my car may need to be heated a bit more (actually that’s exactly the situation of my car at home) OR you may make a judgment that you simply do not understand the cause and so you simply cannot fix it yourself. You then need to make a decision; you may decide to call a mechanic or a towing guy or if the problem is the heating issue; then you decide to heat the car up a bit before you drive it. That’s a decision you made. PROMPT: Any other examples you can think of? In the same way, as people, we cannot simply jump to a judgment about someone or something without having first understood it. PROMPT: Now that we are talking about judgment, how do you think this relates to our short story? PROMPT: What are some ways we can judge properly? -Lonergan would probably say that we should start by being attentive to our experiences (awareness). Scaffold: Be aware and attentive. Before you judge something you must be aware of your experiences and seek to understand it. We must seek to understand before we judge. How does the misconceptions

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Connections:

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Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection STORY CONNECTIONS: Cultural misconceptionsT-P-W (Think Pair Write) [hand-out] What judgments could have been made about Maya and her family? What about the work that Maya's parents were doing—would people know that they were government officials in Russia seeing what they are now doing to put food on the table? If you only saw the fight into which Maya's brother entered what judgments would we have made about him without having known the context of that fight? How does what you have read so far show us that we must seek to understand before we judge? What real-world examples can you think of?

Time:

Connections:

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AaL/AfL Think-Pair-Write

Hmwk. Students complete rest of reading for "My Favourite Chaperone" by Jean Davies Okimoto + Post-reading questions

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • • • • •

Visuals (immigration video) Define difficult terminology (ELLs) Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) Board use for agenda/write down answers on board (memory/anxiety) Repetition (memory)

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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Think-Pair-Write Hand-Out What judgments could have been made about Maya and her family?

What about the work that Maya's parents were doing—would people know that they were government officials in Russia seeing what they are now doing to put food on the table?

If you only saw the fight into which Maya's brother entered what judgments would we have made about him without having known the context of that fight?

How does what you have read so far show us that we must seek to understand before we judge?

What real-world examples can you think of?

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: Appearance Vs. Reality - The Immigration Experience: Understanding Before Judging (Contd.) Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral, Reading, Media

Overall Expectation(s):

Oral: Listening to Understand, Speaking to Communicate Reading: Reading for Meaning, Understanding Form and Style, Reading With Fluency, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies Media: Understanding Media Texts, Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s):

Oral: 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 Reading: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1 Media: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2

Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • • •

• • •

Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy. Understanding before judging is a necessary skill, which contributes to a just world. All media is constructed using a creative language/rhetoric and its own rules and is organized to persuade and influence others. Media forms influence us, such as our way of seeing the world. Each individual receives/experiences media messages differently. The media does not represent society accurately, fairly, or equally.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • • • • • • •

How might knowing character intentions help in understanding the story? How can one determine a character`s true intention? Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? Why do characters project an image of themselves contrary to what they are really like? What real world examples suggest that appearances can be deceiving? How can the belief that appearances are deceiving contribute to one`s understanding of persons in a positive way? How can the idea contribute to one`s understanding of others in a negative way? In what way does the immigrant experience affect students today? What challenges do these students face?

Knowledge: •

• •

Recognize the difference between the inner and outer self Understand the influence of culture Understand how misconceptions can affect one’s understanding of others

Learning Goals: • •

Skills: • Ability to communicate and present one’s • •

perspective with a critical lens Analytical skills in literary works Effective communication of ideas

Students will have a greater understanding of the short story and the conventions used Through the video students will understand the challenges immigrants face and how one can understand those who are different from us.

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Assessment Tools/Strategies •

•

• • •

In-class questions Pre-questions/post-questions response check Class brainstorming Discussion Conference with students on progress of assignment

Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

 Intelligences

DI

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Differentiated Instruction Response  Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Show visual (video) Define difficult terminology Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) Board use for agenda/write down answers on board

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: Materials: • Projector and computer set• Projector and Computer up • Entry/Exit Pass Hand-outs • Photocopied entry/exit passes

Agenda: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Entry Pass Story Take-up Nazi Propaganda Interview Assignment Success 5. Conferences

Appendices: •

N/A

Internet Resources: •

Video about Nazi Propaganda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM43UznSX1s&skipcontrinter=1

Resources: • N/A

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The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Entry Pass: Drawing from yesterday's class, what does it mean to say that we must seek to understand before we judge?

Action

Time:

Connections:

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

15min. AfL Entry Pass

Time:

Connections:

35min.

AfL: Conferences, discussion

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) Story Take-up "My Favourite Chaperone" - Plot, Point of View, Characterization, Themes. -What challenges does Maya face as a student? How does her cultural identity present a problem for her in this new environment as a newcomer? What does culture have to do with Maya’s conflict with her parents? What challenges do Maya and her family face as immigrants? Interview Assignment: Conferences [Segue] Hitler and Nazi Germany (Set Historical Context) Video about Nazi Propaganda: Discussion about the media in contributing to stereotypes + why we must seek to understand before we judge Often times the stereotypes we have may affect the way we see others. We tend to see our ideas alone without having really understood the person. E.g. Media which spread hatred against Jewish persons in Germany under the influence of Hitler. These people may have then perceived all Jews to be a certain way without having known or understood individual Jewish persons. Your job as an interviewer will be to get to know the newcomer person you have chosen to interview and reflect on why doing something like this is important. Interview Assignment details: Effective Interview Skills/How to prepare your interview questions/write your reflection

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Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection End: Conferences (Hand-back post/pre questions, reflections, and inquire into the progress of the interview assignment with each student—conference near teacher desk) Exit Pass: List three things that you have learned in today's class?

Time:

Connections:

20min.

AaL and AfL: Exit Pass

Hmwk. Continue to work on your interview assignment

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • Visuals (Hitler propaganda video) • Define difficult terminology (ELLs) • Scaffold questions (Bloom’s taxonomy) • Board use for agenda/write down answers on board (memory/anxiety) • Repetition (memory)

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: Appearance Vs. Reality - The Immigration Experience: Interview Assignment Work Period Curriculum Connections Strands: Writing

Overall Expectation(s):

Writing: Developing and Organizing Content, Using Knowledge of Form and Style, Applying Knowledge of Conventions, Reflecting on Skills and Strategies

Specific Expectation(s): Writing: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1 Enduring Understanding(s) Addressed: • •

Using expressive and clear oral language skills enhances communication and engages the audience. Questioning is at the heart of critical thinking and media literacy.

Essential Question(s) Addressed: • • •

What real world examples suggest that appearances can be deceiving? How can the belief that appearances are deceiving contribute to one’s understanding of persons in a positive way? How can the idea contribute to one’s understanding of others in a negative way? In what way does the immigrant experience affect students today? What challenges do these students face?

Knowledge: •

• •

Recognize the difference between the inner and outer self Understand the influence of culture Understand how misconceptions can affect one’s understanding of others

Skills: •

•

Ability to communicate and present one’s perspective with a critical lens Effective communication of ideas

Learning Goals: • • •

Students will be able to communicate an understanding of the interview’s purpose Students will be able to communicate an understanding of their own interaction with the learning Students will refine their writing, communication, and interview skills

Assessment Tools/Strategies • AfL questions-answers to see how students are doing • AaL: Feedback provided to students about their work so far on interview assignment/progress + answers on pre/post reading questions

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

DI  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)  Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Light music will be played (if necessary) for students during the work period

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: •

Have pre/post questions and reflections handed back with feedback

Materials: • N/A

Agenda: Work Period!

Appendices: •

N/A

Internet Resources: •

N/A

Resources: • N/A

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions Teacher Conference/Work period: Students conference with teacher on the progress of assignment + Teacher hands back pre-reading/post-reading questions + feedback about answers. Rest of class works on aspects of interview assignment. -Work on the questions you need to ask your interviewee. -Prepare reflection about what you perceive of this person prior to interviewing him or her. -If you have already interviewed the person, work on post reflection questions.

Time:

Connections:

75

AfL questions-answers to see how students are doing AaL: Feedback provided to students about their work so far on interview assignment/progress + answers on pre/post reading questions

L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

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Action

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) See Minds-On Section

.

Consolidation and Connection

Time:

Connections:

⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection See Minds-On Section

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? •

Feedback provided to students about their work so far on interview assignment/progress + answers on pre/post reading questions; the individual feedback is to help individual learners with learning disabilities especially (who I will see first in conference)

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: “Presentation and Inspiration”

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral Communication, Reading and Literature Studies, Writing, Media Studies Overall Expectation(s): OC-1. Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes; OC-2. Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes; OC-3. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations. RLS- 1. Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of informational, literary, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning; W-1.Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience; MS-1. Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; Specific Expectation(s): OC-1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1 RLS- 1.1, 1.2 W- 1.1, 1.2 MS-1.1, 1.2 Enduring Understandings Addressed: • In relation to media, one must not judge on appearances alone but be a critical observer. • In this manner, one can discern what is true from what is not. • Certain people present themselves in one manner but may be something else in reality. • In this case, one must know that though people are not perfect, there is also good within them and to thus

assume the good in others since one cannot judge absolutely when a certain persons are in fact being deceptive.

Essential Questions Addressed: •

• •

How might knowing character intentions help in understanding the story? Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? How can one determine a character`s true intention?

Knowledge: • • •

Critical understanding & critique of media terms External influences Ability to communicate and present with a critical lens

Learning Goals: •

Skills: • • •

Effective presentation techniques Critical literacy skills Analyzing different media forms

To learn more effective Presentation techniques. To explore self-discovery through obstacles in life.

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:

DI

 Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:  Styles  Intelligences  Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture) Need to Know How to Find Out • Make sure each group is targeting all of the right • Through discussion and well thought out planning. aspects for presenting their culminating activity.

Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: •

Find an inspirational article about someone overcoming a great obstacle.

Materials: •

Marathon Of Hope Article Terry Fox

Agenda: -Presentation Techniques -Hand out and read with the class the Terry Fox Article “Marathon of Hope” -Allot time for writing a refection

Appendices: • APPENDIX A: Marathon of Hope article Internet Resources: •

http://www.terryfox.org/Foundation/The_Marathon_of_Hope.html

Resources: • http://www4.caes.hku.hk/epc/presentation/

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions

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Presentation Techniques Go over the 4 basic presentation questions a presenter should be considering before they present. 1. Who will I be speaking to? (Target Audience) 2. What do they know about my topic already? 3. What will they want to know about my topic? 4. What do I want them to know by the end of my talk? • Think/ Pair/ Share: Teacher Prompt: “In pairs get together and talk about certain subjects that will be given and decipher how you could present them, answer the

15min

Connections: L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence AfL: Assessment for Learning

110 four questions above.” Ex. Cleaning Products, Sporting Event Tickets, A children’s novel, sexually transmitted infections etc.

Action ⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) •

Hand out copies of the Article “Marathon Of Hope” www.terryfox.org Read the article together as a class.

Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection •

Reflection assigned for homework: Journal Entry Teacher Prompt: “Explain a struggle you or a family member or friend has overcome that continues to inspire you today”. (*Assign for homework)

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Connections:

40 min

AoL: Assessment of Learning

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Connections:

20 min

AfL: Assessment for Learning

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? •

Reading together with the class takes the pressure off individual students to read the entire article alone.

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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Marathon of Hope By Leslie Scrivener - Courtesy of the Toronto Star September 1, 1980 – It was a dull day in Northern Ontario when Terry Fox ran his last miles. He had started out strong that morning and felt confident. The road was lined with people shouting, “Don't give up, you can make it!” words that spurred him and lifted his spirits. But after 18 miles he started coughing and felt a pain in his chest. Terry knew how to cope with pain. He'd run through it as he always had before; he'd simply keep going until the pain went away. For 3,339 miles, from St John's, Newfoundland, Canada's eastern most city on the shore of the Atlantic, he'd run through six provinces and now was two-thirds of the way home. He'd run close to a marathon a day, for 143 days. No mean achievement for an able-bodied runner, an extraordinary feat for an amputee. Terry's left leg was strong and muscular. His right was a mere stump fitted with an artificial limb made of fibreglass and steel. He'd lost the leg to cancer when he was 18. He was 22 now; curly haired, good-looking, sunburned. He was strong, wilful and stubborn. His run, the Marathon of Hope, as he called it, a quixotic adventure across Canada that defied logic and common sense, was his way of repaying a debt. Terry believed that he had won his fight against cancer, and he wanted to raise money, $1 million perhaps, to fight the disease. There was a second, possibly more important purpose to his marathon; a man is not less because he has lost a leg, indeed, he may be more. Certainly, he showed there were no limits to what an amputee could do. He changed people's attitude towards the disabled, and he showed that while cancer had claimed his leg, his spirit was unbreakable. His Marathon of Hope had started as an improbable dream – two friends, one to drive the van, one to run, a ribbon of highway, and the sturdy belief that they could perform a miracle. He ran through ice storms and summer heat, against bitter winds of such velocity he couldn't move, through fishing villages and Canada's biggest cities. Though he shunned the notion himself, people were calling him a hero. He still saw himself as simple little Terry Fox, from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, average in everything but determination. But here, 18 miles from Thunder Bay, at the head of Lake Superior, the coughing had stopped, but the dull, blunt pain had not. Neither running nor resting could make it go away. He saw the people lined up the hill ahead of him. The Ontario Provincial Police cruiser was behind him, red lights flashing in the drizzle, and cheers still surrounded him: “You can make it all the way!” Terry could not ignore what people said to him. He listened. “I started to think about those comments. I thought this might be my last mile.” He ran until there were no more people, and then he climbed wearily into the van and asked his friend and driver Doug Alward to drive him to a hospital. When Terry won a place on the junior varsity basketball team at Simon Fraser University in 1976, many were surprised. He was not a gifted player. Others were more talented, though few could match him for determination, toughness, and hard work. It had always been that way. When he was in Grade 8, Terry was rated 19 on a team of 19 players and was on the court for only one minute that first season. That didn't deter him. Two years later he was a starting player. By the time he graduated from high school, he and his friend Doug were named athletes of the year. Aches are common in an athlete's life, but at the end of his first year of university, there was a new, alarming pain in his knee. One

112 morning he woke to find he couldn't stand. A week later, he learned this was no cartilage problem, as he had thought. He had a malignant tumor; his leg would be amputated in four days. His doctors told him bluntly, because of recent advances in research his chances of survival were 50 to 70 per cent. If he'd become sick two years earlier, his chances would have been 15 per cent. The night before his operation, his high school basketball coach, Terri Fleming, brought him a running magazine which featured an article about an amputee, Dick Traum, who had run in the New York City Marathon. And though his future was never more precarious, Terry dreamed that night about running across Canada. “I'm competitive,” Terry said. “I'm a dreamer. I like challenges. I don't give up. When I decided to do it, I knew I was going to go all out. There was no in-between.” The 16 months of follow-up treatment marked Terry irreversibly. He saw suffering as he'd never seen it before. He heard doctors telling youngsters in the nearby beds that they had a 15 per cent chance of living. He heard screams of pain. He saw strong, young bodies wasted by disease. He never forgot what he'd seen and when he left the cancer clinic for the last time, he left with a burden of responsibility. He was among the lucky one-third of patients who survived. “I could not leave knowing these faces and feelings would still exist even though I would be set free from mine,” he wrote in a letter asking for sponsorship for his run. “Somewhere, the hurting must stop... and I was determined to take myself to the limit for those causes.” It was Rick Hansen who invited Terry to get back into sports and join a wheelchair basketball team. (Rick and Terry were of the same mold; later Rick, a paraplegic, would push his wheelchair around the world, and he never failed to give credit to Terry, the friend who inspired him.) Terry tackled this new challenge with his usual gusto. He made himself strong pushing his wheelchair along the sea wall at Stanley Park in Vancouver. Or he'd find steep mountains and push himself up unruly logging roads. He pushed himself until his hands bled. Two years after his operation, Terry started a running programme. The first half miles he ran in the dark, so no one could see him. But one of his coaches from junior high, Bob McGill, who had since overcome cancer himself, heard the steady one-two thump of Terry's good leg and the thud of his artificial leg, long before he could see his wobbly frame in the darkness. Terry trained for 15 months, running 3,159 miles, running until his stump was raw and bleeding, running every day for 101 days, until he could run 23 miles a day. He took one day off at Christmas, only because his mother asked him. Once, just before Christmas, when he had run only a half mile, the bottom half of his artificial leg snapped in two pieces, and Terry crashed to the pavement. He picked up the two parts, tucked them under his arm, stuck out his thumb and hitch-hiked home. There, he clamped the two parts together and ran another five miles. When Terry told his mother Betty, he intended to run across Canada, in her no-nonsense way she told him he was crazy. He said he was going to run no matter what she thought. Then Betty told her husband Rolly, and he, knowing his son so well, simply said, “When?” When Terry approached the Canadian Cancer Society about his run, its administrators were skeptical about his success. They doubted he could raise $1 million and as a test of his sincerity, told him to earn some seed money and find some corporate sponsors. They believed they'd never hear from him again. But Terry persevered, earning sponsors and the promise of promotion from the cancer society. On April 12, 1980, he dipped his artificial leg in the murky waters of St John's harbour and set off on the greatest adventure of his life. “I loved it,” Terry said. “I enjoyed myself so much and that was what other people couldn't realize. They thought I was going through a nightmare running all day long. “People thought I was going through hell. Maybe I was partly, but still I was doing what I wanted and a dream was coming true and

113 that, above everything else, made it all worthwhile to me. Even though it was so difficult, there was not another thing in the world I would have rather been doing. “I got satisfaction out of doing things that were difficult. It was an incredible feeling. The pain was there, but the pain didn't matter. But that's all a lot of people could see; they couldn't see the good that I was getting out of it myself.” And the people of Canada were latching on to Terry's dream. They wept as he ran by, fists clenched, eyes focussed on the road ahead, his awkward double-step and hop sounding down the highway, the set of his jaw, unflinching, without compromise. The look of courage. As a woman in Toronto, Canada's largest city said, “He makes you believe in the human race again.” He'd start before dawn every morning, running in shorts and a T-shirt printed with a map of Canada. He wasn't ashamed of his disability. Children were curious about his artificial leg. How did it work? What happens when it breaks? Donations poured in. Reading of Terry's goals, Four Seasons' President, Isadore Sharp, was also caught up in the dream of the Marathon of Hope. He pledged $10,000 to the marathon and challenged 999 other Canadian corporations to do the same. If $1 million toward cancer research was within reach, why not $1 from every Canadian; why not a goal of $23 million? The money came in many ways. People waited for hours on the roadside to watch Terry pass. Sometimes a stranger would press a $100 bill into his hand as he ran by. One day in southern Ontario, they collected $20,000 on the highway. A man in Hamilton sat in a vat of banana lemon custard and raised $912 for the Marathon of Hope. In Gravenhurst, the heart of Ontario's cottage country, with a population of 8,000, they raised more than $14,000. A musician, apparently without cash, handed Terry his $500 guitar. Throughout his run and even in the months before, Terry neglected his medical appointments. No one could force him to see a doctor for a check-up. He said he didn’t believe the cancer would come back. Earlier, when he'd missed his appointments for x-rays at the cancer clinic in Vancouver he said, “Every time I went down, I was shivering and it wasn't because I was cold. I was afraid.” Doctors in Thunder Bay confirmed that cancer had spread from his legs to his lungs. He phoned his parents who caught the first plane to Thunder Bay. Terry was so weak when he tried to walk across the street to a car so they could get a bite to eat outside the hospital, he collapsed. “The day before I'd run 26 miles and now I couldn't even walk across the street,” he said. Betty wept; Rolly's mouth was taut and hard as Terry spoke to reporters: “Well, you know, I had primary cancer in my knee three and a half years ago, and now the cancer is in my lung and I have to go home.” His voice broke as he spoke. He continued softly, “and have some more x-rays or maybe an operation that will involve opening up my chest or more drugs. I'll do everything I can. I'm gonna do my very best. I'll fight. I promise I won't give up.” His father, Rolly, was overheard to say, “I think it's unfair. Very unfair.” “I don't feel this is unfair,” Terry told him. “That's the thing about cancer. I'm not the only one. It happens all the time, to other people. I'm not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. It'll inspire more people. I could have sat on my rear end, I could have forgotten what I'd seen in the hospital, but I didn't.” “How many people do something they really believe in? I just wish people would realize that anything's possible, if you try; dreams are made, if people try. When I started this run, I said that if we all gave one dollar, we'd have $22 million for cancer research, and I don't care man, there's no reason that isn't possible. No reason. I'd like to see everybody go kind of wild, inspired with the fundraising.” He came home in a private jet. This was not the triumphant homecoming he and so many others had imagined. The run didn't end with Terry dipping his artificial leg in the seawaters off Vancouver's Stanley Park; instead, he was taken by ambulance back to the Royal Columbian Hospital. He continued to wear his Marathon of Hope T-shirt in hospital and refused the many offers, including one from the Toronto Maple

114 Leaf hockey team, to finish his run for him. In less than 48 hours the CTV television network arranged a special telethon and by the end had raised more than $10 million – $1 million from the provincial government of British Columbia, another $1 million from the province of Ontario and substantial cheques from corporations. Most, however, came from private donations. Isadore Sharp had sent a telegram which Terry pinned to his hospital bed. He said that Terry's marathon was just the beginning and that a fundraising run would be held in his name every year to continue his fight against cancer. “You started it. We will not rest until your dream to find a cure for cancer is realized.” For the next 10 months, Terry battled the disease. Some days the pain was nightmarish; some days, he felt well enough to go out with Rick Hansen and his friends. As he fought for his life, he was honoured with awards: He was the youngest Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's top civilian honour; he was named Newsmaker of the Year by the Canadian Press; he won the Lou Marsh trophy for outstanding athletic achievement; his portrait was hung in the Sports Hall of Fame and letters of encouragement came from around the world; and, most importantly, donations to his Marathon of Hope reached $23.4 million. The Guinness Book of Records named him top fundraiser. A mountain was named after him in British Columbia. Terry died, his family beside him, June 28, 1981 – one month short of his twenty-third birthday. There was nation-wide mourning. Flags were flown at half-mast. But people didn't forget him and his story didn't end with his death. The first Terry Fox Run was held that September – more than 300,000 people walked or ran or cycled in his memory and raised $3.5 million. 
 
Terry's mother B etty says ther e would be no Terry Fox Run if not for Isadore Sharp. And Mr Sharp, who has known the loss of a son to cancer, believes one day a brilliant young researcher, perhaps one funded by a Terry Fox grant, will find a cure for the disease. “Terry did not lose his fight,” Mr Sharp says. “Perhaps he finished all he had to do. Terry is like a meteor passing in the sky, one whose light travels beyond our view, yet still shines in the darkest night.”

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: “The Blind Side” Pt.1

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands:

Oral Communication, Media Studies

Overall Expectation(s):

OC-1. Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes; OC-2. Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes; OC-3. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations. MS-1.Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; MS-2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;

Specific Expectation(s): OC-2.1, 2.4, 2.6 MS-1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1 Enduring Understandings Addressed: • • •

Media outlets such as film hold a very strong impact on our society today. Media can be used for good as well as misconception; one must be able to decipher the differences. The adolescent years are very important to one’s growth into adulthood. Setting goals and having support can make a world of difference in the adolescent life.

• Essential Questions Addressed: •

How influential is a student’s family members, teachers and society figures in shaping their life? How is ‘personal drive and motivation’ seen to students today?

• Knowledge: • •

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Questioning the self. Media helps to share ideas and spread beliefs. Understanding the adolescence mind in media.

Learning Goals: •

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Communication skills. Critical thinking within: film. Identify themes in a film. Relating themes of film to one’s own life.

Discussing limitations before showing them the film will allow them to be able to connect their misconceptions of the topic after the movie is introduced.

Assessment Tools/Strategies • •

Skills:

The Hat Decisions (AasL) The Blind-Side (AforL)

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

 Intelligences

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

How to Find Out

Need to Know •

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DI •

Relating media to their own lives and how it affects their lives Differentiate the learning styles

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Differentiated Instruction Response

 Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

Film is a hook...leading them to the central themes of the movie and subconsciously relating it to their own lives. Auditory/ Visual/ Intrapersonal

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Necessary Prior Knowledge and Skills: Prior to this lesson, students will have… •

Students will have been previously exploring themselves and their perception of the media. They will be specifically looking at how it affects them personally and their everyday lives.

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: •

The film “The Blind Side”

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The film “The Blind Side” A ‘Hat’ with different job titles listed inside on small sheets of paper

Agenda: -Hat activity -Group Discussions -watch the film

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions “Hat Decisions”- 15 Minutes Put an assortment of different careers into a hat. Make sure there are differences from high status careers such as: CEO of a company, Medical surgeon etc. To lower status careers like: Wal-Mart Cashier, Dishwasher at a local restaurant etc. After students have selected their card, explain to them that, “This is the career your parents/ teachers/ community are expecting you to have when you leave high school”. Separate the room in three groups from the University bound students, College bound students and Workforce bound students. Have these discussion groups answer the following questions verbally within

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Connections: L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence AaL: Assessment as Learning

117 their groups. (Remind the class that every career is essential to society and how it functions properly and to treat each with respect.) 1. What are the expectations you have for yourself and your future? 2. Does this randomly selected career fit into those expectations? Why or why not? 3. Would limitations exist if many influential people in young student’s life set expectations too high or too low for the student? (Consider socioeconomic status as well.)

Action ⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent)

Time:

Connections:

Play the first hour of the film “The Blind Side” featuring Sandra Bullock

60 min

Dramatic Arts/ Film Studies AforL

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? Film is a good way to incorporate many diverse groups of students with special needs or IEPs because it can communicate a visual language understood and enjoyed by many.

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: “The Blind Side” Pt2

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands: Media Studies, Writing Overall Expectation(s):

M- 1. Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; M-2.Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning; M-4.Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts. W-1.Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;

Specific Expectation(s): M1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1 W 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

Enduring Understandings Addressed: •

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Film sends different messages to different people. Every person can receive and take away many diverse aspects of a production. Film is a highly effective and powerful media form that brings out emotions within individuals. Reflecting on what one feels is a great way to come to new realizations and ideas. Media as a communicator to send messages is an interesting concept and one that is true no matter what country or language one speaks.

Essential Questions Addressed: • • • • • •

What message did I receive from this film? What themes did I acknowledge during the process of viewing the film? How do these characters relate to my life personally? Have I ever struggled in such a manner as the characters in this ‘based on a true story’ film have? Are these themes relevant in our society today? How does the media convey inspiration? How is adolescent transformation shown throughout the film?

• Knowledge: • A look at film and its use as a media outlet • Persuasive tactics used in the media Learning Goals: • •

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Skills: •

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Critical thinking skills Analyzing themes in the film

Recognize how the media influences emotions. Recognize how the themes of a film can hold a significant effect ones thought process. Recognize the connections between themes in a film and one’s own life.

Assessment Tools/Strategies • AfL: Assessment for Learning • AasL: Assessment as Learning

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

 Intelligences

DI

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Need to Know • What forms of media are effective to the age group.

How to Find Out • Film is a good communicator for most age ranges.

Differentiated Instruction Response  Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Necessary Prior Knowledge and Skills: Prior to this lesson, students will have… • A prior knowledge of the film or have seen the first half of the film.

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: •

Create the exit pass

Materials: •

Agenda:

1. Recap 2. Complete viewing the film 3. hand out an exit pass

The film “ The Blind Side”

No resources.

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions

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“Re-Cap”- Have a very short re-cap of the first half of the movie, in case any students were absent the prior day when it as seen. Teacher Prompt: “Can someone give me a 30 second re-cap of the film so far?”

2 Min

Action ⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent)

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Connections: L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence AfL: Assessment for learning

Connections:

120 Watch the second half of “The Blind Side”, the film.

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Media Studies (AforL)

Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection

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Connections:

Hand out an Exit Pass to the class. Questions: 1. What made the mother played by Sandra Bullock such an influential mother? 2. What were the themes of the film?

2-4 Min

Writing (AforL)

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? I will make sure students with IEPs stay engaged with the film and encourage the class listen to the re-cap carefully. I will also give time after class to go over the exit pass and to ensure if the students who typically take a bit longer to comprehend have a question it will be answered.

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: Writing In Role: “The Blind Side”

TIME: 75 minutes

Curriculum Connections Strands: Writing, Media Studies Cross Curricular: Dramatic Arts Overall Expectation(s):

W-1. Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience; W-2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience; MS-1.Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; MS-2. Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning; MS-3. Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques; MS-4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.

Specific Expectation(s):

W-1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 MS-1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1

Enduring Understandings Addressed: • • • • •

What appears on the outside may not always be the case in relation to images, dialogue, text, and human persons. In relation to media, one must not judge on appearances alone but be a critical observer. In this manner, one can discern what is true from what is not. How people portray themselves can also be deceiving. Certain people present themselves in one manner but may be something else in reality. In this case, one must know that though people are not perfect, there is also good within them and to thus assume the good in others since one cannot judge absolutely when a certain persons are in fact being deceptive.

Essential Questions Addressed: • • •

How might knowing character intentions help in understanding the story? How can one determine a character`s true intention? Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? Why do characters project an image of themselves contrary to what they are really like?

• Knowledge: •

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Critical understanding & critique of media terms Identity construction (culture, community) Recognize difference between inner and outer selves External influences Character analysis

Skills: • •

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Communication Effective presentation techniques Analyzing different media forms

Learning Goals: • For the students to immerse themselves into a character to better understand the film’s themes. However,

writing style and character choice is up to the students themselves. Hopefully writing about what they would like to will give a greater purpose and drive behind the work.

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Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

 Intelligences

DI

 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Need to Know • The different characters within the film and their roles and themes in the film.

How to Find Out • Gain a better understanding on the tone of the film by taking on the perspective of a character.

Differentiated Instruction Response  Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • •

Hot Seating Questions Book Time in Computer Lab

Materials: • Computer Lab Class Access

Agenda: • •

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Hot Seating Computer Lab W r i t i n g i n Ro l e

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning goals/essential questions • Hot Seating: Place one chair in the center of the room. Teacher Prompt: “ I will call a character’s name and one at a time you are invited to take a seat in the chair as that character. The class will then be able to ask you any question and as the character you answer as you see fit.”

Action ⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) •

‘Writing in Role’ Exercise: Using a Character from the film, “The Blind Side” students will write as if they are a character speaking about either upcoming events, past events, new realizations etc. Students are given the opportunity to choose which other character they are writing to and how they are communicating their message. For example they could communicate through a letter, e-mail, journal entry, newspaper article, eulogy etc.

Time:

10min

Connections: L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence AaL: Assessment as Learning Cross Curricular: Dramatic Arts

Time:

Connections:

60min

AoL: Assessment of Learning Cross Curricular: Dramatic Arts

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Consolidation and Connection Time: ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection • There is enough time allotted that if they finish early enough students 5 Min can share their work with a peer. In a TPS (Think-Pair-Share).

Connections:

AfL: Assessment for Learning

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? • ‘Writing in Role’ is a great exercise for all different learning levels because the students chooses their own diction and their own learning pace.

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

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SUBJECT/GRADE: Gr. 11 English (College) TIME: 75 minutes COURSE/TYPE/CODE: ENG3C1 LESSON TITLE: Work Period: Preparation for Culminating Activity Curriculum Connections Strands: Oral Communication, Reading and Literature Studies, Writing, Media Studies Overall Expectation(s):

M- 1. Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts; M-2.Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning; MS-3. Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques; M-4.Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts. W-1.Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience W-2. Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience; OC-1. Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes; OC-2. Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes; OC-3. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations. RLS-1. Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of informational, literary, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning; RLS-2. Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning; RLS-3. Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently; RLS-4. Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.

Specific Expectation(s):

W-1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 MS-1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1 OC-1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.1 RLS- 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1,2.2, 2.3,3.1, 3.2

Enduring Understandings Addressed: •

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All media is constructed using a creative language/rhetoric and its own rules and is organized to persuade and influence others. Media forms influence us, such as our way of seeing the world. Each individual receives/experiences media messages differently. The media does not represent society accurately, fairly, or equally.

Essential Questions Addressed: • • • • •

How might knowing character intentions help in understanding the story? How can one determine a character`s true intention? Why is it important to know that what appears on the outside may not actually be the case? Why do characters project an image of themselves contrary to what they are really like? What real world examples suggest that appearances can be deceiving?

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How can the belief that appearances are deceiving contribute to one`s understanding of persons in a positive way? How can the idea contribute to one`s understanding of others in a negative way? How does a focus on body image in the media today affect this crucial time in the adolescent`s life? How do the various texts, which explore the theme of appearance versus reality, like poems, short stories and song lyrics relate to the high school roles and stereotypes that students recognize? In what way does the immigrant experience affect students today? What are some of the misconceptions?

Knowledge: • • • • • •

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Skills: • • • • • •

Critical understanding & critique of media terms Persuasive tactics in the media Identity construction (culture, community) Recognize difference between inner and outer selves External influences Ability to communicate and present with a critical lens Character analysis

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Effective presentation techniques Setting goals and action plans Analytical skills in literary works Critical literacy skills Communication Analyzing different media forms Implementing techniques in technology

Learning Goals: •

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To present a well-structured presentation to the class To work with group members cohesively and calmly

Differentiated Instruction Details: How will you differentiate your lesson? Provide details. Knowledge of Students Differentiation based on student:  Readiness  Interests  Learner Profile:

 Styles

 Intelligences

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 Other (e.g., environment, gender, culture)

Need to Know • Group has previously been given time and gotten together outside of class.

How to Find Out • This work period will give them the time to polish and finish their performance before the performance dates.

Differentiated Instruction Response  Learning materials (content)  Ways of learning (process)

 Ways of demonstrating learning (product)  Learning environment

Pre-Planning, Materials and Resources: Pre-planning: • Previous work in the group setting

Materials: • n/a

Agenda: -Group time to work

The Lesson: Minds On (Hook) ⇒ Establish a positive learning environment ⇒ Connect to prior learning and/or experiences ⇒ Set the context of learning/sharing learning

Time:

Connections: L: Literacy AfL, AaL, AoL: Assessment for/as/of Learning MI: Multiple Intelligence

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goals/essential questions

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Action ⇒ Introduce new learning or extend/reinforce prior learning ⇒ Provide opportunities for practice and application of learning (guided > independent) Work Period for the Culminating activity This work period will build their confidence, giving them an opportunity to get together all at the same time and in a proper learning environment. It will also prepare them for the two presentation days ahead.

Time:

Connections:

75 min

AoL: Assessment of Learning

Consolidation and Connection ⇒ Help students demonstrate what they have learned ⇒ Provide opportunities for consolidation and reflection • Two Days Of Presentation Periods will follow this work period.

Time:

Connections:

75min 75min

End of Unit Presentations

AoL: Assessment of Learning

Accommodations and Modifications: How will you accommodate for students with IEPs, ELLs, etc.? Having a teacher present will offer a support for students who are struggling with group work or personal aspects of the group work.

Teacher Reflection on Lesson: Aspects that worked:

Changes for next time:

ENG3C – Gr. 11 English Culminating Activity

NAME: ______________________________

Culminating Activity: The Adolescent Experience

“Media literacy is the result of learning about different how they communicate meaning. Closely interrelated to the relationship to popular culture and the understanding of influence that media have on our lives. … It is important for how media forms influence our perceptions and values – our and understanding the world around us …” – Media Literacy within the Multicultural Classroom

media forms and media literacy is the profound [us] to realize way of seeing

The purpose of messages in the media is to inform, to persuade, or to influence behavior of the target audience. Your task is to reflect how these messages influence the way you present yourself to others. As a teen, how does this affect your own experiences as an adolescent? In what ways do unrealistic expectations put out by the media impact your internal self? Evaluation is based on the following: Stage One: Choosing from the choice board, you will create one media piece to illustrate how the media has influenced your external persona and real self. Your work should convey a meaningful message at both literally and symbolically while drawing connections to the theme of appearance vs. reality and adolescent experiences. Due: _______________________ (50%) Stage Two: You will give a five-minute oral presentation to the class to present and explain your piece. You will have time to work with a partner on practicing the effective presentational skills we learned in class. Your presentation should have a clear introduction and conclusion. Peer-assessment presentation due: ________________________ Final presentation due: _______________________ (30%) Stage Three: A two-page (double-spaced) written reflection will be due after the oral presentation. In your reflection, you should 1) explain the ways in which the media has influenced your internal self/external persona; 2) connect to the broader theme of appearance and reality; 3) make references to at least three texts covered within the unit. Due: _______________________ (20%) Total = /100% = /10% of overall grade

ENG3C – Gr. 11 English Culminating Activity

NAME: ______________________________

Culminating Activity: Appearance Vs. Reality Choice Board Course: ENG3C- Grade 11 Applied English Unit/Theme: Appearance Vs. Reality

Create a five-minute commercial

Write a two-page movie/play script

Create and record two songs (one-page length each for lyrics) with music

Create a five-minute documentary

Design a poster (11 x 17)

Create a two-page (8.5x11) comic “book”

Choreograph and film a five-minute mime

Write a one-page newspaper article (with photo and caption)

Create a 3-D model (representation)

ENG3C – Gr. 11 English Culminating Activity NAME: ______________________________ ENG3C: Appearance/Reality – Culminating Activity Rubric Categories Knowledge/ Understanding Understanding of Relationships between Internal/External Self Thinking/Inquiry Critical and creative thinking skills in creating media product Communication Effective and creative presentation of media piece to create a visual message

Application Reflection demonstrates meaningful understanding of the relationship between the media and its influence on adolescent experiences, referencing class material (i.e gender stereotypes, body image, internal/external self)

Level 4 (80-100%) Three or more clear and insightful references made to show the relationship between internal/external self.

Level 3 (70-79%) Two references made to show the relationship between internal/external self.

Level 2 (60-69%) One reference made to show the relationship between internal/external self.

Makes complete reference to the critical and creative thinking skills in connection with the creation of the media product. Media piece was fully explained to the class in relation to the adolescent experience using personal insight/experience.

Makes reference to critical and creative thinking skills used when creating the media product.

Makes reference to critical and creative thinking skills, with no apparent connection make to creation of the media product. Media piece was not explained fully to the class.

Spoke audibly and expressively; maintained constant eye contact with audience.

Spoke audibly and with expression; maintained some eye contact with audience.

Spoke using variable degree of clarity; attempted to maintain eye contact with audience.

Spoke with limited degree of clarity; little attempt to maintain eye contact with audience.

Reflection makes reference to three or more connections with class material to demonstrate the relationship between media and its influence on the adolescent experience.

Reflection makes reference to two connections with class material to demonstrate the relationship between media and its influence on the adolescent experience.

Reflection makes reference to one connections with class material to demonstrate the relationship between media and its influence on the adolescent experience.

Reflection makes no clear reference with class material to show demonstrate the relationship between media and its influence on the adolescent experience.

Media piece was explained to the class in relation to the adolescent experience.

Level 1 (50-59%) There were no clear references made to show the relationship between internal/external self. Makes no reference to the critical and creative thinking skills used when creating the media product. Media piece was not explained to the class.

Note: A student whose achievement is below Level 1(50%) has not been successful in achieving the expectations for this assignment.