Media Literacy / Persuasion

Over the course of the year, I created many unit plans. Some were written in a formal manner, using backwards design, as part of my coursework for the MAT program. Others were designed (less formally) during my student teaching, for use in the 2 - 3 classes I taught full time this year. There is some overlap between these two categories.

Below, I have included all of the Unit Plans that I created specifically for the MAT Program, as well as a couple of the less-formally-created plans of which I am most proud.

Media Literacy / Persuasion

Posted by Fiona Worcester on Monday, June 20, 2011 Under: Media Literacy / Persuasion

Using backwards design and based on the ASD 9th Grade Language Arts Curriculum Guide, I taught my 9th grade students a 6-week unit on media literacy and persuasion, with an emphasis on recognizing persuasive techniques used in advertising. As culminating projects, they composed persuasive essays and created public service announcement posters. In November 2010, as part of ED620 - Curriculum Development, I wrote up this unit in more formalized backwards design format. I include some of the handouts that I used to teach the course below.

Unit Plan - MediaLit/Persuasion
Public Service Announcement Poster Guidelines
Persuasive Techniques Note-Taking Guide / Commercial Analysis Outline
Poster Analysis Outline

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