Lesson Lesson#4:MediaAnalysis

Standards CCSS
ReadingInformationalText
9-10.5:Analyzeindetailhowanauthor'sideasorclaimsaredevelopedandrefinedbyparticularsentences,paragraphs,orlarger
portionsofatext.
9-10.6:Determineanauthor'spointofvieworpurposeinatextandanalyzehowanauthorusesrhetorictoadvancethatpointof
vieworpurpose.
ISTE
Standard3:ResearchandInformationFluency
b.Locate,organize,analyze,evaluate,synthesize,andethicallyuseinformationfromavarietyofsourcesandmedia.

Lesson SWBATevaluatetheauthorshipofamediamessage,identifyingtheauthorsintendedpurposeandpotentialbias.
Objectives SWBATevaluatethecontentofamediamessage,identifyingthevaluesthatarerepresentedaswellasthosethatareomitted.

EQs, EQs
Content,& Whocreatedthismessage?
Skills Whatvalues,lifestyles,andpointsofviewarerepresentedinoromittedfromthismessage?
Content
Featuresofarticles
Howtociteinternetsources
Vocabulary:socialissue,bias,values
Skills
Readingnon-fictiontext
Determininganauthorsclaim
Determininganauthorspurpose
Identifyingbias

Materials UnitChallengeTask&Rubric(handouts,1foreachstudent)
MediaAnalysisorganizer
PresidentTrumpsFirst100DaysinOffice.
iPads(1forevery2students)
Indexcards

Lesson 1. WarmUp(10mins)
Agenda a. Revisitourlistofimportantsocialissuesfromday1.Selecttwothataremostimportanttoyou.Turnandtalkwithyour
partneraboutwhytheseissuesareimportanttoyou,andwhatyoumightbeabletolearnfromanalyzingmedia
messagesabouteachone.
 b. 2-3partnershipsshareouttothewholeclass.
2. UnitChallengeIntroduction(15mins)
a. Teacherintroducestheunitchallenge(providehandouts).ReadUnitChallengeTask,StepsforSuccess,andRubric
withwholeclass.
b. TeacheranswersanyquestionsstudentshaveabouthowtheUnitChallenge.
3. MediaAnalysisWorkshop(25mins)
a. TeachermodelsuseoffirsthalfofMediaAnalysisorganizerusingresource:PresidentTrumpsFirst100Daysin
Office.
b. TeacheranswersanyquestionsstudentshaveabouthowtousetheMediaAnalysisorganizer.
c. PartnershipsopentheresourceontheiriPadsandcompletethesecondhalfoftheMediaAnalysis.Teachercirculates,
assistingstudentsasneeded.
d. 2-4studentssharetheirAnalysisSummary.Asstudentsshare,teacherencouragesotherstonoticesimilaritiesand
differencesandidentifybestpractices,whichcanbedisplayedontheboard.
4. Summary(10mins)
a. Studentswritequestions,responses,orwonderingsonindexcardsandhandintoteacherasanexitticket.

Assessment InformalAssessment:TeacherobservesstudentsduringMediaAnalysisWorkshop.
FormativeAssessment:StudentssubmitandteacheranalyzesMediaAnalysisforformativeassessmentofproficiencywithtopic,
skills,andvocabulary.AllformativeassessmentsuptothispointwillbeusedtoinformgroupingsforLesson#6:ActionWorkshops.