Lesson 09: The Media Scares Me…

The Media Scares Me…

Unit: Horror and Villains
Duration: 1 hour

Cycle: 3
Topic: ELA

Learning Objectives

To reflect on the horror unit.

To reflect on the role of the media in creating fear.

To reflect on censorship and the manipulation of the information viewers receive in order to create emotions.

COMPETENCIES

Cross-Curricular

COMPETENCY 1 • TO USE INFORMATION

COMPETENCY 2 • TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

COMPETENCY 3 • TO EXERCISE CRITICAL JUDGMENT

COMPETENCY 4 • TO USE CREATIVITY

COMPETENCY 5 • TO ADOPT EFFECTIVE WORK METHODS

COMPETENCY 7 • TO CONTRUCT HIS/HER IDENTITY

COMPETENCY 8 • TO COOPERATE WITH OTHERS

COMPETENCY 9 • TO COMMUNICATE APPROPRIATELY

Subject Areas

English Language Arts

COMPETENCY 4 • TO USE LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE AND LEARN

Essential Knowledges

LANGUAGE TO COMMUNICATE

TALK FOR LEARNING AND THINKING

SELF EVALUATION

Materials

Pens, papers and ideas.

Professional

Development

Goals

1. To act as a professional inheritor, critic and interpreter of knowledge or culture when teaching students.

2. To communicate clearly in the language of instruction, both orally and in writing, using correct grammar, in various contexts related to teaching.

3. To develop appropriate teaching/learning situations.

4. To pilot teaching/learning situations.

5. To evaluate student progress in learning the subject content and mastering the related competencies.

6. To plan, organize and supervise a class in such a way as to promote students’ learning and social development.

12. To demonstrate ethical and responsible professional behavior in the performance of his or her duties.

OUTLINE

TIME

ACTIVITY

Introduction

(20 min)

We have come to the end of our unit on horror, and students should reflect on this.

We will begin with a completely student guided discussion about the unit, what was enjoyed best, what they would do differently, what they didn’t enjoy.

We will talk about what was learned, what they know now that they didn’t know before, what they did know before this unit.

They may bring up their fears and if this unit has changed them at all.

Focus

(20 min)

Students will be asked to take everything they learned about horror and the easy manipulation of feelings and apply this to the general media. They will think about movies, television, commercials and try to apply the same concepts we have gone over.

For example, the teacher may bring up style of images,

Take for example The Wolves in the Walls. Can you think of anywhere else that images are styled in a certain way to intentionally produce a tone? What about in advertisements? Could these images be styled in a way to create desire instead of fear?

Censorship,

Why do commercials show us what they show us? What don’t they show us?

And creation of emotions.

What kind of music do you hear on the news? On cartoons? On MTV?

How does this make you feel?

Closing

(20 min)

Students will now work individually.

They will write a few pages reflecting on the unit.

The teacher may write questions on the board to help guide them through their writing. They are not required to answer all or any of the questions, they are simply there to help:

What is fear?

Have your feelings towards fear and horror changed during this unit?

What did you like best about this unit? Worst? What would you do differently?

What did you learn?

What do you remember the most?

You have produced a lot of work during this unit. What are you most proud of?

How does this unit relate to the media?

How does this unit relate to you personally?

Grammar and spelling will count—they should try to write clearly and succinctly.

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