Heather Schlieder, RCOE, Appalachian State University
- Media Literacy Web Page
For a project on media literacy, I created a lesson
plan that involves fifth grade students looking at silent clips from television
shows that where taped off cable and movies (12.6).
After viewing the clips, we talk about the importance of body language
and expressions when acting. After our discussion, the students get
in groups to write a script of their own from another silent clip based
on their observations of the body language and expressions of the actors
and actresses. After completing their scripts, each group will have
the opportunity to share their script with the class (12.1).
One way will be to say the dialogue while the program is being viewed by
the class to match the script to the motions on the television (12.7).
The use of a television and a VCR to view different forms of media is crucial
to studying and learning about media literacy in this lesson so the students
will get a better understanding of media. Television shows and movies
are a big part of media literacy and by using a VCR, I was able to bring
this large part of media into my classroom for the students to study and
explore closely (11.1). This lesson titled
“Can You Write A Script?” meets many of the fifth grade North Carolina
Standard Course of Study requirements including Language Arts Skills and
Informational Skills. The lesson plan is available on the World Wide
Web so other teachers and professionals will be able to use part or all
of this lesson plan in their classroom when teaching about media literacy
and body language in particular. The format of the web page includes
direct links, a navigation menu, and still pictures of each media source
to make it easy to work through and use (11.2).
I used the Internet to access the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
for the fifth grade to determine the appropriate grade level for my lesson
and the skills and objectives it would address. I also found and
complied a list of web sites on media and scriptwriting that would be useful
in teaching media literacy to the class (10.3).