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Week |
Session |
Lesson |
Assessment |
Documents (See below table) |
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1
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Lesson 1 |
Brainstorming: What is media? Sender – Message – Receiver Producer – Medium Audience How is meaning made? Target audience Codes and convention (SWAT) |
Students begin their portfolios.
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Portfolio Assessment Sheet & Marking Guide
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Lesson 2 |
Code and conventions - SWAT · Analysing examples of media and how these have been used. · How to write/speak about how these are used in different media forms. |
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2
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Lesson 1 |
Stereotypes · What is a stereotype? · How are they constructed? Society responses to stereotypes. |
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Lesson 2 |
Stereotypes in film and television. · Analysing examples · Social commentary |
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3
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Lesson 1 |
Students will begin watching film for analysis |
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Student Presentation Assessment Sheet & Marking Guide |
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Lesson 2 |
Students will finish watching film for analysis Class discussion on film. Student will split into groups of 4/5 for work on presentations |
Portfolio Check |
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4
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Lesson 1 |
Time for work on oral presentations |
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Lesson 2 |
Time for work on oral presentations |
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5
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Lesson 1 |
Presentations |
Student (25%) Presentations |
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Lesson 2 |
Presentations |
Student Presentations |
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6 |
Lesson 1 |
Students will begin outlining a synopsis for a film. · Identify the plot/storyline of film and the central characters. · Identify genre of film and target audience. |
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Film Synopsis Worksheet Genre & Target Audience Worksheet |
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Lesson 2 |
Poster analysis · Titles, colours, slogans, ratings, etc |
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7
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Lesson 1 |
Further work on genre and target audience. · Students will identify how they will use SWAT codes and conventions in promotional materials to signify genre and to attract their selected target audience. |
Portfolio Check (10%) |
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Lesson 2 |
Students will draft a poster for their film. |
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Poster Assessment Work Sheet & Marking Guide | |
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8
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Lesson 1 |
Students will complete their final film posters. |
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Lesson 2 |
Poster self evaluation and critique · Did your plan work? · What changes were made? Why? |
Poster Due (20%) |
Poster Design Analysis Form | |
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9
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Lesson 1 |
In class study and practice for upcoming test. · What is Media? · What are SWAT codes? · Define Genre & Stereotypes |
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Lesson 2 |
Test on material studied so far |
In Class Test (15%) |
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10
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Lesson 1 |
Work on portfolio |
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Lesson 2 |
Work on portfolio |
Portfolio Due (30%) |
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Year 8 Term Outline
Media Codes and Conventions
Students will be introduced to the notion of Media and how Media texts are constructed.
The main focus of the unit will be media codes and conventions (symbolic, written, audio, technical) and how these are used to identify genre, target audience and stereotypes.
There will be 4 Assessment tasks in this unit:
1. Portfolio (40%)
This is a term long assessment and therefore is worth more.
Students will be expected to gather media texts, both in and outside of class, and make observations and comments on these texts, in regards to what they are learning in class (codes, conventions, genre, target audience and stereotypes).
2. Class Presentation (25%)
In groups of 4, students will present a 10/15 minute speach on a film viewed in class.
3. Poster Design and Analysis(20%)
Students will develop an idea for a film, they will identify: storyline and main characters; target audience and genre. Students will then create a poster for this film.
4. In Class Test (15%)
Students will be given the duration of one class to complete a test on the materials learned throughout the term.
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Portfolio Assessment Sheet.docx Size : 27.05 Kb Type : docx |
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Student Presentation Assessment Sheet.docx Size : 26.294 Kb Type : docx |
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Film Synopsis Worksheet.docx Size : 15.673 Kb Type : docx |
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Genre & Target Audience Worksheet.docx Size : 15.909 Kb Type : docx |
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Poster Design and Analysis Assessment Sheet.docx Size : 76.638 Kb Type : docx |
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Poster Design Analysis.docx Size : 13.097 Kb Type : docx |
