Learning Objectives:
1. Students understand media messages are constructed using a creative language with its own rules.
1. Students understand media messages are constructed using a creative language with its own rules.
2. Students understand media have embedded values and points of view.
3. Students analyze magazine covers portral of the same person.
4. Students critique the individual covers and then compare and contrast them with regard to technique, content, and impact.
Proceedure:
1. Show cover of Muscle & Fitness. Ask students:
What do you think about this person based on the cover of the magazine?
How does he look? Chart the adjectives students use.
2.Show cover of Esquire. Ask the same questions and chart student responses.
3. Compare and contrast the two magazine covers. What do you see that is different about the two covers? How do the differences effect how you feel about the person?
4. In pairs create a magazine cover that dipicts a person that has been nominated for the National Teacher of the Year award. From the cover we should be able to get an idea of their teaching philosophy and the kinds of activities we would see if we were to visit their classroom.
5. We will use PowerPoint to create your magazine cover.
6. We will spend Tuesday October 13 creating the covers.
7. Your covers will be posted on a blog site for fifth graders to view comment and vote on. They will be determining which teacher should receive the Teacher of the Year award based on your magazine cover!
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