Lesson Plan for Day #6
Title: Half
full / half empty: How the media’s language shapes our minds
Overview: This
class session will also be discussion based.
We will talk about whether or not the media affects the way Titus and
his friends think. We will then talk
about whether or not the media today affects the way we think. Current articles and satirical cartoons will
then be discussed to make students more aware of how the media can color our
opinions.
Goals / Objectives:
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Students will be
more aware of how language use in the media affects the way they think
Materials / Resources Needed
Activities / Procedures:
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I will start class with an
open discussion. Do you think that the
way language is worded over the feed affects the way Titus and his friends
think? Do you think that they way our
media uses language affects the way that we think? |
15 minutes |
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I will pass out or display
the articles about Hurricane Katrina survivors. I will prompt the students to
free-write. After reading the first
article, what was your opinion of the young man? After reading the second article, what was
your opinion of the two residents?
Were the actions of the two groups of hurricane survivors different in
nature? How do you know? If you had seen these articles separately
from one another, would you ever have realized how the media’s language in
these articles affected you? |
15 minutes |
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I will lead a class
discussion about the student’s free-writing assignment and the articles in
question. |
20 minutes |
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I will assign pages
166-203 for tomorrow’s class. |
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Assessment:
Students will receive
participation points for their free-writing today.