Unit 2: Words, Images, Graphics, and Sounds PDF

Unit 2: Words, Images, Graphics, and Sounds Students will evaluate and present assigned and/or self-selected examples of bias in various forms of media, and using examples, evaluate how messages presented in media reflect social and cultural views in ways different from traditional texts. Students...

Unit 2: Words, Images, Graphics, and Sounds Students will evaluate and present assigned and/or self-selected examples of bias in various forms of media, and using examples, evaluate how messages presented in media reflect social and cultural views in ways different from traditional texts. Students will also evaluate and describe the techniques used in their media examples as well as intended audience and purpose and how to determine fact or fiction using key words. Students will then produce an original multimedia presentation that includes graphics, images, and sounds to appeal to a specific audience, and share it with the class using proper conventions of language. The student prepares for effective communication skills. The student is expected to: (A) organize ideas logically and sequentially; (B) locate and interpret written information; and (C) distinguish communicated fact from opinion by identifying key words. (F) organize ideas in writing in a coherent, logical progression (10) The student uses comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. The student applies the knowledge and skills in paragraphs (2)-(9) of this subsection with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts. The student is expected to: (A) evaluate how messages presented in media reflect social and cultural views in ways different from traditional texts; (B) evaluate the interactions of different techniques used in multi- layered media such as layout, pictures, typeface in print media, images, text, or sound in electronic journalism;