CT 330 SP19 Critical Media Literacy Activity by Sylvia Somiari https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19 Follow directions posted on the BB link to the Padlet. Be sure to put your group members names on your Padlet post. en-us 2019-04-10 21:23:02 UTC 2025-11-09 11:07:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Emily Bruggeman & Heather Grayson https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352049944 1. The purpose would be to share what makes their family special or unique. Possible topics could be food, clothing, holidays, traditions, etc. 
2. Students will be writing down their ideas with descriptive language and evidence. Students will be vocalizing their ideas through a digital media format using descriptive language and evidence.
3. Media that could be used includesPodcast on Audacity or VoiceThread. 
4. During class meeting, the class will listen to one student’s podcast or digital media each day.
5. ELL’s will be able to interview their family, hopefully gathering information specific to their culture (food, clothes, religion, etc.) Cultural awareness will also be integrated since the class will be listening to one another’s recording during class meetings. Literacy and language skills will be majorly focused on through the writing of their script and the speaking of it as well. ]]> 2019-04-16 17:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352049944 Samee and Abigail https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352050540 1. Bringing awareness of discrimination by creating a newscast
2. 
  • Students will retell an event with past tense verbs. 
  • Students will ask informational questions with verbs and verb phrases.
3. iMovie, podcast, or digital news article
4. Other classes will be shown the finished products, and possibly parents as well. 
5. This will help ELL students think about events that involve discrimination or situations that they have experienced. They are also putting these situations into a story to help bring awareness to other people. 
]]> 2019-04-16 17:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352050540 Lindsey & Jane https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352051143 1. showing the effects of a natural disaster & giving ways to take action
2. cause and effect over scientific processes of natural disasters and persuasive speech for a call to action
3. scripts written in google docs, video on iMovie, podcast on voicethread
4. the students can show parents and friends their work on the school website
5. it will show that their words can make a difference to other people in a difficult situation]]> 2019-04-16 17:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352051143 Jenna & Lauren https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352616888 1. The purpose is to create a PSA about racism
2. Our language goal is to have students recognize words meaning. Choosing appropriate words that do not have not have negative connotation
3. Video of students choice, could be slam poetry, could be music video, etc.
4. These videos can be shown on a school PSA. Each morning one video will be played on school news until all videos are shown
5. We believe this will allow students to think critically about other races and the meaning behind words.]]> 2019-04-18 17:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352616888 Erika & Sarah https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352617066 1. The purpose is to have the students relate to the experiences of students in poverty by displaying a day in the life
2. Write a narrative with description language using content specific knowledge and adjectives
3. Powerpoint slides, vimeo, iMovie (provide a script), Prezi
4. There work will be shared with the peers around the same grade, and adults who came into the classroom 
5. Students will have to use a variety of resources and display their information in at least two different manners. This can help them connect what they learned with their language goals.]]> 2019-04-18 17:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352617066 Vanessa, Shane and Madeline https://padlet.com/somiari_sylvia/ct330spring19/wish/352618987
1.  To tell a story through iMovie about hunger in their community.
2. -Students will express their feelings about the population of their community who live in hunger with a media presentation.

3. 
  • iMovie
  • Powerpoint
  • Podcast
  • Make a song
4. Displayed for the whole school, sent out to families, presented to the community 
5. How do you think the media project will help ELL's think critically about social issues while also practicing lit

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