Grade 5 ELAL Outcomes
Photo Essay - Literary Forms
With social media applications like Instagram, photo essays or stories have become a way of expressing ourselves, of inspiring and entertaining others. Photo essays can also explain and inform, as in news and non-fiction articles. This lesson offers students the opportunity to explore the photo essay as a literary form and to create their story (fiction or non-fiction) using media.
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Collaboration for Effective Dialogue
Collaboration for effective communication is a foundational skill for both learning and life. While teachers often encourage students to “play nice,” many learners need structured opportunities to develop and practice collaboration, to fully understand how it works. As a core element of Media Literacy Education, collaboration is essential as students engage in group projects and interact with increasingly diverse online communities
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Editorials and Opinion Texts - Persuasive Texts
Examining non-fiction text for structure, content, and sources of information, allows our students to make informed opinions about what is going on in the world around them. Further, it allows them to formulate and express their own opinions based on the non-fiction text and perspectives of others. This lesson will give students the opportunity to analyze and compose an opinion text, based on the non-fiction texts they have gathered and analyzed.
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