Lesson 1b Media Language V Genre
Learning Objectives:
K: the areas of study referring to media language as directed by the OCR spec.
U: how media language affects genre.
BAT: demonstrate your understanding of how these areas are applied via a practical activity.
C.O: Use media terminology (both old and new) in your verbal and written communication).
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Task 1- Join the nearpod lesson as directed by your teacher (go to NEARPOD.COM)
Class Code: YOUR TEACHER WILL GIVE YOU THIS
After going through the lesson, please answer the following questions in your blog post for today:
- Why do you think its important for the media industry to follow typical conventions of any given genre?
- Why do you think some media products challenge genre conventions?
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Task 2 - Visual dictionary.
For this visual dictionary you need to evidence that you understand genre as a concept and the importance of following conventions...
Find examples (images) of 4 different media texts that belong to 4 different types of genres (chosen by you).
What technology will you use to make this? A youtube video? A sway? Prezi? A padlet?
The following information must be included in the visual dictionary:
Name of text
What genre is this text?
What codes and conventions can you identify in your text?
Is it a subgenre? If so, what other?
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Success Criteria:
- You need to make sure you use full sentences in your explanations... not just one-two word answers.
- You need to make sure you use media language throughout.
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