Media+Studies+Week+6


 * //14 October//**

//Collect journals//

//The Power of Words//

//Reaction? What is the message?//

//Revelation -- who created the video? Who are the players?//

//Intro to Disney unit.//

//Consider some Disney films you know about, such as: Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Pocohontas, Beauty the Beast... Brainstorm words and ideas that describe the following roles as they are portrayed in the Disney version of these fairy tales: 1) step-mother 2) prince 3) princess 4) mothers 5) fathers 6) hero & 7) villain.//



//Steve Jobs -- a biography// Journal -- Consider this a possibilty for tomorrow's hand in journals, or use it for your next installment.
 * //13 October//**

Today's journal prompt: With the passing of Steve Jobs, the web is filled with remembrances of a pioneer and industry legend. It's a sad day indeed. But it's also a good day to look back and consider the history of innovation. And how all the inventions and creations of the last 100 years have impacted us.

As a specific topic to write about: How would you compare the importance of electricity with the invention of the internet? or the cell phone? Can this kind of comparison be made? If you had to lose one of these inventions, which would you keep and why?

I am offering you the class time today to work on and complete your sitcom deconstruction and journals. Any late work can be done as well. All work should be submitted tomorrow.

If you have NOTHING else to do, feel free to look at tomorrow's lesson on Stereotypes in Disney. This is the intro lesson to our movie deconstruction.


 * //12 October//**

CUTOFF DATE FOR ANY LATE ASSIGNMENT IS FRIDAY. NO EMAILED SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED.

//Oprah assignments handed in (one pile)//

//Late assignments (another pile)// //A Litre of Light// //-- the original// //-- the authored message -- is this ethical? Educational? Is the exposure worth the obvious branding?//

//Discuss the 8 parts of Big Bang deconstruction.//

//Partners choose a show to watch together and deconstruct according to 8 criteria. Short answers, but not point form please. Time in lab.//


 * //11 October//**

//Final call for late assignments.//

//TV sitcom deconstruction//

//Modern Family -- Dude Ranch//

//In pairs, concentrate on the parts of our deconstruction sheet and report back.//

//HOMEWORK: With a partner, decide on a sitcom to deconstruct on your own. Find the link online as we will be using it tomorrow.//




 * //15 October//**

//PSA projects due today.//



//Presentation of projects. Wrap this up asap.//

//Social Media project OR Journal reaction (depending on time).//

//**13 October**//

//Quick seating re-arrangement//

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//Review the PSA's that have gone already.//

//Ashley's group//

//Review from committee. Which PSA do you think would be the most effective if it was produced? Why?//

//Quick return to 'Mosh' and finish//

//Hand out Facebook sheet...start today, due in class tomorrow.// //Growing Up Online//
 * //to do -- create discussion questions for video.//**

//**12 October**// //Housekeeping / Reminders// //* Interim signed for those below 60.// //* Reaction #3 due on Friday for those without.// //* PSA project (remember that?) due on Friday for presentation.// //* Quick discussion re: Journals / Reactions -- option to add a journal piece during the week and assign a mark to it. REQUIRES a notebook for journals.// //New Unit -- Format// //Strong connection to Authorship// //Take home assignment / activity// //Mosh Activity//



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//Complete Mosh in class...//