Point of View Game
http://www.pbs.org/pov/reportero/game.php#.U87CyoBdXZB A game by PBS.org where students investigate the risks that journalists take to report on organized crime and …
Category Archives: Responding to and Evaluating Texts
Stop-Motion Short Film–“Bottle” Love Story
http://www.kirstenlepore.com/Bottle ‘Bottle’ tells the story of a relationship between a sandman and snow-woman who communicate with each other by sending items …
Analyse Finnish Ad for Effectiveness
This Finnish Ad (about a minute) is a good media literacy lesson for junior-intermediate students. Have the students watch the ad with …
Top 10 Most Read Books in the World
Hans Rosling makes data sing
This amazing 13 minute Ted Talk by Hans Rosling dispels the idea that the world is headed towards overpopulation. His …
What part of the population does the most gambling?
Acccording to Stats Canada (2010) people earning less than 20,000 per year (the poorest people in our society) spend the most …
Dear Math…
Get your students to write a letter to “Dear Reading,” or “Dear Literacy,” or “Dear Science,” or “Dear Physical Education,” …
Unnamable, Unimaginable Thing in My Basement
In this Burnistoun, Lovecraftian comedy sketch, a housing administrator interviews a tenant who has a complaint about an unnameable, unimaginable thing …
Crane Accident: Spotting the doctored photo
The 2005 Crane Accident is a series of 11 photographs involving one small car and two large cranes is an excellent text to …
Three Photographs/Three Words
Teacher notes: The following lesson ideas incorporate reading expectations 1.5 and 1.8 for intermediate level students. Three Photographs/Three Words Choose …
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