Critique Bubble Football: Media Literacy
Have your students watch this short video of “Bubble Soccer” and generate what the rules of this sport might be. …
Category Archives: Responding to and Evaluating Texts
Supermodels Without Makeup: Media Literacy
Have your students scroll down through the pictures of the models until they get to the last two (2 men …
Princess Clothing Writing Prompt
Have you students design a contemporary outfit for a literary character using clothing items found from mulitmedia sources. Have the students …
Writing to improve reading
Steve Graham and Michael Hebert’s 2010 research paper identifies three main practices that strengthen students’ reading skills through writing. They are: …
13 Words by Lemony Snicket and Lesson Ideas
School Library Journal: K-Gr 2 — The 13 words that are the basis for this sophisticated picture book are “bird,” “despondent,” …
Burgernomics for Secondary Students
“The Economist’s Big Mac Index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity: in the long run, exchange rates should adjust …
Bumper Stickers: teaching audience and purpose
Use the following examples of bumper stickers to teach your students about audience and purpose. For each sticker, challenge your …
Why don’t secondary students read what’s assigned?
Have your intermediate students watch this video and state what implications might be if the video: was created by a …
High-tech Japanese toilet: how does it compare to what we use?
Kids Web Japan’s series of articles on high-tech toilets offers an overview of the history of toilets in Japan and an …
Literacy Survey by Secondary Students
Teacher Joyce Kite and her grade 11 and 12 students from Martingrove Collegiate Institute in Toronto recently conducted a Boys’ Literacy …
