Course Description:


This course emphasizes knowledge and skills that enable students to understand media communication in the twenty-first century and to use media effectively and responsibly. Through analysing the forms and messages of a variety of media works and audience responses to them, and through creating their own media works, students develop critical thinking skills, aesthetic and ethical judgement, and skills in viewing, representing, listening, speaking, reading, and writing.

 

 

Texts Issued:

Anthology: Mass Media and Popular Culture, Barry Duncan

Independent Study Novel: Your Choice

 

Units of Study:

  • Representation of Teens in Media
  • Media Issues
  • Media Consumption
  • Constructed Worlds: Media Environments
  • The Global Citizen

 

Assessment and Evaluation:

The Ministry policy on assessment and evaluation requires that 70% of the final mark be based on term work divided into the four strands [Literature, Writing, Language & Media]; and 30% on a final evaluation which may take a variety of forms [10% Culminating Activity & 20% Final Exam]. The student's final percentage grade is based solely on achievement of the expectations to the level indicated in the categories of the Achievement Chart contained in The Ontario Curriculum, Grade 9, English curriculum document. Learning skills, punctuality, and attendance are reporting variables recorded separately on the Provincial Report Card. The Learning Skills include: independent study, teamwork, organization, work habits, homework, and initiative. The development and practice of these skills will be encouraged throughout the course.