Overview

Understand that the media carry a ‘message’ and understand that the media is trying to do one of four things:

• Tell us something we need to know
• Persuade us to buy a product
• Persuade us to change our behaviour
• Put forward a point of view.

Learning Intentions

Language and Literacy: Talking and Listening

• Participate in group and class discussions for a variety of curricular purposes.
• Know, understand and use the conventions of group discussion.

Language and Literacy: Reading

• Begin to be aware of how different media present information, ideas and events in different ways.

PD&MU: Strand 2  – Mutual Understanding in the Local and Wider Community

• Begin to be aware of how different media present information, ideas and events in different ways.