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= **Week Four: Monday, February 21- Friday, February 25 ** =

Monday: Students will begin to present their Prezi Media Autobiography assignments. Passed in "Digital Nation" response work. Recieved a Media Journal response article: "On the fakeness oo reality shows, how the 'dumb bimbo' is cast, and why actresses are shrinking." (Jennifer Pozner, MacLean's Magazine, Oct. 25, 2010). In your journal, you should reflect on what you read. Your journal entry should clearly demonstrate that you read the article. Then, you should try to talk about what it made you think of, you can write about things you agree or disagree with from the article or make statements about its content in general. I will pick up your journal at the end of March for its first evaluation, as we have only begun our writing in February. From there, I will collect at the end of each month (April and May). Tuesday: Continue through Prezi Media Autobiography assignments. Wednesday: Final day of presentations. If you did not present in one of the three days provided, please schedule a lunchtime presentation date with me. Thursday: Back to Unit #2: TV, Film & Music. Today students received notes on TV genres and formulas. Looked at Key Concepts of Media Literacy. Did a crash course on Camera Shots and Angles. Viewed an episode of the sitcom, "Outsourced" to look for formatting elements discussed in the notes. http://www.globaltv.com/outsourced/video/full+episodes/sari+charlie/video.html?v=1770114151&p=1&s=dd#outsourced/video Friday: Finished our discussion on "Outsourced." Looked at the formula for a News Program (notes). Moved in to small groups to discuss statement strips about the news. Groups "graffiti" ideas and then shared them with the large group.