Media+Studies+120-+Term+Two

**Week One: January 28- January 30** Wednesday: Please complete the following: -Fill out, sign and return Student Information Sheet/ Plaigarism Policy -Get a Media Journal Thursday: SNOW DAY Friday: Complete sheet, "Media in My Life" for Monday. Complete Prompt Write (Media Journal, Jan. 30.) Please ensure that your MEDIA JOURNAL is kept up-to-date. Here is the article and Prompt from me for Friday, January 30.

**Week Two: February 2- February 6** Monday: Notes & Media Autobiography Assignment (due Monday, Feb. 16); communication activity. Please see me for Autobiography hand-out & explanation of the assignment. Media Journal: ensure that you locate a media story/ prompt of your own for the week, and write a media reflection for the week of Feb. 2-6. Tuesday: Viewing of clips from George Strombolopolous' //The Hour// as it pertains to our Media Studies Course Projects. Maps & Perception; truth & distortion (activity). Wednesday: Notes: Authorship. Class activity/ discussion: How the TV News is Constructed. Group Activity: The World in 22 Minutes. Thursday: Students present their "The World in 22 Minutes" line ups. Authorship Case Study: Eminem. Watch video: "Mosh." Assignments on sheet. media type="youtube" key="VOLMVQa0KD8" height="344" width="425" Friday: Journal prompt: read and respond to the article, "The Distorted Mirror" by Sandy Greer (see me for hand-out). Work on "Mosh" assignments (lap-top lab available); due Monday, Nov. 9; work on Media Autobiography (due Monday, Feb. 16). Homework- bring your own media text to class on Monday.

Monday: Visit from Mr. Vienneau regarding Media Major Projects and assistance with tecnological equipment. In groups students practice for Authorship Quiz by applying the "Guiding Questions" to their media texts. Read the cartoon, "The Chase is On." Tuesday: Review of Authorship //Major Projects// due **Friday, Feb. 20**. Authorship //Quiz// is **Thursday, Feb. 19**; //Media Autobiography// is due **Monday, Feb. 16**. Partner Activity: What would it be like to be a celebrity? Homework: Please bring a digital camera and USB cord if you have one available to you, for tomorrow. Wednesday: Celebrity Photo Shoot. Assigned Journal Prompt: "Letter to the Editor." Please write a letter of response to "Sick and Tired" in your journal. Thursday: NO SCHOOL- Professional Development Day Friday: NO SCHOOL- Professional Development Day
 * Week Three- Feb. 9- Feb. 13**

Monday: Media Autobiographies due today. Call for discussion (Five for Five: Media Journal). Reading: "Crossing the Line from Fact to Fiction" and questions.
 * Week Four- Feb. 16- Feb. 20**

**__ Journal Check-Up: __** Prompt: Jan. 30: Burger King & Facebook Personal: Reflections on the Week of Feb. 1-7 Prompt: Feb. 6: The Distorted Mirror Personal: Reflections on the Week of Feb. 8-14 Prompt: Feb. 11: Letter to the Editor Personal: Reflections on the Week of Feb. 15-21 Prompt: Feb.20: When Kids Are Watching Personal: Reflections on the Week of Feb. 22-27
 * JOURNALS WILL BE COLLECTED FOR EVALUATION ON FRIDAY, FEB. 27 **

Tuesday: Media Lab, B203. Activity: Media Hoaxes and Chat Room Rumors/ Credible or Incredible? Web search work. Wednesday: Report back to class: Celebrity Interviews & results from yesterday's web searching. Thursday: Authorship QUIZ. Friday: Authorship Projects due. Presentations of projects. Last journal prompt for February assigned, "When Kids Are Watching" by Gary David Goldberg

**//Students who missed the QUIZ on Thursday must be present for a re-write on Monday, Feb. 23 @ 12:15 in my classroom, A188.//**

Monday: SNOW DAY Tuesday: "Clean Up" day; students write Quiz, presentation/ collection of Authorship Project. Wednesday: Begin Unit #2: Audience. Receive notes (blue hand-out: Audience). Media Representations: group activities. Journals due Friday. Thursday: Images of Learning. Notes, Lesson. (See attached files). Journals due tomorrow. Friday: Monthly collection of Media Journals. Review of last-night's assignments: stereotypes of students and teachers.
 * Week Five: Feb. 23- Feb. 27**


 * Enjoy your break. See you in a week!**

Monday: Gender Messages in Media. Socially acceptable gender specific behavior. Group activity: collage. Tuesday: Gender and the Wonderful World of Disney. media type="youtube" key="8CWMCt35oFY" height="344" width="425" Wednesday: Quick write: Cinderella & Cinderfella... what's your dream night? Walt Disney Task/ Fairy Tale Thoughts. Independent Assignment (Gender- music and movies) due on Monday. Thursday: Began watching //Shrek 2//. Students are given 1 of 5 questions to answer. All students trace the film for Inter-textuality. Friday: Discussed Audience Project (due Friday, March 27). Given Journal Prompt: "A Revolution in Classical Music." Continued watching //Shrek 2.//
 * Week Six: March 9- March 13**

Monday: Collect homework (Lyrics & Movies questions). Group work: discuss //Shrek 2// questions and present results to class. Discuss Inter-textuality. Thinking about: Audience Project (due Friday, March 27). Tuesday: Reading: "Gender in Cartoons." Group discussion & present results to class. "Ads R Us" Target-marketing challenge. Wednesday: Viewing: "A Class Divided" a PBS doucumentary. Class discussion questions. View online:  [] Thursday: Discussion- "A Class Divided." Anti-Racism PSAs, 10 Canadian Winners. Friday: Journal time. Read and respond to the article: "The Color of Mayhem in a Wave of Urban Games." Review "Audience Questions." Viewing: "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Villifies A People." Questions and Reflection.
 * Week Seven: March 16- March 20**

Monday: Viewed "The Merchants of Cool." Writing assignment assigned for this (due Thursday). Watch online: [] //__Unit Quiz is Thursday, Audience Projects due on Friday.__// Tuesday: What's in a name? Class Discussion. Watched two chapters of "The Persuaders." [] (Chapter 2, Emotional Branding & Chapter 6, The Narrowcasting Future). Wednesday: Hip-hop. Two articles to read; "Back in the Day" & "Hip Hop Language" (class set only available). Partners answered questions from the article & will compose at least on rap verse for Friday. Took a Hip hop Language Quiz. Thursday: Audience Quiz. Collected "the Merchants of Cool" writing asignments. Audience Unit Projects due tomorrow. Friday: Finish Unit 2, collected Audience (Unit 2) projects. Received final journal prompt, a poem by Maya Angelou, "Human Family." Journals will be collected Tuesday, March 31. Present raps.
 * Week Eight: March 23- March 27**

Monday: Given Unit #3 Blue Notes Sheet: CONTENT. Watched the Muchmusic film, "Fight the Power." Students will work with a partner to complete this assignment. Tuesday: Work Period. Complete "Fight the Power" with your partner. Pass in Journals for March. Wednesday: Introduction to Protest Songs. Power-point Partner project to follow. Thursday: Computer time for Partner Power point Project. Friday: Finished Power Point projects. Presentations will be on Monday.
 * Week Nine: March 30- April 3**

Monday: Power Point projects postponed. Began watching the film, "The Freedom Writers." Assignment was given put in class. Tuesday: Finish with "The Freedom Writers." Assignments due on Tuesday, April 14th. Please be prepared to present your Protest Song Pow er Point on Tuesday as well. Thursday: No School for Students- Parent Teacher Interviews/ Professional Development Friday: No School - Good Friday
 * Week Ten: April 6- April 8**

Monday: No School - Easter Monday Tuesday: Students present Protest Song Power Points and hand in //Freedom Writers// assignment. Wednesday: Digital Reflections: Photo Story Project. Thursday: Photo Story Project Work Period. View students' Protest Song Power Points. Friday: Last day for work on Photo Story Project. All Protest Song Power points to be presented on Monday. Students who did not turn in their "Freedom Writers" writing assignmnet today, please ensure I get one on Monday. PHOTO STORY/ CONTENT PROJECT due Friday, April 24.
 * Week Eleven: April 13- April 17**

Monday: Finish up ALL Power Point Protest Song Presentations. Begin viewing the doumentary: "Before the Music Dies." (There is a Question Sheet that applies to this film. It reviews concept questions from the last three units: authorship, audience and content.) Tuesday: Finish viewing "Before the Music Dies." Answer questions for tomorrow. Wednesday: Sexuality in the Media; lesson and discussion. Thursday: Bratz Dolls: **Open-book/ Take-home Content Quiz (due Tuesday, April 28)**. There are three articles which must be read to complete the work for this Assignment/ Quiz; 1. Why Are We Dressing Our Daughters Like This? 2. Rebelling Against A Culture of Porn 3. Desperate Feminist Housewife Moms Rule the World Responses to these 3 articles should be in your Journal as well. (Remember: **Photo Story/ Content Projects are due Tuesday, April 28**).
 * Week Twelve: April 20 - April 24**

Monday: Finish watching //The Lion King.// Ensure your Viewing Guide Chart is filled out. Work from your chart to write up a **Character Deconstruction. Due: Tueday, May 5.** Tuesday: Catch up & wrap: Ensure your Bratz Doll Content Quiz is complete and handed in. Write responses for all three articles, in your journal. Prepare to present your Content Project/ Photo Story tomorrow. Wednesday: Presentation of Content Projects/ Photo Stories. Prepare for **Bratz Doll debate May 5th** (Centers on the three Quiz Articles you read and responded to in your journal. Links are additionally provided below.) 1. Why Are We Dressing Our Daughters Like This? [] 2. Rebelling Against A Culture of Porn [] 3. Desperate Feminist Housewife Moms Rule the World []
 * Week Thirteen: April 27- April 29**
 * Journal due May 5**

**Week Fourteen: May 5- May 8** Tuesday: Clean up presentations of Photo Story. Hand in //Lion King// Character Deconstruction & Journal. Bratz Doll debate. Wednesday: Units 4 and 5: Format and Purpose. Receive notes. The Format and Purpose of Advertising Techniques. Thursday: Format Terms & Definitions; Camera Shots; Film Language. (See me for notes hand-out; explained in the embedded Power Point Presentation below. Friday: Format & Purpose: Viewing: "Chosen" (a BMW Internet film); Public Service Announcements: "The House Hippo"; Smart As You"; "MADD Dolls" and "The Date Rape Ad Camapign."

Monday: Product Placement in Films. Watch the first three segments, as we did in class today, here: [] Tuesday: Watch the last two segments. Questions on the attached sheet are for homework. Began viewing //The Truman Show.// See tasks on sheet. Wednesday: Discuss questions on Product placement from yesterday's homework (homework check marks!). Discuss Real/ Not Real chart and Product Placement in the movie. Receive Hand out #2 (Perceiving Reality) and continue watching //The Truman Show//. Homework: write a blog/ diary from one of the character's point of view, see sheet. Thursday: Finish viewing //The Truman Show.// Friday: Groups convene to discuss and plan an oral presentation on //The Truman Show// which ultmately answ ers the question: How does the film //The Truman Show// tell the audience (you) about the influence of the media? Groups will present on Tuesday. Have a nice long weekend.
 * Week Fifteen: May 11- May 15**

Tuesday: Groups present their thoughts/answers to the movie, //The Truman Show.// Moving on, we received the o utline for your **Final UNIT project** (which covers both Format & Purpose)-- this is the **Analyzing Film Trailers Assignment**. This project is due on **Tuesday, May 26.** Wednesday: Documentary: "Growing Up Online." Questions, discussion and notes for the exam. (For some reason, will not embed the NOTES, please see me for these.) Thursday: Continue viewing and discussing issues from "Growing Up Online." Friday: Final wrap-up of "Growing Up Online." Team challenge- in groups create a site that competes with Facebook! Optional Journal- for Bonus Marks-- The Disconnect Experiment. Watch the documentary here: []
 * Week Sixteen: May 19- May 22**

Monday: Final work period for Facebook Challenge: get your Web design sheet completed. Due tomorrow: Analyzing Film Trailers assignment; scheduling of presentations. Tuesday: All Film Trailer Essays are due. Begin Power Point presentations as scheduled. Groups pitch web-designs for the Facebook Challenge. Wednesday: Finish up Film Trailer PPTs as scheduled. Thursday: Introduce our final assignment: "P.S. I Love You: The Media I Love and Why." Begin working & planning. Friday: Work period for P.S. I Love You... (Please note: shortened periods today.)
 * Week Seventeen: May 25-May 29**

Monday: Work period for P.S. I Love You... Tuesday: Begin presentations of P.S. I Love You Wednesday: Finish presentations of P.S. I Love You Thursday: Exemption status declared. Exam review. Friday: Study period.
 * Week Eighteen: June 1- June 5**

Monday, June 8**: **1:00 p.m. - 3 p.m**. **Period 2 Media Studies 120 Exam Wednesday, June 10: 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Period 4 Media Studies 120 Exam Thursday, June 11: 9:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. Period 5 Media Studies 120 Exam**
 * Week Nineteen: EXAM WEEK