keep eye contact with audience, adjust volume, tone, and rate, be aware of posture use natural tone. analyze and critique the relationship among purpose, audience, and content of presentations. collaborate with peers to set guidelines for group presentations and discussions, set clear goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. engage others in a conversation by posing and responding to questions in a group situation. demonstrate active listening skills by looking at the speaker, using body language to indicate attentiveness, and give appropriate feedback. analyze and critique the effectiveness of a or voice, language, clarity, organization, relevance, and delivery. speaker’s group’s 9.2 The student will produce, analyze, and evaluate media messages. a) Analyze and interpret special effects used in media messages. b) Determine the purpose of the media message and its effect on the audience. c) Analyze the purpose of information and persuasive techniques used in diverse media formats. d) Evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind media presentation(s). e) Examine how values and viewpoints are included or excluded and how the media can influence beliefs, behaviors, and interpretations. f) Describe possible cause and effect relationships between mass media coverage and public opinion trends. g) Evaluate sources including advertisements, editorials, political cartoons, and feature stories for relationships between intent and factual content. h) Monitor, analyze, and use multiple streams of simultaneous information. i) Demonstrate ethical use of the Internet when evaluating or producing creative or informational media messages. Essential Understandings: All students should:
keep eye contact with audience, adjust volume, tone, and rate, be aware of posture use natural tone. analyze and critique the relationship among purpose, audience, and content of presentations. collaborate with peers to set guidelines for group presentations and discussions, set clear goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. engage others in a conversation by posing and responding to questions in a group situation. demonstrate active listening skills by looking at the speaker, using body language to indicate attentiveness, and give appropriate feedback. analyze and critique the effectiveness of a speaker’s or group’s voice, language, clarity, organization, relevance, and delivery. 9.2 The student will produce, analyze, and evaluate media messages. a) Analyze and interpret special effects used in media messages. b) Determine the purpose of the media message and its effect on the audience. c) Analyze the purpose of information and persuasive techniques used in diverse media formats. d) Evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind media presentation(s). e) Examine how values and viewpoints are included or excluded and how the media can influence beliefs, behaviors, and interpretations. f) Describe possible cause and effect relationships between mass media coverage and public opinion trends. g) Evaluate sources including advertisements, editorials, political cartoons, and feature stories for relationships between intent and factual content. h) Monitor, analyze, and use multiple streams of simultaneous information. i) Demonstrate ethical use of the Internet when evaluating or producing creative or informational media messages. Essential Understandings: All students should: