Informed Choices

Presentation

The Informed Choices workbook was designed to grab and hold the student’s attention through a narrative in which he or she is involved. The student plays the part of a Rookie in a multimedia news centre. The course addresses a single class of situations: Using language to explore current issues in the media. This is the first of two courses for the Secondary 1 level.

Content

Through 10 learning situations and 4 (assessed) practice situations, the Informed Choices workbook explores current issues through different media genres. The issues are presented in such a way as to encourage the student to exercise critical and ethical judgement, for example: cyberbullying, piracy, advertorials, genetic engineering, bias and prejudice, voter apathy. Annexes: Glossary, Audio Transcripts, Answer Keys

Recipients

Secondary 1 English, Language of Instruction students.

Prerequisites

none

Notes

A Teacher/Tutor Guide is available for download from the site reserved for teachers and tutors. The scored activities can be purchased separately. Buyers of the learning guide can download them for free at http://cours1.sofad.qc.ca/ressources/