Media Analysis Of Author's Purpose And Audience

Topic: Media Analysis of Author's Purpose and Audience

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to analyze media for the purpose and audience of the author or creator.

Materials

• Examples of written, graphic, and video media (could be provided by the teacher or could be chosen by the students from various sources)
• Handout with guiding questions for analyzing media for purpose and audience

Warm-up

• Ask students to think about a recent piece of media they have enjoyed (could be a book, a video game, a movie, etc.).
• Have them write down what they enjoyed about the media and any thoughts or feelings it elicited in them.
• Share the responses as a class and discuss the various aspects of the media (such as plot, characters, setting, etc.) that the students found enjoyable.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of author's purpose and audience.
• Distribute the handout with definitions and examples of author's purpose and audience.
• Review the definitions as a class, using examples from the media that the students have chosen.
• Emphasize the importance of understanding author's purpose and audience when analyzing media.

Guided Practice

• Pass out the written, graphic, or video media that the students have chosen.
• Have students work in small groups to analyze the media for author's purpose and audience.
• Have the students share their findings with the class.
• Discuss any differences or similarities in the students' findings.

Independent Practice

• Have students choose a piece of written, graphic, or video media that they are familiar with.
• Have them write a brief essay analyzing the media for author's purpose and audience.
• Encourage students to use the techniques and concepts they have learned in class.

Closure

• Have students share their essays with the class.
• Have a class discussion about the findings and how they relate to the concept of author's purpose and audience.

Assessment

• Collect and grade the essays for understanding of purpose and audience.