This lesson works beautifully in the junior grades; I'm using it for a split four-five class. It covers a variety of expectations relating to purpose, audience, analysis, evaluation, and creation of written/media texts.
Materials: at least one copy of Famous Kids magazine, available free at Pizza Hut or movie theatres; check to be sure it has a page of movie reviews in it. Photocopy the movie review spread for the class, or have enough copies available for each student (dangerous - too many distractions.)
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Materials: at least one copy of Famous Kids magazine, available free at Pizza Hut or movie theatres; check to be sure it has a page of movie reviews in it. Photocopy the movie review spread for the class, or have enough copies available for each student (dangerous - too many distractions.)