IB Part 2 Objectives:
  • Examine different forms of communication within media
  • Show an awareness of the potential for educational, political or ideological influence of the media
  • Show the way mass media use language and image to inform, persuade or entertain.
Guiding Questions for Unit
  • To what extent can language be manipulated to to inform, persuade, entertain, and deceive an audience?
  • What do mass media texts reveal about the cultural values of an audience?
In this unit you will:
Know
  • Satirical elements and techniques​
  • Purpose and function of satire
  • Media Bias and sensationalism techniques
  • Persuasive techniques in advertising
  • Form and features of a news article and feature article
  • Form and features of an editorial
Do
  • Debates and discussions
  • Creative and analytical oral presentations
  • Creative writing: feature articles, editorials, satire
  • Close analysis of text types: print and commercial advertisements, news articles, editorials, satirical articles and broadcasts, cartoons
  • Further Oral Activity IB ASSESSMENT
  • Written Task One (creative writing) and/or Written Task Two (essay) IB ASSESSMENT
  • Paper One: Comparative Commentary practice
Explore
  • To what extent can language be manipulated to to inform, persuade, entertain, and deceive an audience?
  • What do mass media texts reveal about the cultural values of an audience?