CurriculumGrade 6English Language Arts

Making Sense of Media

Aligned to SL.6.2 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.

What this lesson teaches

Information reaches you through many formats — a talk, a video, a chart, a podcast. Interpret what each presents and explain how it adds to a topic or a study you're working on.

Worked example

A video on hurricanes shows spinning cloud footage and a narrator's data. You interpret it: the footage shows the storm's size, the narration gives wind speeds. Together they explain why hurricanes are dangerous — the media clarifies the topic.

Practice questions

  1. Watch or listen to a short piece on a topic and note its main point.
  2. Explain one thing the format (video, audio, chart) showed that words alone couldn't.
  3. Tell how it added to what you already knew about the topic.

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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.

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En español

Interpretar los Medios

La informacion te llega en muchos formatos — una charla, un video, una grafica, un podcast. Interpreta lo que cada uno presenta y explica como aporta a un tema o a un estudio en el que trabajas.

Ejemplo: Un video sobre huracanes muestra imagenes de nubes girando y la narracion con datos. Lo interpretas: las imagenes muestran el tamaño de la tormenta, la narracion da la velocidad del viento. Juntos explican por que los huracanes son peligrosos — el medio aclara el tema.

More Speaking & Listening lessons

Collaborative Discussion & PresentingSL.6.1Weighing a Speaker's ClaimsSL.6.3Presenting ClearlySL.6.4Adding Visuals to a TalkSL.6.5Formal or Casual SpeechSL.6.6

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