Mr. Maxfield's Class Page

December 15

Fake News

December 13

Celebrity Culture Timeline

Timeline Scavenger Hunt

Create your own personal media timeline of 10-15 events - Submit in classroom

December 9

Music Video Analysis

Finish T-shirts

Response 9 - Activelylearn.com

December 7

Reality TV: Presentation and Handout

Responses 7 and 8 in Activelylearn.com

Work time on T-shirt

December 5

Finish viewing ads

What do your clothes say about you? T-Shirt PowerPoint

Assignment: Create a T-shirt representing today's pop culture that will be nostalgic 20-30 years from now.

December 1

Ad Campaign due today

Finish gender study films

Black Friday - PowerPoint

November 18, 22, 28, 30

Gender Study Films:

Miss Representation and Tough Guide 2

Venn Diagram and Questions on Gender in Media

Work Time on Ad Campaign Due 12/1

November 16

Stock Character Video

Television: Teen Stereotypes group work

Watch Modern Family

Discussion Guide

HW: Teen TV analysis

November 14

Advertising Test

Work time on project

November 10

Groups Present the Pitch

Work Time

QR Code Creator

Advertising Test Next Class

November 7

"The Secrets of Advertising" 

"How to Storyboard"

Storyboard Language and Examples and Sequence Guidelines

Film Angles Video &  Storyboard/Commercial Splitscreen

"The Pitch" - Groups will present next class

November 3

Begin Advertising Campaign - Outline - Scoring Guide

View "Color Theory in Advertising"

Work on Slogan and Logo and Script 

November 1 - Senior skip day

October 28

Finish Consuming Kids Part 5-7

Response #6 - "Logorama"

October 26

Political Ad Analysis - Propaganda Techniques

Ad Analysis Worksheet for Ads 2016

Begin Consuming Kids

October 24

Children in Political Advertising

Watch the following commercials:

Complete this form

Finish: - A Body of Ads

October 20

More Creative/Creepy Advertising

Notes: Subliminal Advertising

Notes: Product Placement and Cross Promotion and Native Advertsing

October 18

Notes: Newer Trends in Advertising

Continue Group Project: A Body of Ads

October 12

Guess the Slogan

Notes: Advertising Appeals

Begin Group Project: A Body of Ads

October 10

Finish Insidious

Discussion

Film Review due 10/19

October 6

Student Film Voting

Begin Insidious

Film Review due 10/19

October 4

Visual Literacy Quiz

Analyzing Movie Trailers

September 30

Pixlr Day 4

September 28

Pixlr Day 3

September 26

Photo Tampering Throughout History

Pixlr Day 2 - In Google Classroom

September 22

Newstand

Onslaught; 

Evolution; 

Sex, Lies & Photoshop;

Response 5: Read this article

Pixlr Day 1

September 20

Celebs 3

Assemble Scavenger Hunts

Movie Poster Analysis - Google Classroom

Music Video Analysis

September 16

High School Celebs 2

Notes: Composition

Photo Scavenger Hunt

September 14

High School Celebs

Is seeing believing? - The President and ?

Intro to Visual Literacy

Analyzing a visual

September 12

The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar

Remembering September 11

Video Timeline

By the Numbers

Song Analysis

September 8

Finish The Truman Show - Socratic Seminar next class

Unreality Star

Prep Packet

September 6

Response #4 - "Is Google Knowledge?" - activelylearn.com 

Is all popular music the same? - country example, Axis of Awesome

Begin film study: The Truman Show 

Character Notes

September 1

Unit 1 Quiz - Sub

August 30

Marshall McLuhan Notes

Team building and Marshall McLuhan Quotes

Finish Everything is a Remix

Unit 1 Test Next Class

August 26

View Paperslides

Notes: Media Literacy Theory

Response 3: Everything is a Remix 1, 2

August 24

Reponse 2: "Why does music give us chills?" - activelylearn.com 

Notes: 5 Core Concepts, 5 Key Questions

To View: The Force Awakens

To Listen:"Uptown Funk"

To Watch: Superbowl Highlights

Finish Paper Slide and Present

August 22

Submit John Green Writing through classroom

Response 1: Shift Happens 2016 and the Social Media Revolution - submit through activelylearn.com

Begin Paper Slide Project

Rubric

Planning Guide

Video Examples 1  and See Side column

August 18

Can you name these products from their first letter?

Notes: What is Media Literacy?

John Green's Letter to Returning Students

Timed Writing Choices:

1. A response letter to John Green
2. A letter to yourself about your education
3. A letter your teachers about your expectations for this year

August 17

Class Intro and Syllabus

Media Viewing Contract

Getting to Know You