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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Media Studies
Lesson Topic: Media texts
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe the different categories of media texts and their key characteristics.
  • Apply the five‑part analytical framework (form, content, context, audience, production) to a chosen media text.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of a media text using evidence and appropriate media terminology.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector and screen
  • Computer with internet access
  • Printed handouts of the analytical framework
  • Sample media texts (newspaper front page, TV ad clip, YouTube vlog excerpt)
  • Assessment criteria table (printed)
  • Sticky notes for peer‑review feedback
 Introduction:
Begin with a quick “What’s your favourite media text?” poll to hook interest. Recap prior knowledge of media forms and explain that today’s success criteria are: identify a text, use the five‑part framework, and support analysis with evidence.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5'): Students list three media texts they encounter daily and share briefly.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10'): Define “media text” and review the six categories with examples.
  3. Framework workshop (15'): Introduce the five analytical lenses; model a short analysis of a TV ad on the screen.
  4. Group activity (20'): Each group receives a different sample text, researches its context, and fills out a worksheet using the framework.
  5. Peer‑review (10'): Groups exchange worksheets, use the assessment criteria table to give feedback on evidence and terminology.
  6. Plenary (5'): Whole‑class debrief – highlight common insights and clarify any misconceptions.
Conclusion:
Summarise how the framework helped unpack each text’s meaning and impact. Ask students to write one “key takeaway” on a sticky note as an exit ticket. For homework, each student selects a personal media text to analyse using the learned structure.