Summary
Watt, Windy, and Frank walk through Sign Square, where every surface is trying to sell them something. They start noticing what ads are made of and what they want you to do. Excellent groundwork for media literacy.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Three quick questions to run after the short.
- What kinds of ads did they see in Sign Square?
- What does an ad want you to do?
- Where have you seen an ad today?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: advertisement, message, persuade.
Try it: Draw an ad for something in our classroom and circle the part meant to convince you.