Media Literacy @ CHHS

The Benefits of Reading Reading is rewarding:      Literature enables us to explore thousands of different lives during our single life. It enables us to examine the minds of people, explore new environments, and reflect on how our lives are both similar and entirely different from the lives of literary characters.       Through literature we can gain knowledge about cultures, and begin to understand why the world operates as it does.  Reading makes you a better writer:      It is true. The more you read, the more sophisticated your vocabulary will expand. You begin to become more cognizant of grammatical rules, and how particular authors purposefully use long sentences, while other authors prefer their sentences to be short and concise. You may even have the epiphany of whether or not you are a supporter of the Oxford Comma or not as you become a reader.       As you continue to read you will begin to become a critical thinker. While you are writing yo

It was back in May when a few of us found out about some of the upcoming changes that would be happening at our school.  One of the biggest was certainly the announcement that we would be offering a new course that we eventually came to refer to as 'Media Literacy.'  Apart from that, we weren't really given a lot of direction.  We simply got to work figuring out not only what this would mean for us as teachers, but for our students. While we'll talk more about the details once classes get started, here's what we can say about Media Literacy and what it is intended to be: Being ' literate ' in the 21st Century is about much more than being able to read and write.  These skills are obviously essential, but the growing influence and presence of the internet and technology in our lives means that we need to be competent and literate in other areas as well. At the very heart of Media Literacy is the knowledge that each of us is a major consumer of m

   I cannot believe that the summer is already over! This summer I spent a lot of my time in the United States. At the start of July I went to Whitefish for the fourth of July. This was my first fourth of July in the United States, and the abundance of fireworks was a sight to see. Camping in Whitefish was a highlight with the beautiful weather and the gorgeous lakes. However, the train that passed through the campground every forty-five minutes became considerably annoying.                 At the end of July myself and a friend drove to Oregon's coast. On the way there we stopped in Seattle where we visited the Gum Wall, the Space Needle, the Music Project Museum, and Pike Place Market. One thing is for certain: Driving in downtown Seattle in a large Suburban is madness!      After Seattle we continued our trip to Oregon. We started our coast trip in Astoria which is a wonderful port city. As we drove down the coas