- English Language Arts and Reading
- Grade 5
- Multiple genres
Task students with looking for examples of multimodal texts. Lead a class discussion in which students share their examples of multimodal texts and identify the various modes represented in the texts. As a class, determine if each example is multimodal. If the class determines that a text is not multimodal, ask them to think of elements that might be added to make it multimodal.
This assessment requires students to identify and discuss the various communication modes used in a multimodal text. Students understand that multimodal text is made up of more than one mode such as images, movement, sound (spoken language and music), and written language.
1. Tainsh, N. (2014). Going south with Sophie Scott: A journey into oral language. Practically Primary, 19(1), 31+. Retrieved from https://www.gale.com/
Summary: The author examines the value of students' classroom discussion to develop oral language. As a collaborative activity, students are required to adapt an assigned story into a multimodal format, which encouraged a "wide range of immediate, complex, and unplanned oral language" discussions as students are to "express views, justify ideas, negotiate, evaluate and collaborate to produce their planned oral scripts."
2. Batson, J. (2014). Postmodernity and oral language learning. Practically Primary, 19(1), 39+. Retrieved from https://www.gale.com/
Summary: The article argues for the increasing need for schools to support conversational skills in the digital age and provides ways to build opportunities for social communication in the classroom.