Teacher-only planning note
This toolkit is strongest as a repeated classroom routine. Kaiako can use the same frame across a term so students steadily improve at citing evidence, naming omission, and discussing representation with more precision.
Students identify misinformation, disinformation, and the effect of explicit or implicit portrayals in media and digital texts.
How this handout aligns
The toolkit gives students a repeatable process for analysing credibility, portrayal, and how audience meaning is shaped through selection and omission.
A reliable fit when teachers want a common analytical structure across multiple contemporary texts.
Students explore perspectives, use evidence to form conclusions, and share ideas in response to issues that matter to communities.
How this handout aligns
The note-taking and response sections help students move from discussion into supported claims, making the tool useful for cross-curricular inquiry as well as English.
Useful for kaiako who want a practical bridge from oral discussion to short, evidence-based writing.
Students examine how identity, culture, and power are represented in texts and how those representations affect understanding.
How this handout aligns
The Aotearoa framing keeps Māori representation visible and encourages mana-enhancing critical literacy rather than detached or culture-free analysis.
This helps kaiako keep media analysis grounded in local voice, context, and responsible representation.