Lesson 8: Is it a recommendation or an ad? Printable pages
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Grades 6–8
Task: Add a clear disclosure to Gia’s review script and explain where you put it and why.
Students make: Storyboard plus 3–4 sentence explanation.
One class period: 45 minutes. Full chapter: 86 minutes.
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Task: Write a revised script and caption and a short note on why a tag alone isn’t enough.
Students make: Script (60–90 seconds) plus 100-word note.
One class period: 50 minutes. Full chapter: 98 minutes.
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Task: Build a creator communications policy for the crew: when to disclose, how, and how to check it worked.
Students make: Policy, 400–500 words.
One class period: 60 minutes. Full chapter: 103 minutes.
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Task: Write a social media disclosure policy for a student organization whose members post reviews, and a one-page training handout. Then use the policy to rewrite the first three seconds and the caption of Gia’s review.
Students make: Policy, 300–400 words, a one-page handout and a revised opening and caption.
One class period: 75 minutes. Full chapter: 106 minutes.
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Family page Lesson 8: Is it a recommendation or an ad?
In this case, a publisher sends Gia a free novel, and her video review does not say the book was free. Your student read the email and the video script, then rewrote the opening so viewers learn about the free copy.
Questions to talk about
- How can you tell when a video review is also an ad?
- Where in a video would you look for a note that a product was free?
- Why might a review still be honest if the reviewer got the product for free?
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