Unit 2

How Do Advertisements Influence People?


 Assignment

The Big Sell; pp. 70-75               



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You met Nancy, a former ADLC student, in the previous lesson. The three most important questions Nancy shared were:


  1. What do you see?
  2. How does the advertisement make you feel?
  3. What does the advertisement want you to do?

Preview the following ads in Literacy in Action 5A by reading the titles and looking at the layout and graphics.  Then, choose one to analyze and evaluate:                 

  • Better Than Being There!, page 71
  • Be a Winner, page 73
  • Wired Sounds, page 75



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Storyboards


Each even numbered page between pages 70 and 75 of Literacy in Action 5A provides information about how teams of people work together to plan advertisements. 

After closely reading your chosen storyboard and advertisement,  answer Questions 1 to 3 on Assignment 2-1. 

Evaluating Ads


Answer Question 4 on Assignment 2-1.

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      • Use the first letter of your first name, followed by your last name, then an underscore (_), then the name of the file.
      • In this case, the file name is Assignment 2-1. For example, if my name is John Smith, I would name my file jsmith_LA5-2-1-description.

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