Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Unit 17 of 18
Posters, Slides & Media
Share ideas with words, pictures, sound and design.
What your child practises
Practises multimodal texts (posters, slide shows, videos, photo essays), planning a layout, choosing visuals and fonts, and picking the best way to share a message with an audience.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.3.C1.5, ELA.3.C3.5, ELA.3.D1.2 · multimodal texts, layout and visuals, choosing a mode for an audience and visual aids
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A multimodal text uses…
- only one letter
- only silence
- more than one way to share a message
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more than one way to share a message
Hint: Words, pictures and sound are modes.
Question 2
Which picture belongs on a poster about frogs?
- A truck
- A birthday cake
- A photo of a frog in a pond
Show answer
A photo of a frog in a pond
Hint: Visuals should fit the topic.
Question 3
Choosing an artifact for your talk means choosing…
- an object that supports your message
- the loudest toy
- an object that has nothing to do with it
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an object that supports your message
Hint: Artifacts can show what you mean.
Question 4
To tell a younger class how to stay safe, a good mode is…
- a short poster with simple pictures
- a long report with tiny print
- a blank card
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a short poster with simple pictures
Hint: Match the mode to the audience.
Question 5
Which is a multimodal text?
- A page with one word
- A blank page
- A poster with words and pictures
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A poster with words and pictures
Hint: It uses text and images.
Question 6
Adding a sound to your slide show changes the…
- page number
- effect on the audience
- spelling of words
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effect on the audience
Hint: Modes change how a message feels.