Mathematical Magazines Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard: Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate Outcomes Students will classify and tabulate the type of advertisements found in a collection of magazines. They will determine what percent of the total number of ads each type represents and present their results orally and in a graph.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      Language Arts Reading , Math Roles:      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Urban, Rural NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Time frame:       2+ hours Technology Integration Venn Diagram Teaching Strategy

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Standard: Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Understand, interpret, and work with pictures, numbers, and symbolic information. Students interpret pictures, text and symbols in magazine advertizements to develop catagories in which to classify them. Apply knowledge of mathematical concepts and procedures to figure out how to answer a question, solve a problem, make a prediction, or carry out a task that has a mathematical dimension Students will make a prediction about the types of ads they might find in their magazine and plan a method for recording their data. They will use numbers to analyze the percent of each category of ads found in their magazine. Define and select data to be used in solving the problem Students evaluate the text in a magazine to find the advertisements. Determine the degree of precision required by the situation The students use their advertisement data to construct a graph that adequately displays the summary of the type of ads. Solve problem using appropriate quantitative procedures and verify the results are reasonable Students record quantitative data on types of ads in their magazine. Communicate results using a variety of mathematical representations, including graphs, charts, tables, and algebraic models Students will select a type of graph to construct to display their ad data and verbally discuss the results.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent The students will be able to draw conclusions based on the frequency of ads presented in various kinds of magazines. Contextual Students are exposed to advertisements in their daily lives. They can transfer what they have learned about magazine ads to TV and radio ads. Building Expertise The activity provides the students with practice gathering real life data.

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