Media Change

Media Poem

In an exploration of how the media changes advertisements  over time, our Grade 8 students created original ads for the future, which they presented to their class. Several were selected to be scanned and included in our website. A group of students from the class looked after the scanning and entering of the text to share some of the ads of their classmates.

Overview

Our grade 8 class read the story “Air It, Pump It”, a history on the making of running shoes, in our magazine anthology. After finishing the story in class, we were assigned a project, to make an advertisement on a new product for the future. The class was split up in to groups and each group designed an advertisement for their product which they presented in front of the class. At the end of the presentations we took a vote on who’s was the best, and who’s would be most likely to sell. Here are some of the projects our class came up with: The Night Hovers, L.A.M. Hair Products, Fantasy Horseshoes, and C.C.A Heated Winter-Wear. After everything was finished, we wrote descriptions of each advertisements, and of the project itself, and then scanned the ads onto our school website, where everyone can view them.

Product	Description	Graphic
Night Hovers	The first place project was presented to the class and was made by Julie , Lindsay , Ryan and Kendall . Their project was called the “Night Hovers”. These are shoes that would let you hover in the air. They are futuramic, glow-in-the-dark shoes, selling for only $99.99! If you want to make traveling on foot faster and a lot more fun in the future, then just pick up a pair of you’re very own “Night Hovers” coming to a store near you.
Computer	The group of Brent , Chelsey and Sean, came up with a new kind of computer. It is a C5P system with 600 GB hard drive space with 8.17 GHZ professor. It is yellow and made of rubber. The system information will be in large text in random places. The color and shape make it attractive, and people will want to stop and take a look.Coming soon to a computer store near you!
Flamizoid	The Skateboard Company of the future, was produced by Alex , Cody  and Alex. They designed a new type of skateboard and sold stickers with the skateboard logos on them. They are not just normal skateboards, they are Flamaziod skateboards! Different colors are also sold and you’ll be very pleased with our skateboards. Flamazoid was chosen as the third best advertisement in the class.
West Side Choppers	West Side Choppers is a type of shoe used for motorcycling. Matthew, Mitchell  and Colin  will be selling them in the future for $22.99. Jesse James tested them out for us and he thought they were awesome! A five year guarantee or your money back! Coming to a store near you!
Hat'z	It’s Raining Hat’z... The project on “Independent Hat’z” was done by Jessica, Desiree and Candace. These are all different kinds of hats, like winter hats, baseball caps, and many other kinds for only $29.99. In the future, they will be coming to stores near you.
Fantasy Horseshoes	Diane, Rose, and Jonathan came up with making “Fantasy Horseshoes” in new flashy colors. Colors vary and are proven to give you good luck. Jonathan got ten ringers in a row! They are only $9.99 per set and the shoe post is included. So for any of you horse shoe fans get out there in the near future and buy some of these lucky fantasy horse shoes!
LAM	The group that has done the poster of LAM products were Andrew, Leah  and Megan. LAM was a company that made hair transformers and that were coming out with face transformers. You could make your hair look any shape and size along with any color you wanted. You could buy it as a spray or cream rinse. They tested it on three famous people who were Anne Of Green Gables, Jackie Chan and Michael Jackson. So if you want to look great for any occasion then buy LAM! Coming to a store near you! After They presented it to the class, The LAM company got voted the second best .
Heated Winter Wear	Coming to your stores in the near future, made by CCA, Callie, Christy and Ashley, is heated winter wear. It is said you don’t have to come in to your house and get on a new pair of gloves or a new hat because they will never become cold or wet. The striped hat is $12.99 and the mittens are $6.99. So if this winter you want to have fun outside then buy CCA’s winter wear!