Making Curriculum Pop

Inspired by a recent Susan Neuman webinar and my own interest in mapping out what emergent media literacy looks like in practice, I’d like to know what vocabulary words you think are most important for children to know by the time they have finished first grade.  What would you add? subtract? affirm? Which 100 words are vital to analyzing and creating media, and are developmentally appropriate for early childhood. Hint: skip words that children are likely to learn without help (e.g., “story” or “picture”) or words that are just lists of production terms specific to a single project. I'm especially interested in the words you actually find yourself using with young children.  You can post your own ideas here or contact me offline via my website:  InsightersEducation.com.  THANKS!   Here's my list so far:
Pre-K – 1st grade Media Literacy Vocabulary Words
1.    actor
2.    animation
3.    camera lens
4.    choice
5.    close-up
6.    communication
7.    compare
8.    composer
9.    contrast   
10.    decision
11.    director
12.    edit
13.    evidence
14.    frame
15.    information
16.    interpretation / interpret
17.    microphone
18.    observation / observe
19.    online
20.    pace
21.    persuasion /persuade
22.    point of view
23.    prop
24.    purpose
25.    representation / represent
26.    scene
27.    subject
28.    video
29.    voice over
30.    volume (as related to sound, not containers)
31.    website
32.    wide shot
33.    writer
34.    zoom

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