Promo Probe

This critical media literacy worksheet helps students in Grades 5 and 6 strengthen analytical reading, skepticism, and responsible decision-making skills by examining an advertisement closely. As students read the ad, they question claims, assumptions, and missing information while evaluating whether statements are supported by evidence or rely on exaggeration and persuasion techniques.

Learning Goals

• Evaluating Claims (Grades 5-6): Identify what an advertisement promises and determine whether those claims are supported.
• Evidence vs. Opinion: Distinguish between facts, exaggerations, and unsupported statements.
• Media Literacy & Trustworthiness: Analyze how ads attempt to influence consumers and assess reliability.
• Critical Consumer Thinking: Explain what a cautious consumer should consider before believing or buying.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA and media literacy standards.
• Real-World Relevance: Helps students apply reading skills to everyday advertising and consumer decisions.
• Guided Critical Questions: Prompts thoughtful analysis rather than surface-level responses.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for media literacy units, discussion-based lessons, homework, or assessment.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence in evaluating persuasive messages, questioning claims, and identifying reliable information. By practicing how to analyze advertisements thoughtfully, learners develop stronger critical thinking, media awareness, and argument-evaluation skills. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this resource provides meaningful practice with informational text analysis, skepticism, and responsible media consumption.

This worksheet is part of our reading advertisements worksheets collection.