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Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Dystopian Literature

1.
A. Earth's surfaces gonna dry out
B. Humans have become oblivious to our evil
C. We lack empathy for others lives

2.
Utopia and dreamland

How many Dystopian novels have i read?
I have read no other Dystopian novels but i'm about too

Other novels i can name?
Brave new world
Unwinded
The hunger games
Divergent
The road
The giver

What the cover looks like?
1. I

Monday, 18 February 2019

Social Studies Human Rights

Human Rights

LO:
What i already knew?
I already knew about freedom of speech
What did you find interesting?
The most interesting this was when i watched a video about when human rights became a thing
What else would you like to learn
Nothing

Friday, 15 February 2019

CL Reflection Time


What do you think Critical Literacy is?
I think it is about seeing what is not being said/being read

What did you learn during Critical Literacy?
I learnt how to use the CRAP text on stories
What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy?
Having to see what is behind the text
How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life?
When you're in your job you might have to read something but something else might be there but not in the text

What are you looking forward to in English this year?
Creative writing

Maths

1. We learnt how to remember patterns

Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Critical Question Matrix

Lift Plus
1. What genre does this video belong to
It is a comedy
2. What does the author want us to know?
They want us to think that islanders are dumb
3. What has been left out of the text
They left out some of the meaning so they want people to think hard enough about the video
4. What different interpretations of the text are possible?
It interprets that islanders are a bit dumb

McDonald's
1. Why are you reading this text?
To practice reading between the lines
2.

The hare and the tortoise
1. Which positions, voices & interests are in the text?
There are many different animals like badger, hare, rabbit, tortoise and more 
2. Why am i reading this text?
I am reading this text to get better at reading what is behind the words
3. Who is most likely the audience for this text?
It is most likely for people that are 9 - 17 maybe
4. What different interpretations of the text are possible?
It interprets how being slow and steady can win the race

Gods plan
1.Who benefits from this?
The people drake is giving money to, so it can help them out
2.Who is missing from this?
The camera men and the people that came up with this idea
3.What does the author want us to know?
The author wants us to know that drake it a nice guy
4.What kind of social realities does this portray?
It portrays that working hard has some rewards and being in the right place and the right time



Butterflies

  1.  Olden day Maori for the grandparents and normal writing for the parents
  2. Looking at something with a different perspective to every different thing
  3. The author wants to make us think that butterflies are pests if we are growing a garden
  4. They are portrayed as not being good at speaking English but they know how to grow a garden
  5. This article shows us that back in the day the people don't know how to speak good English

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Practice

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/german-fuel-protest-image/ <- article

1. Yes you can find the image online
2. It is not relevant because this was published in November 2017
3. I have found the image online in many different searches and they all come up with the same photo
4. I searched in google "Germany government increase fuel prices" and it came up with this photo


Factual or Sartorial

The onion
1. It looks fake
2. The photos look fake
3. The headlines look fake
4. Satirical

The New York times
1. It looks pretty real
2. The photo's look pretty real
3. The headlines look real
4. Factual

The civilian
1. They have decent spacing but it looks fake
2. The photos look fake because one shows them with a blanket over Palmerston north
3. They seem fake because there is one to hide Palmerston north
4. Satirical

The daily mail
1. It looks pretty real because it had even spacing between each story
2. The photo's look seemingly real
3. They seem real because i saw one about a football star who died in a plane crash which i saw on the news a few days ago
4. Factual

The daily mash
1. It looks fake because they have some fake looking headlines and photos
2. The photos look fake because they don't have things in them that make it look real.
3. The headlines don't look real because there is one about local people not liking other local people and more
4. Satirical

The herald
1. It looks fake by there headlines and photos
2. Their photos don't look real, they look like they've been done by a green screen
3. The headlines look fake not sounding real
4. Satirical

The shovel
1. It looks pretty real because of the photos and headlines
2. The photos look real because they have used different angles to take the photos
3. The headlines look real because they sound like they go with the photos
4. Factorial

Daily telegraph
1. They don't look real
2. The photo's look fake because they look photo shopped
3. The headlines look fake because anyone could've made them up
4. Satorial




Friday, 8 February 2019

Critical Literacy part 2

Agenda: List of items, or a given perceptive

Authority: Someone who is an authority on something knows a lot about it

Bias: Someone who favours one person or thing unfairly

Credible: Is someone or something is credible you can believe it

Manipulate: To influence or control people or events

Perspective: A particular way of looking at something

Reliable : A person or thing that can be trusted to do what you want

Source: The person, place or thing that something comes from

  1. What am i learning? I am learning the meanings to the words above.
  2. How does this show my work? This shows my work but it being posted on my blog and being done.
  3. What am i wondering? I am wondering if there is a deeper meaning to these words and if they can mean anything else.
The onion
1. It looks fake
2. The photos look fake
3. Fake ones
4. Satirical

Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Critical Literacy

Video 1
1. What makes this video convincing?
By showing the kid that is going through this and the situations. Also it being on the news

2.  Who published this video?
By the youtube channel called the onion

3. How are teenagers portrayed in this video?
They are portrayed as being glued to social media and this is the cause of being on social media too much

4. Why has the directer cast them this way?
He has cast them this way so it can bring the message across the world so people can learn about this

5. In whose interest is this text?
Parents because they could think that there child could be like that.

6. Who is real in this text?
I think the news reporter and the doctor

7. What social realities does this video portray?
It portrays that you can find a lot of things online.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=MGXSPf9b-xI <-- Video 1 

Video 2
1. What aspects of the stories was she (Andrea) interest in?
Break down ads and look deeper into things  
2. What did the ad imply with the big diamond ring?
She implies it to if you give a girl a big diamond ring it means that you really love them
3. What is subtext?
Subtext is the meaning behind the proper text
4. With CL (Critical Literacy), can each student have their own answer?
Yes because every has their own opinion because everything is different
5. What does Andrea compare CL to?
Wonder woman's lasso of truth
6. How can CL be applied to your life outside of school?
Destruct movies, books and other things that are given to you 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aHAApvHZ6XE <-- Video 2