GIVE IT A GO IN A GROUP

On Friday English, our class was given a task where we watched two video that shows abusive relationships, got in a pair and completed a work sheet where we answered and wrote the questions.

This shows my learning because we were both on task and completed the work sheet in a short amount of time.

 Group work- Critical text analysis

Texts(s):  Music:  Sia - Big Girls Cry

Topic: Violence

How did your group focus the analysis? (Which aspect did you select to critically examine?) Inclusion Exclusion Representation Multiple readings

Which critical literacy questions did your group select to analyse the text(s)? What is the meaning of the video? Abusive relationship  How are women and men portrayed in the video? That the women were getting hurt and the men leaving. How does the text relate to reality? There is a lot of violence in relationships.

Why did your group select those questions? they are relevant to the clip and what we are trying to find out Q.11 shows us about stereotypes, the way that the characters are constructed Q.12 forces us to question stereotypes and why we see things a certain way.  Q.23 gets us to think about who has been included and how we view them Q.27 gets us to think about who the video is aimed at and how they will view it.

What did your group conclude from the critical analysis? (So what?) In conclusion we both thought the video was about the younger Kelly clark trying to stop the older Kelly from making the same mistakes her parents made so she can be a great mother to her future kids.

RICHARD PEARSE TIMELINE - BUSINESS

SPIRITUALS

WHAT ARE SPIRITUALS?

Spirituals is a music genre that originates from the US and created by the African American. It is originally a song that has Christian values in it while describing how much people suffer from slavery.

WHY ARE THEY USED?

Spirituals would help slaves to pass down information about the experience of being enslaved.Spirituals would help slaves to pass down information about the experience of being enslaved.

CRITICAL LITERACY- Putting in to practice #2

SOMEWHERE IS GREEN

As we watched this video we spotted many stereotypes of people in the 70s.

Some of the stereotypes I saw was: The woman had a high pitched voice, wore a puffy and over the top dress while cleaning indoors and the man also dressed over the top but he is doing all the gardening and heavy duty chores. 

LEGALLY BLONDE

The stereotypes that i saw is that a blonde, blue eyed and well dressed girl is dumb while the mans stereotype is him being all smart enough to get accepted and having a successful life 

QUESTIONS

1) How are adults constructed in this text? Females should be second to males in both texts. Woman in the 1st text is ambition less and the 2nd wants to be lawyer, the stereotype that blondes can be smart.

2) What kind of social reality does this text portray? Life wasn't fun, people dont want to do things outside their stereotypes (eg men in the garden & women in the kitchen) In the second clip set 30 yrs later women and men can do the same jobs and have the same opportunities.  

3) How does this text construct a version of reality?  Draws from history, finds examples of props and setting that actually existed in the time period. 

4) What different interpretations of the text are possible? Yes- we can view the shift from men being positive to being put down, we can view the shift in society and cultural values- there is more to life than a house, dog and kids.

Harriet Tubman/Slavery

SOURCES USED: 

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harriet-tubman

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/what-is-the-underground-railroad.htm

http://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/blogs/mercy-street-revealed/songs-of-survival-and-songs-of-freedom-during-slavery/

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad#section_3

GOALS (WEEKLY UPDATE)

MY GOALS FOR WEEK 4 :
1) Stay calm before test
2) Not to over think
3) Be resilient

UPDATE:
I wasn't shaking before doing the test but instead i stayed calm and had a positive mindset. I was also trying hard so I can finish the work before the due date.

MY GOALS FOR WEEK 5 :
1) Take class seriously
2) Ask questions to further understanding
3) Get on with my work before its due date

UPDATE:
I asked questions to make sure I understood and I got most of my work done before its due date.

MY GOALS FOR WEEK 6 :
1) Stay on task
2) Do my homework if needed
3) Time Management

MY GOALS FOR WEEK 9 :
1) Have a positive attitude
2) Catch up on work that ive missed
3) Ask for feedback to improve my work

Slave Trade Triangle

Link to the map

INTRODUCTION

CRITICAL LITERACY - Find your focus #1

WHAT IS CRITICAL LITERACY? 
Critical literacy is when you apply critical thinking to a literacy topic. It is when you question how and why a text was made.

VOCABULARY
Bias - Favouring something over another thing.
Reliable - Something you can rely/trust on.
Manipulate - Controlling.
Source - Something where you can get information from.
Authority - Someone who has power over you.
Agenda - A plan to do something.
Credible - able to believe/able to back up something.
Perspective - The way you view things or an opinion

HUMAN RIGHTS

In social studies our class is learning about Human rights. One of our tasks was to make a poster containing information about Human rights. Here is a poster that I have made.

SELF DIRECTED LEARNING MATRIX

• How do I know what I’ve learned? When i´m able to explain it to someone else confidently
• Can I explain what I’ve learnt to someone else? Yes
• Can I apply what I’ve learned when creating my work.Yes