Punnet Squares - Reflection section

 Date: 28/5/21

Text title Genotypes and phenotypes 

Text type: Article 

Text source: Scipad 

Text purpose: Readers to understand what genotype and phenotype is. 

From reading this article we understan that a phenotype is observible traits/characteristic of an organism. It is a result of the interaction between its genes and enviornment. For example, eye colour is observable so its part of your phenotype. A genotype is a combination of alleles/genes that an rganism carries. The phenotype of an organsims is an expression of ones genes/alleles. Each gene that you inherit come from your mom and dad. If one allele is dominant over the other it will be expressed through the phenotype. A recessive allele will only be expressed if there is no dominant alleles present. Dominant is shown with a capital letter while recessive is shown with a lower-case letter. 

Critical literacy question:

Why am I reading this? This will help me to further understand the genotype and phenotype as it will be of great use to pass one of my ncea externals and internals. 

Denzel washington - Reflection section

Date: 21/05/21

Text title Denzel Washington's life advice

Text type: Video

Text source: Motivational madness

Text purpose: Offer life advice to those who feel like giving up 

This video was a powerful and motivational speech that was performed during graduation. His intentions were to inspire others to live mindfully in every aspect of their life; mentally, physically, economically, spiritually and socially. He tells his life story and explains how he got to where he is now including the trials he had to go through. 

Failing is a part of learning without failing, are you ever learning?

Critical literacy questions:

1) How does the text construct a version of reality. It is human for us to doubt ourselves at times and sometimes even give up however Washington has shown the outcome of what would happen if you just keep going forward. 

2) Who is allowed to speak? who is quoted? Denzel Washington because the speech is somewhat based on his life story and he is also quoting himself much time.