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Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
English2019 TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN
Dystopian Literature:
Synonyms - Apocalypse, Anti-utopia
Antonym - Utopia, Dreamland
Defining Features of dystopia:
- Citizens relinquish all rights
- Seemingly perfect societies with a dark side to them
- Full government control
- Citizens have a fear the outside world
- The rise of technology
- Worship one leader
- Live in dehumanised state
Which dystopian novels have you read: Abomination
Any other dystopian novels can you name? : Unwind, Maze Runner
Friday, 8 February 2019
English 2019
DEFINITIONS
Authority - Someone who is an authority on something knows a lot about it.
Bias - Someone who favours one person or thing unfairly.
Credible - If 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.
FACTUAL OR SATIRICAL (News sites)
The onion
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Looks professional but the titles of stories are giving it away
- photos of actual people
- Long headlines that are obviously fake
- Satirical website
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- What does the website look like?
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Realistic
- Famous people
- The photos look real
- Factual
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Fake
- Photos of famous people.
- Fake headlines with swearing etc.
- Satirical
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
The Herald
Q. What kind of language is used in this text?
A. The lady is using bigger words to describe there product to make it seem better and more professional.
Q. Who benefits from this text?
A. The seller because the ad could increase their sales
Palmolive
Q. What do these images suggest?
A. That if you buy there product and use it you wont need to comb or brush your hair.
Q. Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?
A. People with longer hair, most likely female teens and adults.
Q. What are the structures and features of this text?
A. They used actors with nice long hair in this ad to make it out like if you use it your hair will be like theirs.
Q. What do these images suggest?
A. That you should buy their product
Bunchaballoons
Q. What do the words suggest?
A. That they are a lot better then normal water balloons
Q. What has been left out from the text?
A. The amount of rubbish you still have to pick up the little ties off the ground and the thing leftover after they've been used also how many packets you will need because they don't come with many.
Q. What kinds of social realities does this play?
A. More about not having to fill up and tie every single water balloon
Q. Who is the most likely audience and why?
A. Families for family fun and bonding
Mcdonalds
Q. What views of the world is this text presenting?
A. That you will save your money and not have to go to the supermarket you can go have their food
Q. Who's views are excluded from the text?
A. Doctors views are excluded because doctors will want to warn you about the bad things in the food and want to tell you to go supermarket instead.
Q. What do these words suggest?
A. That McDonald's food is a better option then supermarket food.
Q. Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?
A. Families, because they will be looking for something to eat
Pizza Hut
Q. Who benefits from this text?
A. Pizza Hut
Q. What do the words suggest?
A. That you should buy their pizza as there is a half price sale
Q. What kind of language is used in this text?
A. Good English
Q. What has been left out of the text?
A. Why there is such a big sale
Hare & Tortoise
Q. Who benefits from the text?
A. The reader as it teaches you things like "slow and steady wins the race".
Q. What do the words suggest?
A. They're teaching you about not to always think you're gonna win
Q. What does the author want us to know?
A. That they tortoise kept going even though people thought he would lose
Q. How are the characters constructed in the text?
A. The hare being cheeky and thinking he will always be a winner and the tortoise being humble and taking his time.
The Trolley
Q. What does the author want us to know?
A. That this is proof that you don't need to be rich and have good presents for Christmas and all you need is happiness and family
Q. What kinds of social realities does this text portray?
A. About how every kid just want the flashest most expensive presents but they don't have to cost much to be fun
Q. Is the text fair?
A. Yes
Q. Who benefits from the text?
A. The reader as it can teach you a lot
Gods Plan
Q. Who is the most likely audience of this text?
A. Young adults because most of Drakes fans aren't that young or old
Q. What is this text about? How do we know?
A. It is about how Drake wasn't always rich and successful so now that he is he is giving back to the community and some people in need.
Q. What views of the world is this text presenting?
A. People who don't have a lot of money can still be happy and good things can come there way even if they don't think it will.
Q. Who is allowed to speak?
A. Drake and the people he's gifting things to
Synonyms - Apocalypse, Anti-utopia
Antonym - Utopia, Dreamland
Defining Features of dystopia:
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Looks like other websites such as "The Press"
- Photos of people and cars to make it look real
- The headlines aren't crazy but they are very long
- Satirical
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Looks like fake news
- Some photos on articles are the same.
- Fake headlines such as "Scientists discover beer taste 97 per cent better on a train".
- Satirical
The Herald
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Realistic
- Mugshots for like criminals
- Headlines that aren't too crazy or too long
- Factual
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Looks real
- Photos of famous people
- They look realistic but once you read them you know they're fake
- Satirical
- What does the website look like?
- What photos is it using
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- What headlines are they sharing
- Do you think it is a factual website, or a satirical website
- Realistic title and layout
- Fake looking images
- Realistic titles
- Satirical
PRACTISE
- Can you find this image online?
- Crap test
- Google Image search
- General Google search
- Yes, found heaps
- It is fake
- Found an image saying that it is fake and just a massive traffic jam in China
- Found multiple news sites saying its fake
Is this a real story?
No
Why do you think people shared this photo online?
Because the fuel prices are going up and they thought it would work for other countries too if it was real and because it would've seemed realistic as it was around the time fuel prices went up.
MATRIX
Q. Who is the most likely audience and why?
A. Adults as they are usually the ones wanting whiter teeth.
Q. What does the author want us to know?
A. All the benefits your supposedly gonna get using this toothpaste.
Q. What kind of language is used in this text?
A. The lady is using bigger words to describe there product to make it seem better and more professional.
Q. Who benefits from this text?
A. The seller because the ad could increase their sales
Palmolive
Q. What do these images suggest?
A. That if you buy there product and use it you wont need to comb or brush your hair.
Q. Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?
A. People with longer hair, most likely female teens and adults.
Q. What are the structures and features of this text?
A. They used actors with nice long hair in this ad to make it out like if you use it your hair will be like theirs.
Q. What do these images suggest?
A. That you should buy their product
Bunchaballoons
Q. What do the words suggest?
A. That they are a lot better then normal water balloons
Q. What has been left out from the text?
A. The amount of rubbish you still have to pick up the little ties off the ground and the thing leftover after they've been used also how many packets you will need because they don't come with many.
Q. What kinds of social realities does this play?
A. More about not having to fill up and tie every single water balloon
Q. Who is the most likely audience and why?
A. Families for family fun and bonding
Mcdonalds
Q. What views of the world is this text presenting?
A. That you will save your money and not have to go to the supermarket you can go have their food
Q. Who's views are excluded from the text?
A. Doctors views are excluded because doctors will want to warn you about the bad things in the food and want to tell you to go supermarket instead.
Q. What do these words suggest?
A. That McDonald's food is a better option then supermarket food.
Q. Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?
A. Families, because they will be looking for something to eat
Pizza Hut
Q. Who benefits from this text?
A. Pizza Hut
Q. What do the words suggest?
A. That you should buy their pizza as there is a half price sale
Q. What kind of language is used in this text?
A. Good English
Q. What has been left out of the text?
A. Why there is such a big sale
Hare & Tortoise
Q. Who benefits from the text?
A. The reader as it teaches you things like "slow and steady wins the race".
Q. What do the words suggest?
A. They're teaching you about not to always think you're gonna win
Q. What does the author want us to know?
A. That they tortoise kept going even though people thought he would lose
Q. How are the characters constructed in the text?
A. The hare being cheeky and thinking he will always be a winner and the tortoise being humble and taking his time.
The Trolley
Q. What does the author want us to know?
A. That this is proof that you don't need to be rich and have good presents for Christmas and all you need is happiness and family
Q. What kinds of social realities does this text portray?
A. About how every kid just want the flashest most expensive presents but they don't have to cost much to be fun
Q. Is the text fair?
A. Yes
Q. Who benefits from the text?
A. The reader as it can teach you a lot
Gods Plan
Q. Who is the most likely audience of this text?
A. Young adults because most of Drakes fans aren't that young or old
Q. What is this text about? How do we know?
A. It is about how Drake wasn't always rich and successful so now that he is he is giving back to the community and some people in need.
Q. What views of the world is this text presenting?
A. People who don't have a lot of money can still be happy and good things can come there way even if they don't think it will.
Q. Who is allowed to speak?
A. Drake and the people he's gifting things to
REFLECTION
- What do you think Critical Literacy is? - Being able to take apart texts and writing in the media etc.
- What did you learn during Critical Literacy? - To check where your information is actually coming from in case it is fake
- What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy? - Having to answer the matrix questions without using the same questions
- How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life? - I will be able to properly check the information source to make sure it is up to date and correct
- What are you looking forward to in English? - Not sure yet
Dystopian Literature:
Synonyms - Apocalypse, Anti-utopia
Antonym - Utopia, Dreamland
Defining Features of dystopia:
- Citizens relinquish all rights
- Seemingly perfect societies with a dark side to them
- Full government control
- Citizens have a fear the outside world
- The rise of technology
- Worship one leader
- Live in dehumanised state
Which dystopian novels have you read: Abomination
Any other dystopian novels can you name? : Unwind, Maze Runner
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