Slave Trade Triangle Map

Yellow = First Contact

 Africans and European had made contact before slavery in the Mediterranean sea

Pink = First Slaves Taken

Portuguese sail to Africa to search for gold

Blue = Europeans set up slave post

Traded guns and weapons with African Kings

Purple = The First Passage

The voyage between Europe and Africa is known as the first passage

Red = First slaves in USA

First slaves went here. Slaves were auctioned

Exploring The Blurb

Unwind blurb: The process by which a child is both terminated and yet kept alive is called "unwinding". Unwinding is now common, and accepted , practice in society

In the not-too-distant future, teens Connor, Risa, and Lev are on the run for their lives. Following the Second Civil War, between pro-choice and pro-life forces, the United States now allows parents to unwind their unwanted and difficult kids between the ages of thirteen and eighteen: Their bodies are surgically taken apart and all the organs and tissue are used in other people. According to the law, the kids aren't considered dead, they're "living in a divided state." But Connor, Risa, and Lev, and thousands of other teens slated for "unwinding", don't see it that way. They choose instead to "kick AWOL," or run away. Unwind follows these three across the country as they travel together, split up, and meet again when their destinies cross in a Harvest Camp where they are slated to be unwound.

1. What do you already know about pro-life and pro-choice groups? What do these terms mean? Is it an issue you have thought about? Pro-life is when people believe that everyone has the right to live and pro-choice is believing that abortion is okay.
2. What do you know about organ donation?  That if someone is sick or dying and their organs are healthy, they can choose to donate them to other people.
3. to be unwound are sent to Harvest Camps. Can you make a connection between the language used to describe this place, and other places people have been sent historically? The other place could be concentration camps in ww2
4. What religious connotation does the word 'harvest' evoke? Harvesting organs or limbs. I dont know
5. The term "living in a divided state" here is really a euphemism for what? Can you think of other, common euphemisms? Why do people use euphemisms?
6. What is the definition of legal? Something you can do without getting in trouble
7. What about ethical? It being morally right.
8. Do you believe that because something is legal, it is also ethical, or morally right? no there are plenty of legal things I do not necessarily think are ethical.
9. Can things that are ethically sound ever be illegal? Provide examples. If it matches up to your morals then I guess so. I don't really know any examples
10. Can you think of examples in history to support your ideas? Provide examples.

Examining the Cover

Examining The Cover


How do you think this story will be written?
I do not know.

Why do you think this story as is entitled as it is?
Maybe because peoples body parts are being taken away from them.

Where do you think the story will take place?
America because everything is American.

What time period do you think this story is set in?
15/06/3475
Maybe the future

Dystopian Literature

Dystopian Literature

3 synonyms for dystopia:
antiutopia
apocolypse
misery

An antonym for dystopia:
Utopia

What dystopian novels have you read?
Unwind
Lockwood & Co
The Giver

What dystopian films have you seen?
The 5th Wave
The Hunger Games
The Maze Runner
The Giver
The Darkest Minds

How many others can you name?
Divergent
City of Ember
Haddix Among The Hidden
Tomorrow When The War Began

Social Studies

What I already knew:

that we had the right to exist

What did I find interesting?

The number of human rights which get violated because of where people live.

What else would you like to learn?

I don't know.

CL Reflection Time

What do you think CL is?
Thinking of hidden meanings in things and why they're there.

What did you learn from CL?
I learned how to ask questions about my a video or story that I usually wouldn't.

What did you find challenging during CL?
Changing my way of thinking to infer hidden things.

How will you use CL skills in real life?
Inferring stuff through the messages I get or movies that I watch.

What are you looking forward to in English this year?
Reading books. Lots of books.

Critical Questioning Matrix 3

Music Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVfcZ0ZcFM

Who benefits from this text?
All the people drake helped out.

How are characters constructed in this text?
Really grateful to Drake and happy to meet him. Drake seemed like a caring and generous person.

What kinds of social realities does this text portray?
Some people need more money than they have and that there are good people helping them.

Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?
Teenage girls because they like Drake so they'd probably watch the video too.

Critical Questioning Matrix 2

Short story

https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-zealand-childrens-authors/patricia-grace/the-trolley/

Whose views are excluded or privileged in this text?
The mothers are privileged but we don't hear about what the children think.

What views of this world does the text present?
That some people don't have a lot of money to spend on stuff like Christmas.

Who is missing from the text?
The Dad, if they have a dad.

What do the words suggest?
That the kids didn't need an expensive gift to be happy.

Critical Questioning Matrix

Video Advertisements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUNyN-3Mero

What genre does this text belong to?
Comedy, Film, Advertisement.

What kinds of social realities does the text portray?
That New Zealanders aren't really smart and that they play games with spoons.

What is the text about? How do you know?
It's about people being stupid and not realising what happens. That they need the lift+ to sharpen up.

How does the text depict age, gender, cultural groups?
The age seems like they're in their 20s because of how they look and act. The girl wasn't really involved and she ignored what the boys were doing. They were islanders.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv8Nda33PE8

What views of the world and values does the author think the reader holds?
That the people watching the advertisement want strong and white teeth.

How are characters constructed in this text?
Well informed and smart.

How does this text construct a version of reality?
It's portraying that people want white pretty teeth.

Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?
Adults/teenagers because they actually understand what it means.


https://thevideosuite.com/nz-anti-drink-driving-commercial-legend/

What does the author want us to know?
That if you can, you should stop someone driving drunk.

What kind of social realities does this text portray?
People partying and driving drunk afterward.

Why are you reading this text?
Because I have to.

Who benefits from this text?
The person who was going to drive drunk because his friend stopped him and the guy who stopped his friend driving drunk because he isn't haunted by his friend.

Butterflies

What kind of language is used in this text?
Broken English. Whenever the grandparents speak, the sentences are short and some words aren't said properly.

What is this text about? How do you know?
It's about killing butterflies that eat the cabbage. Also because the girl wrote that she kills butterflies. The teacher doesn't understand that butterflies eat cabbage because she buys her cabbage from the store.

What does the author want us to know?
I don't know.

How are characters constructed in this text?
The grandparents don't speak proper English and maybe they can't read so they probably don't have a good education. They're proud of their granddaughter. They might be Maori.

What kind of social realities does this text portray?
Back around 1950 Maoris weren't treated fairly and they were a lot more self-reliant and did more stuff for themselves.

Bias/Agenda? Factual or Satirical

Agenda - List of items, or a given perspective.

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. 

Which of these websites are real news sites and which are fake news sites?
Visit each site and make a note on:
- 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 Onion:
https://www.theonion.com/

The website looks pretty average when you first look at it but the photos and headlines are sort of funny
Some of the photos look real and then others look fake. There's one with a person floating in the sky.
Headlines aren't believable but some are funny because of how stupid they sound.

I think it's most definitely satirical.








New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/

The website is neat and organised, with bits of information everything.
Photos all look professionally taken.
The headlines all seem really serious and factual.

I'm sure that the New York Times is factual.














The Civilian:
http://www.thecivilian.co.nz/

It looks really neat and well laid out but it isn't as organised as the NYT.
The photos are basic.
Headlines are funny.

It's Satirical.










The Daily Mail:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
The website is pretty and organised.
There is more than one photo for one news story which seems like a way to get people to click on the story.
Headlines are really long but real.

I think it's factual.








The Daily Mash:
https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/

I'm not sure if the website looks real or fake.
The photos are decent and seem normal.
The headlines have insulting words and they don't seem that real.

I think it's satirical.



The Herald:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/

The website looks like every other one with stories scattered everywhere and the topics listed down the side so it looks real.
Photos are normal.
The headlines are questionable.

I can't tell if its factual or satirical.







The Shovel:
http://www.theshovel.com.au/

The website is laid out basically.
The photos seem real.
Headlines are funny.

It's satirical. It actually says it.







The Daily Telegraph:
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/

It looks real.
The photos seem like all the others.
Headlines are basic and seem real.

I think it's factual.

Art

In school this year we were able to select a few subjects which we'd get to do throughout the week and one of the subjects I chose was art.

Learning Intentions
Learning the techniques required to make our ideas come alive; drawing with tone and proportion

Have you improved with shading?
Probably.

Do you understand that using a structure can help you draw better (light loose lines under your work)?

Yes. It's making a guideline sort of by drawing shapes and adding more detail as you go along so that you get a better drawing.

What are you going to work on going forward in pencil drawing in and out of class?
Shading circles neatly and making them more realistic.

Critical Literacy 2

Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aHAApvHZ6XE

• What aspects of stories was she (Andrea) interested in?

Thinking for herself and understanding a hidden message in her own way.

• What did the ad imply with the big diamond ring?

That they didn't love each other if the girl wasn't bought a big ring.

• What is subtext?

A hidden message within the text that you can infer by reading certain information.

• With CL, can each student have their own answer?

Yes. Most people have their own opinions and ways of viewing things that are completely different from others so you probably wouldn't find someone with the exact same answer as someone else.

• What does Andrea compare CL to?

Having a Lasso of Truth like Wonder Woman.

• How can CL be applied to your life outside of school?

You can use CL looking at books, ads, tv shows, movies and lots more.

Critical Literacy 1

Video 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=MGXSPf9b-xI

• What makes this video convincing?

They made it seem like an actual news story. They added interviews with the parents and doctor. The doctor had an x-ray and was using scientific words about Caitlin being antisocial and on her phone.

• Who published this video?

The Onion, which is a youtube channel.

• How are teenagers portrayed in this clip?

They're portrayed as rude and unresponsive when they're on their phones and that they are brain-dead.

• Why has the director cast them this way?

It makes it funny and believable.

• In whose interest is this text?

Parents because they could relate to the teenager in the video. Teenagers as well because not all of them are constantly on their phones so they could find it funny because maybe they know someone like that.

• Who is real in this text?

The Doctor because they had the doctors office and the x-ray so it seemed really real. He was also dressed as a doctor so it was convincing.

• What social realities does this video portray?

Kids constantly being on their phones and not paying attention to anything else as well as being antisocial.