Critical Literacy - Adverts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=Vjn2JKrlkcU

19. Is this text fair?

No, because it was only young boys drink

10. How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?

Wanting to party and saying mate a lot.

23. How does the text present age, gender or cultural groups? 

Young men as stupid and always wanting to drink.

26. Why is the text written this way?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=CtWirGxV7Q8

19. Is this text fair?

Not really because it was aimed at young boys like the other ad

10. How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?

Young boys are portrayed as liking to drink and party

23. How does the text present age, gender or cultural groups? 

Young boys are seen as trying to impress girls and not wanting to look stupid. Most of them were Maori.

26. Why is the text written this way?

Humour is much more memorable so we'd remember the add and not to drink drive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLVBsAzd1RE

19. Is this text fair?

It wasn't fair because it was another Maori male surrounded by white people who weren't as drunk as him.

10. How are children, teenagers or young adults constructed in this text?

They're portrayed as drunk idiots.

23. How does the text present age, gender or cultural groups? 

Maori males being the ones to mess up.

26. Why is the text written this way?

I don't really know

Critical Literacy - Musicals

Vocab : Stereotypes, Construction, Bias, Gender, Masculinity, Femininity

Masculinity stereotypes:

• Tough
• Strong
• Scary
• Brave
• Aggressive
• Tall
• Good job

Feminine stereotypes:

• Cleaning
• Sensitive
• Delicate
• Pretty 
• Quiet
• Small
• Soft
• Passive

Somewhere that's green

11. How are adults constructed in this text?

Women clean and stay at home. Men mowing lawns and doing more physical work

28. What kind of social reality does this text portray?

Women do the more feminine, easier jobs and men have actual jobs and are more physical.

29. How does this text construct a version of reality? 

It constructs a version of reality where boys and girls are stereotyped into being more like their sex such as girls are all dressy and perfect with soft voices and the boys are working hard and really masculine.

27. What view of the world is this text presenting?

That men are always doing hard work as they're more strong and girls are more gentle and caring so they look after their family and keep everything nice and tidy.

So much better

11. How are adults constructed in this text?

Really determined to do what they want and more capable of a range of jobs but males were more likely to get the job than females.

28. What kind of social reality does this text portray?

Her gender didn't really decide if she got the job it was more if she was smart enough to qualify for itl 

29. How does this text construct a version of reality? 

How gender isn't really a huge judgement anymore when it comes to getting a job and it's about how hard you work and but it also constructs the version of reality where blondes are stupid.

27. What view of the world is this text presenting?

English Critical Literacy Questions

Question 12

To show how the ratings affect people and how people act due to technology

Question 28 

That people are fake or act differently around certain people to be more liked. Treat others that are less popular badly. Do what they think is popular but not necessarily right. Judge others on looks.

Question 24

Excludes views of people in poverty and children and elderly.

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.

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.