Critical Literacy

What Is Critical Literacy: 
Critical literacy is when you apply Critical Thinking to a literacy topic.

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Word Definitions

Bias-When you favour one thing over another.

Source-Where you got the information from.

Credible-A person you can trust with their work.

Authority-Power or respect off people.

Reliable-Trustworthy

Perspective-The way you or someone else sees something.

Agenda-Your Intentions

Manipulative-Persuading someone to see your points of view.

Text-Anything that is able to give you information

Construction-The Process of building something up

Representation-The showing of something in a piece of art.

Stereotype-A Standard that isn't always correct.

Inclusion-Adding something into something.

Exclusion-Not adding something in, or getting rid of something

Masculine/Feminine-The formal way to say genders

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Word Sentences

Bias-She was bias towards her mother cooking rather than her father.

Text-There are three different types of text

Constructive- She was always constructive with her writing, she always improved it.

Representation-There wasn't any representations for the golf competition.

Stereotype-His stereotype of females was wrong.

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Word Definitions

Inclusion In a Text

1.How does the text depict age, gender, and /or cultural groups 

2.How are children, teenagers or young adults constricted in this text?

3. What view of the world is the text presenting?

4.What kind of language is used in the text.

Exclusion In a Text

1.Who is missing from the text?

2.Whose views are excluded or privileged in the text?

3.Who is allowed to speak, who is quoted?

4.Who has been left out of the text?

Representation In a Text

1. Why has the composer of the text represented the characters in a particular text

2.What do the words suggest?

3.What do the images suggest?

4.What knowledge does the reader/viewer need to bring to this text in order to understand it?

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Putting it into practice

Little Shop Of Horrors

In the 70's the stereotype of females were decided that they were the maids of the house. It was shown that she was was doing all the housework, cooking, cleaning, etc. Her significant other was shown to be more masculism as he was doing the outdoor chores like cutting the grass and working for money. The house also looked perfectly neat and tidy like the rest of the other world. In reality she was in an abusive relationship imagining what it would be like living in her fantasy world.

Legally Blonde Musical

In this video the adults are shown in two different ways. Females are stereo typically more feminine and delicate people that like to stand out, while the males are stereo typically shown as masculine people that like to blend in. Instead Elle is shown to be loud, outgoing, imaginative. She wants to make her points known so that everyone can rethink her opinions. In the musicals reality girls seem to only be feminine while males are the talkative masculine ones. The reality of this is not true. Anyone can take this in and put different meanings towards it. They can choose to believe that this musical is how reality should be like, or they can choose to believe that this is nowhere close to how reality should look like. Anyone can interpretative this musical in their own ways. 

Summary

Both these videos show that that the stereotype of both genders is quite different. In reality this is how some people imagine the world. They are more bias towards their own views that aren't always true and start to manipulate others to think that this is the only way reality should be like. Not every male has to have a masculine persona and not every female has to have a feminine persona, everyone can be different.

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Putting It Into Practice

Synopsis

The driver was sober at first, as he was drinking coke. Then he started drinking more and more until he was drunk. He then drove everyone back without telling anyone he was wasted and crashed a car, he killed someone in that crash. Awhile later he visited his old mates and they addressed him by his name.

Synopsis

His friend was quite drunk while supposed to be the designated driver for the both of them, his friend got drunk and he started thinking about what would happen if he doesn't tell him not to drive. He then tells his friend after thinking a lot that he shouldn't drive tonight and his friend agrees. 

Is the text fair?

The text is not fair because it shows that everyone that is young always gets drunk and make bad decisions. It shows a stereotype that males that are pacific are more likely to drink then any other gender because it seems manly. 

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

In the text it is constructed as party animals that always drinking. It shows that they aren't really that responsible. It portrays that males usually talk in slang and aren't really smart.

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

It represents age in a way that young adults aren't trustworthy, or can handle things that well. It represents genders in a way that males have big egos and are the real deal while females aren't shown at all or in a way that they are objects to impress.

Why is the text written this way?

It is shown in this way to educate you and inform you that drinking is wrong. It makes you remember the ads because they are funny or serious so then you remember certain parts of the ads. It is to inform you that when most people drink they are prone to making bad decisions that affect others. 

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What am I learning?

We are learning about vocabulary words that are involved in Critical Literacy?

How does this show my learning?

This shows my understanding of what I am learning so far.

What am I wondering?

How will all these words get involved with Critical Literacy?