The Slave Trade Triangle

What is the Slave Trade Triangle?

The Slave Trade Triangle is where Africans are traded for tobacco, sugar, and cotton.

What the first passage is?

The First Passage was from Europe to Africa. The cargo on this passage was guns and weapons.

What the middle passage is?

The rest of the slaves were shipped to the USA and processed for auction. It was here where the Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar Cane and other products slaves produced were put on ships.   

What the third passage is?

Africans were taken to the Caribbean and sold. They were bartered for a ship-load of tobacco and cotton.

Dystopia

Name 3 synonyms for dystopia:

•  Apocalypse
• Chaos
• War

What is the antonym for dystopia?

The antonym for dystopia is eutopia.

Which dystopian novels have you read?

• The Tribe
• Maze Runner
• The Giver
• World War Z
• Train to Busan

How many others can you name?

• Walking Dead

Human Rights

Resource:

https://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights/universal-declaration-of-human-rights/articles-1-15.html

What do you know already?

I didn't know anything about human rights.

What did you find interesting?

I found everything interesting because I didn't know we have human rights.

What would you like to learn next?

I'm not sure.

The Hare and the Tortoise

Who is the most likely audience and why?

The most likely audience of this text are kids because it fits as a bed time story.

How are characters constructed in this text?

The hare is cocky and the tortoise is humble.

What is Critical Literacy???

What do you think Critical Literacy is?

I think Critical Literacy is about being able to understand things deeply by trying to find out more things about something.

What did you learn during  Critical Literacy?

I learnt the C.R.A.P Test.
C - Current
R - Reliability
A - Authority
P - Purpose

What did you find challenging during Critical Literacy?

I found it challenging when I haven't finished my work yet and I'm given another work to start and finish in a short amount of time.

How will you use Critical Literacy skills in real life?

I will use Critical Literacy skills in real life by doing the C.R.A.P Test to find out if the news my friends shared on social media is real or fake.

What are you looking forward to in English this year?

I'm not looking forward to anything in English because I don't know what to look forward to.

Critical Questioning Matrix

What genre does this text belong to?

The genre this text belongs to are a comedy, advertisement, and a film.

How does the text depict age, gender, cultural groups?

This text portrays a group of 20+ years old Islander men playing a game that involves hitting each other with a wooden spoon. There is also a woman in the background that just walk around.

Who benefits from this text?

Lift plus benefits from this text because it's their advertisement.

What is the text about? How do we know?

This text is about lift plus. We know this because it's a video that promotes itself.

What kind of language is used in the text?

They used words that are hard for kids to understand.

How are characters constructed in this text?

The person in this text seems like she knows what she's talking about.

Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?

The most likely audience of this text are most likely to be adults because they are more likely the people that will understand what the person in the ad is saying.

What does the author want us to know?

I think the author want us to know that if we use their product it will help us get a whiter and stronger teeth.

How does the text construct a version of reality?

This text construct a version of reality that only girls use their product.

What do the words suggest?

What genre does this text belong to?

The genre this music belongs to pop, pop-rock, and trap music.

How does the text depict age, gender, cultural groups?

There are a bunch of people in this music video. There are kids, teenagers, and adults.

How does the text construct a version of reality?

The text construct a version of reality by showing that there are people with financial problems.

Who is the most likely audience of this text and why?

The most likely audience of this text is everyone because it's the lyric is easy to understand and there's only one profanity.

Butterflies - By Patricia Grace

What kind of language is used in the text?

The language that is used in the text is English but some sentences aren't written in a proper way.

What is this text about, how do you know?

I think this text is about understanding the difference in people's perspective.

What does the author want us to know?

The author wants us to know that people have different perspectives.

How are these characters constructed in this text?

The grandparents are proud of their grandchild that she is going to school.

The child is trying her best to learn.

The neighbour is friendly. 

What kinds of social realities does the text portray?

I think this text portrays what people's life is back in the day.