Critical Literacy-Salvation Army Winter Appeal-

What is the text about? How do we know?

The text is about energy poverty. We know this because it talks about families that have to living in energy poverty.

What does the author of this text want us to know?

The author of this text wants us to know about the people that live in energy poverty. They also want us to have more knowledge on the subject. The author was also trying to raise money for the people in need.

What genre does this text belong to?

It belongs to the advertisement genre because its a ad to help raise money for the people in energy poverty. They tried to get as many people as possible to see it by mailing to to a lot of people. So when someone looks at their mail they will most likely read it to see what its about.

Skellig-David Almond-

What are the Images?
Birds or things with wings because they come up a lot in the story. For example Skellig has wings, Micheal moved to a house on falconer road, Mina also as a interest in birds.

what genre does this text belong to?
The genre is fiction because its not a true story. It also as Imaginary things (like Skellig).

In whose interest is the text?
Teenagers because the main character is a teenager or a similar age. They would be able to retaliate to the text more than some ages. The book might also frighten younger kids with the thought of having some random guy in there garage.

What have I been learning?
In English I have been learning about how to link paragraphs in a essay.
How have I been learning it?
We wrote a essay using the S.E.X.Y paragraph.

S-Not only can we admire Lady Macbeth for her determination, but also for her unconditional love for her husband

E-This is demonstrated by the fact that she not only helped plan a murder for him,Macbeth, but she also helped carry out the plan, and cover it up.

X- This shows us that in life, even treacherous people, capable of murder can love their partners dearly.

Y-similarly, Hitler murder millions of people and had a partner called/named Eva Braun.

Why have I been learning it?

To prepare us for when we need to write a essay.  

What have I been learning?
In English I have also been learning about how to add more descriptive words.
How have I been learning it?
We wrote an essay and added descriptive words in.
*Not only can we admire Lady Macbeth for her determination, but also for her unconditional love for her husband
Why have I been learning it?
So I can making my writing interesting 

What have I been learning?
We have also been learning about Apostrophe and em-dash.
How have I been learning it?
We added them into the essay.

This is demonstrated by the fact that she not only helped plan a murder for him-Macbeth- but she also helped carry out the plan, and cover it up.

Why have I been learning it?
We learned about so we can add more info into the essay

Acid rain

Why is acid rain bad?
Because it's has acid in it. The acid can break down metal. It also pollute water Killing fish and other water life. Kills trees.

How is it created?
Acid rain is created by factors. The factors burn things like coal and oil. They release molecules like nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide. This molecules dissolve in the water in the clouds. Making acid rain.

How can we stop acid rain?
We can stop acid by not burning coal or oil in factors.

Art

Does your design reflect your thumbnail sketches so far? Starting to look like it. The title is the only thing that looks like the thumbnail sketch so far.

Does your design reflect the feeling of your topic? It doesn't yet because we haven't done much.
Do you know where your leading lines are? There aren't any yet.
Do you know what your focal point is? There aren't any yet.

Macbeth-English

Valiant soldier or violent schemer at the beginning? Macbeth was a valiant soldier.

Why is he obsessed with killing Banquo? (oh yeah, and Fleance too)Because he feared that Banquo knew he killed king Duncan.

Has he completely lost it in the Banquet scene? (do you think the Ghost is real or imaginary?)

Yes because he thought he saw Banquo but it was just his imagination.

He visits the Witches for a second time. Why? How does he react?

He went because he needed to know who was going to kill him or if someone was going to kill him. His reaction was Fearless knowing what he was told by the witches.

How does he justify his decision to proceed down the path of evil?
The reason he continued to go down the path of evil was because he had already killed someone.Making Him already guilty.

Critical literacy-Outsiders -17th May

Outsiders book:
How else could the text have been written? It could've been written from Johnny's or Darry's Point of view. reading their side of the story.

Who is missing from the text?It would be a bit more interesting if Johnny's parents or Playboys parents before they died were in the text.

What has been left out of the text? Why johnny's parents treated johnny that way.What other things Dally had been holding in.