First English Topic =) (Critical Literacy)

Critical Literacy - What is it?
Critical literacy is when you think critically about a piece of writing or relating to reading. Questioning every bit of event in the story. Throughout the year we will be studying this skill.

Vocabulary Refresher
Bias - Favoritism over multiple options.
Source - A place where we get the information from.
Credible - Having facts to be believed what's your saying.
Authority - Knowing your power.
Reliable - Having a trust on something/someone.
Perspective - A way of seeing/saying something.
Agenda - Having something to do. What is the purpose.
Manipulate - Handling or controlling something/someone.

Text - A piece of writing that contains info.
Construction - An action of building something.
Representation - Having a work to present.
Stereotype - An inaccurate judge of something or someone.
Inclusion - Including something or someone. Being included in a group.
Exclusion - An action of not including someone or something.
Masculine/ Feminine - Having a quality or appearance that is likely to Masculine or Feminine.

What am I learning?
I am learning to narrow my focus by extending my vocabulary on Critical Literacy. By extending my vocabulary I learned what is the meaning of the words and putting the meaning beside them is my way of showing that I know them. I am wondering about how many words should I study to be able to met the expectations of the teacher.

Example of the words in a sentence.
An example of a text is a newspaper.
There is a construction site down the block.
I have a presentation to make.
Judging asian people by their looks is a stereotype.
The inclusion of many countries on using human rights is fair.
Many exclusion happens because the imbalance of power.
You don't need to judge if someone is being masculine or feminine.