Lesson up BoW1 Liza Donnelly

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Today you can...

• Describe what a text is

• Recall the features and techniques of cartoons/graphic novels

• Become familiar with our first Body of Work (BoW)

Which of these are a text?

1

C

B

A

D

Voeg hier je vraag to

A

Answer A

B

Answer B

C

Answer C

D

Answer D

How can we read these texts?

How are they different?

What is a TEXT?

• A text is anything that carries meaning.

• A text can be LITERARY or NON LITERARY.

• Texts are not limited to written documents - they can also include cartoons, advertisements, PSAs, photographs, film clips etc.

• Most texts are goal-oriented - they want to achieve something. Your job is to figure out the purpose of a text.

• Texts can be instructive, narrative, descriptive, contemplative etc. and aim to help you understand the world around you a little better.

1. How do texts offer insights and challenges?

2. In what ways is meaning constructed, negotiated, expressed and interpreted?

inform and give information about topics

help to form an opinion/ask us to think about our ideas

a call to action

entertain

sell products

persuade

works -- adjectives -- diction -- personal stories -- images -- color

NON-LITERARY TEXT TYPES FOR YOUR LP/PAPER 1/IO/HLE

Advertisement

Encyclopedia entry

Parody

Biography*

Film/Television

Pastiche

Blog

Guide book

Photographs

Brochure/leaflet

Infographic

Radio broadcast

Cartoon

Interview

Report

Diagram

Formal letter

Screenplay

Diary*

Informal letter

Set of instructions

Electronic texts

Magazine article

Speech

Essay

Manifesto

Textbook

Appeal

Memoir

Travel writing

What is a Body of Work (BoW)?

• A collection of texts from a single author, cartoonist, blogger, politician etc. OR from a single publishing entity or brand, like Time Magazine, The New Yorker, Pepsi, GAP etc.

• You will study various different Bodies of Work over the two year course and these will generally link thematically and to the global issue you are covering in literature.

• BoWs are vital for your selection of a non-literary text for you IO and a good choice for the Higher Level Essay (HLE)

BoW1:
Cartoons for Change by Liza Donnelly

“ Cartoons are a dialogue—a sharing of humor and a sharing of the human condition.”

Brainstorm: What features and techniques are used in (political) cartoons? Hint: Think about graphic novels like Maus.

Graphic weight

Emanata

Speech/though bubbles

Drawing style

Focus

Composition

Sounds

Color

Symbols

Motifs

Text 1:
“Women holding the globe”

Task: Study the cartoon and answer the questions below:

1. What do you see?

• objects

• people

• clothing

• colors

• actions

2. What do you think the cartoon’s message is? Use what you see to support your answer.

What do you see? -- objects, people, colors, actions etc.

What's the cartoon's message is? Use what you see in answer

1. How does the representation of women affect the perspective of the reader

2. How does the reader's perspective affect the reading of the author's representation of women?

Text 2

Text 2:

What do you see?

Text 2:

What do you think the cartoon's message is?about what you see?

Text 2: "I can't decide what I'm going to be when I grow up - a good girl or a slut."

HW for Thursday: study cartoon and answer questions with full sentences
1. People: What kinds of people are in the image, and what are they doing, literally?

2. Objects: What physical items are included in the image, and what do they symbolise?

3. Debatable issue: What is the contentious issue that the cartoon is commenting on?

4. Technique: To what extent is the artist’s style realist, abstract, iconic? Is there use of caricatures, exaggerated features, symbols?
5. Humor technique: Ironic, parody, satire, understatement, pun, black
humor, juxtaposition, analogy, allusion.

6. Purpose: What is the artist’s biased perspective on the issue? What is his/her call to action?

Find in Classroom

Take time to answer the questions

It's not about right or wrong but how you interpret what you see

Be ready to discuss and explain your answers in class tomorrow