The Third Week of Critical Literacy Class

monday
25/01/2010

On Monday I learn how to write a critical response like I did in the previous class but at that time I only learn until the how to write the purpose of a good critical response. Today I learn on how to write the perspective, positioning and impact. Mr. Kamaraziz has postponed the writing lesson on the previous class due to the time constraints and it is because he wanted to us to understand well on how to write the perspective, positioning and impact. this three elements are quite hard if we do not understand it very well enough and it will become our obstacle in the future when we needed to write a critical response on an article because it is tricky for a person who does not understand the concepts of this three elements.

The three elements are close related to the topic that we choose earlier, for example in my last class we write critical response for superstitous and for the topic we either want to support the topic or condemnd it and I chose to support the topic that I choose that is superstitious are one way for the elders to disciplined and control their children behaviour. So for the perspective, I have to come out with with a negative statements that related to the topic such as superstitous are not relevant for today children as the children nowadays are more modernized and can differentiate between good and bad.

As for the positioning, we need to refer back to the topic that we have chosen whether the topic is positive or negative. For example, in my topic, I support the superstitous so I need to come out with a positve sentence such as however superstitous has been proven by the elders it is a good way to control the children as our parents have gone through it. From the statements above I can give a summary about the three elements that is:

If
topic :+ -
then
perspective: - +
and
positioning :+ -

We are also are been asked to give a response about a video that Mr.Kamaraziz. it is a video about a man named Larry, he is a extreme left bariner where he like to question on the norms and accepted behaviour that everybody has accepted it. In this video he has make a phoned call to a company and wished to talk to the boss in the company. However, before he are allowed to talk to the boss, the receptionist has asked him what is the called all about so that she can tell her boss about the matter. However, larry refused to tell the receptionist what it is all about and has and argument with the receptionist. Well from my opinion Larry should tell the receptionist what the called is all about so that the receptionist can tell her boss because most probably her boss will get mad at her if she let Larry talk to her boss without knowing what it is all about. however if she does not let Larry talk to her boss because Larry does not want to tell the details, she might get fired by her boss because if it is an important business called surely her boss will lose a project. larry should not tell the receptionist what is details because maybe her boss will know that the details is if she has tell her boss who is on the phoned. However,Larry should tell the receptionist what is details so that the receptionist can easily pass him to her boss. That is from my point of view.

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Wednesday
27/01/2010

On wednesday it supposed to be our presentationevaluation day however due to certain circumstances it has been postponed to next week. So basically, in wednesday we learn about proposition on how to make a good argument. At first I do not understand how it is done but as the class went along I began to undersatnd about proposition. Proposition basically help one to come out with a better point of argument where it needed one to list down the premises and subargument that will make them win the argument. The proposition is basically used by the lawyer, to help them understand the cases and to come out with a better point on how to object the prosecutor point. it helps me undersatnd better on how to make a good argument.