Critical Literacy

Masculinity
-Muscular
-Big
-Strong
- Manly
-Brave
-Athletic
-Aggressive
-Beard
-Alcohol
Femininity
- Girly
-Emotional
-Soft
-Quiet
-Passive
-Delicate
-Dress
-Sensitive

Somewhere that's Green
the girl
Soft
passive
shy
cleaning
dress
the men
cooking/baking
do outside cleaning


How are adults contracted in this text
-The boy is constructed to be soft and shy, the girl is also constructed to clean inside the house and serve the family.
-The man is constructed to do the outside cleaning.

What kind of social reality does this text portray?
- The text portrays a reality where the women do the cleaning and serving her family while the men work and clean outside the house.

How does this text construct a version of reality?
This text constructs a version of reality where men go to work and do the manly things while the girls stay at home, clean and serve their family.

What different interpretations of the text are possible?
The text interpret different stereotypes in the real world

Legally Blonde

How are adults constructed in this text?
- The women are constructed to be strong and independent

What kind of social reality does this text portray?
-This text portrays where women don't need boys to prove they can be better

How does this text construct a version of reality
- This text construct a version of reality where the women are strong and independent

What different interpretations of the text are possible?
- The text interpret a different stereotype of women in the real world