Grade 11
Ilona Granet Learner Portfolio
For the first unit in our second semester of Language & Literature, we learned more about sexual harassment and feminism through learning about who Ilona Granet is, and the signs that she had created. This unit has a distinct similarity with the previous units that we had covered, which all had the same topic of learning more about feminism; however, we gained a better understanding of different ways to spread the awareness of sexual harassment and feminism in this unit, which is Ilona Granet’s signs. Throughout this unit, we analyzed the signs that Ilona Granet had created, understanding the different ideas that she is conveying through her illustrations.
During the beginning of this unit, we were introduced to Ilona Granet, the artist who created the signs that we learned about and evaluated throughout this unit. We learned more about her background, her childhood and adulthood experiences, and the reason to why her artworks now all follow the same theme of feminism and harassment through listening to a podcast, the Decoder Ring podcast, where she was being interviewed. As we listened to the podcast, we took notes about important points that she had discussed about in order for us to fully understand her purpose of creating the artworks, as well as the experiences she had faced when growing up which had brought her to work on her artworks.
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Open in new tab Throughout this unit, we had analyzed a few of Ilona Granet’s signs by using the PODAHAA method, which is identifying the people, objects, diction and language, artist’s technique, humor technique, artist’s purpose, and association with other works in the signs. A sign that I found the most interesting is from the “Red Riding Hood Travels the World” body of work, where Ilona Granet had created a collection of signs that relate to the concept of the children’s book, “Little Red Riding Hood”. We had to choose a sign from her body of work to analyze, and I noticed that the signs are quite different from her other signs, as it is more difficult to understand if an individual does not know the story of “Little Red Riding Hood”.
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For our summative assessment in this unit, we did a 1/2 oral in order to prepare for our individual oral assessment for IB, which was much shorter than the actual oral for IB. For us to understand more about what we should analyze and talk about in our oral, we did a mock oral by analyzing the “Red Riding Hood Travels the World”. We came up with a global issue to discuss about in the oral, how it relates to the signs, identified different literary devices used in the sign, and compared them to how Granet had used them in her other signs.
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Antigone Learner Portfolio
The three units that we had covered this semester, A Doll’s House, Liza Donnelly Cartoons, and Antigone, had taught about many different aspects about global issues, including gender inequality, racism, etc. For our third unit in Language & Literature, similar to our first unit, A Doll’s House, we learned more about feminism and patriarchy, gender roles, and family obligations through the play, Antigone. Throughout this unit, we had gone through and worked on several different assignments to improve our knowledge and understanding on these global issues, and for us to be able to compare and contrast how these issues are similar or different from the past to the present day.
In the beginning of this unit. the first assignment that we had completed was finding definitions for the different vocabularies used in Ancient Greek dramas. The purpose for this was to familiarize ourselves with the terms used to describe different parts of the play, as well as different characters. Ancient Greek dramas are slightly different from modern dramas, as the time set for both dramas would be different, character behaviors would also be different, and the terms used in the Ancient Greek is not as commonly used in the present. In this assignment, t is important that the definition found for each term was accurate, as there can be several other definitions that do not fit the Ancient Greek definition.
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Another assignment that we had completed was reading Antigone, and doing a reading journal to understand and identify different themes shown in the play. Although watching Antigone can also give a brief understanding of the play, reading the play can broaden the knowledge and analysis of the personalities of each character, their actions, and the setting of the play. While reading the play, the themes that we had to identify and take notes on in the reading journal were the relationships between men and women, patriarchy and feminism, citizenship, law and the state, connections between all three units, and what I have found interesting in the play.
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Other than individually analyzing Antigone’s background and themes, we had also done context presentations, similar to A Dolls’ House. Different groups were assigned different topics to cover that relates to Antigone, which includes Ancient Greece (in the Classical period), Ancient Greek Drama, Sophocles, Antigone, The Oedipus Cycle (the Theban plays) and Seven Against Thebes, Productions and Adaptations, and Robert Fagles and Translation. For my group, we had worked on explaining the different productions and adaptations of Antigone, and through this process, I had found it interesting about how there are many different depictions of Antigone from different productions.
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Liza Donnelly Cartoons Learner Portfolio
For the second unit in Language & Literature this year, we learned more about how global issues can be depicted through different illustration of cartoons. The cartoons that we had observed were mainly created by Liza Donnelly, which covers many different aspects about global issues, such as inequality between men and women, racism, etc. Most of the cartoons include techniques such as irony, understatement, and juxtaposition. The purpose of her cartoons are to address the global issues, and to be able to communicate it to others to let other individuals understand different perspectives.
An activity that we did during this unit is learning about cartoon techniques. At the beginning of the unit, we had reviewed different cartoon techniques in order to prepare ourselves to understand how to describe and analyze cartoons using different terminologies describing the technique and style used in different cartoons. The cartoonists’ persuasive techniques that we familiarized ourselves with were allusion, analogy, dark humor, distortion, hyperbole, irony, juxtaposition, labeling, malapropism, metaphor, parody, pun, satire, stereotype, symbolism, and understatement. The different cartoonists’ styles included iconic, and realistic. After reviewing through the different techniques, we did a quiz on kahoot.
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Another assignment that we had worked on is reviewing cartoons created by Liza Donnelly. We had analyzed a total of eleven cartoons illustrated by Liza Donnelly, and one of my favorite was analyzing the cartoon, The Feminist Viewpoint. I had found it interesting throughout analyzing this cartoon as my perspective and ideas had changed as I was analyzing it further. At first, I had thought that Harold was a man dressing up as a woman, and I then thought about how Harold might be a transgender woman instead. When analyzing a cartoon, it is important to identify every detail—no matter how small it is. It is important to identify the people, objects, issue, technique, and purpose in the cartoon, and it is equally as important to break down and understand the text in the cartoon, as it is for the illustration. Overall, although I found this cartoon quite challenging to understand at first, the main message that was communicated is an important issue.
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An assignment that I had enjoyed working on is creating our own cartoons. For this assignment, we would need to create a cartoon about a current issue or a political topic, including text, as well as different techniques. It has to convey a point, commenting or criticizing about the topic or issue that was chosen for our cartoon. For my cartoon, I had hand-drawn an illustration about a comparison between the treatment of a stray dog and a homeless man, explaining the issue about how passersby would be more willing to help a stray dog, rather than a homeless person.
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