* This is a late post, thus there will most likely have only a few comments and images of my notes from class. Also, note that it may not be entirely detailed as this is from memory.

After the October break, we had some introductory lessons to Woman’s World by looking at adverts of the book’s set time period. We looked at ads of times ranging from the 1930s to 1960s when adverts reflect the dominant patriarchal values as well as the social expectation of women to be domestic ( in both ways )

I worked with Nurlan for the first time to analyse an advert produced in the 1930s. Nurlan and I focused primarily on two different things, Nurlan on how the image looked, while I looked at the copy of the ad, which included the word choices and the possible double meaning of the words.

Personally, I don’t think the presentation went very well. Nurlan and I planned on answering the questions/guidelines alternatingly, however, before we even finish the second guideline, we were not able to answer the questions Mrs Wallace was giving us. Well, it was more like we weren’t able to give the answer she was expecting.

Although I did feel a little sad that we weren’t able to meet up to her expectations, however, I did find it useful, as I am able to look at not only the expected interpretation of the text was, but also gain insight and understanding of the context that Woman’s World is set in.

After that, for my common assessment, I combined both notes from my group work with Nurlan and the notes I took in class. I have to say that I am pretty happy with how I have done. I think that next time, I could maybe make a more detailed analysis of the characterisation of the couple (after looking back from our first graded assessment)