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Language. How does the language we use reveal who we are?. List it!. Make a list of words that we, as Michiganders, say differently or completely slaughter. Also consider words that your family uses that may be unique compared to others. AGENDA. “Malk” The Michigan Accent Choice Reading

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  1. Language How does the language we use reveal who we are?

  2. List it! • Make a list of words that we, as Michiganders, say differently or completely slaughter. • Also consider words that your family uses that may be unique compared to others.

  3. AGENDA • “Malk” • The Michigan Accent • Choice Reading • Homework: Read Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” • Pg. 542 (question #7, pg. 46 of Comp) • New Book: Pg. 700 (question #4, pg. 46 of Comp book)

  4. Videos • “Malk” Julian Smith • “Dialect Maps” Huffington Post

  5. The Michigan Accent • “The Michigan Accent and Michiganders Slang Words” HubPages Blog • Separate Slideshow on website

  6. Homework • Read Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” • Pg. 542 (question #7, pg. 46 of Comp) • New Book: Pg. 700 (question #4, pg. 46 of Comp book)

  7. AGENDA • Discussion of homework • Amy Tan video • Choice Reading • Homework: • Pg. 562: “Bilingualism in American: English should be the Official Language” by S.I. Hayakawa • Question #2- Outline argument on page 47 of Composition Book

  8. Amy Tan What is Amy Tan’s attitude toward her mother?

  9. Homework • Pg. 562: “Bilingualism in American: English should be the Official Language” by S.I. Hayakawa • Question #2- (pg. 47 of Comp. Book) • Outline Hayakawa’s argument for making English the country's official language. What are his unstated assumptions? • New Book: see me or link on website

  10. AGENDA • “The Californians” • Outline • iPads: • Harvard Dialect Map survey • Search articles on languages • Homework: “Mother Tongue” Multiple Choice questions with explanations

  11. SI Hayakawa • Outline the development pattern that SI Hayakawa uses in this piece “Bilingualism in America”

  12. AGENDA • Amy Tan: MC Questions • Choice Reading and Conferring

  13. LANGUAGE Choice-Reading DO YOU SPEAK AMERICAN? (2005) with Robert MacNeil

  14. NOTE MAKING • Pronunciation in New England and NYC • Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism • What is standard English? • Dialects • Written English • Language change • African-American • Hip-Hop

  15. Thoughts on Language • Didja/ couldja • Canya • “d” replaces “t” (water, Pontiac) • Vernors, Faygo • Kleenex, Pop • “yer” • “Look it”

  16. MAP OF THE UNITED STATES • On your map, circle the states or areas of the country where the language/dialect might cause you to have preconceived notions about • Education level • Nature of values (conservative/liberal) • Vacations/destination hot spots • Racial or ethnic populations • Make a color-coded key that includes the above

  17. “Do You Speak American?” AGENDA “Do You Speak American”

  18. NOTE MAKING • Pronunciation in New England and NYC • Prescriptivism vs Descriptivism • What is standard English? • Dialects • Written English • Language change • African-American • Hip-Hop

  19. Descriptive grammarians ask the question, "What is English (or another language) like? What are its forms and how do they function in various situations?" By contrast, prescriptive grammarians ask, "What should English be like? What forms should people use and what functions should they serve?" Prescriptivists follow the tradition of the classical grammars of Sanskrit, Greek and Latin, which aimed to preserve earlier forms of those languages so that readers in subsequent generations could understand sacred texts and historical documents. Modern descriptivists aim to describe rather than prescribe linguistic forms and their uses. Dictionary makers also strive for descriptive accuracy in reporting which words are in use and which senses they carry.

  20. Development patterns in Hayakawa’s “Bilingualism in America”

  21. THE GOOD OL’ USA SLANG ACCENT CULTURALLY-DERIVED VOCABULARY SOUND

  22. AGENDA • Finish Do You Speak American • Class discussion • SSR

  23. Quick Write • To you, what does it mean to “speak American”? • What important aspects need to be considered when forming an opinion on what is acceptable language (written and spoken) in our country?

  24. DISCUSSION WARM-UP • What is the difference between teen slang and poor grammar in terms of how people perceive you as a person?

  25. SLANG • Make list of slang words and their definitions

  26. SHARE YOUR FINDINGS • Partner-teams switch with another team • Share the results of the map and your article

  27. DISCUSSION WARM-UP • What is the difference between teen slang and poor grammar in terms of how people perceive you as a person?

  28. AGENDA Video: Amy Walker “21 Accents” “Aria: Memoirs of a Bilingual Childhood” student-led discussions Choice Reading

  29. Quick Write • To you, what does it mean to “speak American”? • What important aspects need to be considered when forming an opinion on what is acceptable language (written and spoken) in our country?

  30. HOMEWORK • Read and take notes on “Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Child” from Hunger of Memory (Rodriguez p. 509/303)

  31. Assignment: • Write a Purpose statement for each of the four sections • Review the questions at the end of the chapter and design a concept map 8 ideas for one of the discussion-question ideas • (page 50/51 of Comp. Book)

  32. DISCUSSION IDEA Proposed by Hispanic-American Social activists in the 60s supported by Congress an effort to level the playing field BILINGUAL EDUCATION family language used at school soothing sounds of home family language Is intimate Rodriguez feels this cannot happen

  33. AGENDA • Fitzgerald vs. Armstrong • Group Work • Response Questions • Choice-Reading

  34. SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONSFROM RODRIGUEZ ARTICLE • In groups of 4, each member should lead a 5-minute discussion on his/her concept map • Be sure to reference the text • Each member of the group should participate in each discussion 20 MINUTES

  35. BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER… • Extend your own discussion map by adding 3 alternative viewpoints you assimilated from the discussion

  36. DISCUSSION IDEA Counterargument of immersing in English to better learn the language Proposed by Hispanic-American Social activists in the 60s Parents complying for the sake of the children supported by Congress an effort to level the playing field BILINGUAL EDUCATION How language can be a family aria family language used at school soothing sounds of home family language Is intimate Rodriguez feels this cannot happen

  37. FOCUS QUESTION • In light of Rodriguez’ article, explain why “family” language should be music to our ears • Include at least one quote from his article to support your ideas • Make a connection to the video Do You Speak American? (This could be a comparison or an actual quote in one of your sentences.) eloquiently 15 minutes

  38. AGENDA • Frozen clip • Close Reading Imitative Writing- Rodriguez • RAD writing • Choice Reading

  39. Close Reading • P. 525 second to last paragraph • What do you notice? • Model paragraph

  40. Replace, Add, Delete • Basically, MAKE IT BETTER… MAKE IT… RAD!

  41. Homework • Underline your CLAIM • Star any rhetorical schemes that you purposely added • Circle any “elevated diction” • Bracket your quote(s) and squiggle a line under your “bread” that goes WITH your quote (in the same sentence)

  42. Agenda • Visual Analysis • Review RAD writing • “Conversation” focus reading • P. 579/757 • Choice Reading

  43. Conversation • P. 579/757 • Read ONE of the articles from that section • Pg. 52(ish) of Composition Book • Write a purpose statement for that entire piece (including fundamentals) • Pick ONE of the associated questions to answer

  44. AGENDA • Jigsaw homework in groups • “Currently” Journal • iPad work: Current Events

  45. MISC. • The following slides and lessons were not used in 2014 due to cutbacks in subunits. • Keep slides for potential use in the future

  46. JIG-SAW ANALYSIS • In small groups, analyze the assigned section of George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” • Prepare an activity to teach us the “guts” of his message

  47. HOMEWORK • Read George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” • Take it SLOW! • Make notes in one of the following ways: • Concept map (10 concepts) • Bulleted lists of word categories • An outline

  48. AGENDA Daily Infograph George Orwell clip/ rewrite Ellen DeGeneres on Proper English Newspaper research Bad-Writing Read-Around

  49. A LITTLE ABOUT GEORGE ORWELL VIDEO CLIP

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