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

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)

Videos

“Malk” Julian Smith “Dialect Maps” Huffington Post

The Michigan Accent

“The Michigan Accent and Michiganders Slang Words” HubPages Blog

Separate Slideshow on website

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)

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

Amy Tan

What is Amy Tan’s attitude toward her mother?

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

AGENDA

“The Californians” Outline iPads:

Harvard Dialect Map survey Search articles on languages

Homework: “Mother Tongue” Multiple Choice questions with explanations

SI Hayakawa

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

AGENDA

Amy Tan: MC Questions Choice Reading and Conferring

LANGUAGE

Choice-ReadingDO YOU SPEAK AMERICAN? (2005)

with Robert MacNeil

NOTE MAKING

Pronunciation in New England and NYC

Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism What is standard English? Dialects Written English Language change African-American Hip-Hop

Thoughts on Language

Didja/ couldja Canya “d” replaces “t” (water, Pontiac) Vernors, Faygo Kleenex, Pop “yer” “Look it”

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

“Do You Speak American?”

AGENDA

“Do You Speak American”

NOTE MAKING

Pronunciation in New England and NYC

Prescriptivism vs Descriptivism What is standard English? Dialects Written English Language change African-American Hip-Hop

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.

Development patterns in Hayakawa’s “Bilingualism in America”

THE GOOD OL’ USA

SLANGACCENTCULTURALLY-DERIVED

VOCABULARYSOUND

AGENDA

Finish Do You Speak American Class discussion SSR

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?

DISCUSSION WARM-UP

What is the difference between teen slang and poor grammar in terms of how people perceive you as a person?

SLANG

Make list of slang words and their definitions

SHARE YOUR FINDINGS

Partner-teams switch with another team

Share the results of the map and your article

DISCUSSION WARM-UP

What is the difference between teen slang and poor grammar in terms of how people perceive you as a person?

AGENDAVideo: Amy Walker “21 Accents”“Aria: Memoirs of a Bilingual Childhood” student-led discussionsChoice Reading

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?

HOMEWORK

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

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)

DISCUSSION IDEA

BILINGUAL EDUCATION

Proposed by Hispanic-AmericanSocial activists in the 60s

supported byCongress

family language used at school

Rodriguez feels this cannot happenfamily languageIs intimate

soothingsoundsof home

an effort tolevel the playing field

AGENDA

Fitzgerald vs. Armstrong Group Work Response Questions Choice-Reading

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

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER…

Extend your own discussion map by adding 3 alternative viewpoints you assimilated from the discussion

DISCUSSION IDEA

BILINGUAL EDUCATION

Proposed by Hispanic-AmericanSocial activists in the 60s

supported byCongress

family language used at school

Rodriguez feels this cannot happenfamily languageIs intimate

soothingsoundsof home

an effort tolevel the playing field

Counterargumentof immersing in English to betterlearn the language

Parents complyingfor the sake of thechildren

How language can be afamily aria

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

AGENDA

Frozen clip Close Reading Imitative Writing-

Rodriguez RAD writing Choice Reading

Close Reading

P. 525 second to last paragraph

What do you notice?

Model paragraph

Replace, Add, Delete

Basically,

MAKE IT BETTER… MAKE IT… RAD!

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)

Agenda

Visual Analysis Review RAD writing “Conversation” focus reading

P. 579/757 Choice Reading

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

AGENDA

Jigsaw homework in groups “Currently” Journal iPad work: Current Events

MISC.

The following slides and lessons were not used in 2014 due to cutbacks in subunits.

Keep slides for potential use in the future

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

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

AGENDADaily InfographGeorge Orwell clip/ rewriteEllen DeGeneres on Proper English Newspaper researchBad-Writing Read-Around

A LITTLE ABOUT GEORGE ORWELL

VIDEOCLIP

NEWSPAPER RESEARCH

Scour the newspaper, searching for evidence of good/better/best writing

Find what you consider to be an interesting piece

Rewrite the article, deliberately using difficult “empty” words

BAD-WRITING READ-AROUND

FOCUS QUESTION #16

Explain how Orwell is guilty of the faults that characterize the writing he is describing

Support your claim with at least two quotes from the text

LANGUAGE LOOTING (if time)

Compare Toni Morrison’s and Orwell’s ideas about language

Explain how Morrison moves from language as a “victim” to language as a “looter.” Is this a shift in blame – or not?

AGENDA

Ellen DeGeneres clip Daily Infograph Read Tan, Thiong’o, Cao, Lee

Quadrant note-taking SSR

ELLEN DEGENERES ON PROPER ENGLISH

IN-CLASS READING

Read the following articles: “Mother Tongue” (542-546) Excerpt from Decolonizing the Mind

(547-555) Monkey Bridge (568-569) Native Speaker (569-570)

NOTE MAKING: QUADRANTS

Amy Tan Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

Lan Cao Chang-Rae-Lee

INCLUDE INFORMATION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD WRITE IN A PRECIS SUMMARY, ESPECIALLY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE ARTICLE IS STRUCTURED – GOOD PRACTICEFOR UPCOMING AP EXAM!

MAKING CONNECTIONS

What common thread runs through all of the articles?

How does each author deal with this issue?

Tan Cao LeeThiong’o

AGENDAThat’s So Punny!Daily InfographAmy Tan on writingProfessor John McWhorter on languageFamily language and culture

AMY TAN

On Writing

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

“Only with Aunt Mary and Uncle Michael could I givemyself an inheritance my parents never gave me:

the gift of language” (Cao 568).

Lan Cao

Professor John McWhorter

Ph.D. inLinguistics,Stanford University

Academic Specialty:language change and Language contact

THE STORY OF HUMAN LANGUAGE

I Language more than words

II Communication among lower animals: bees, apes (Washoe),displacement, productivity

IIISpontaneous communication:imitation, parrots

IV When human language began

THE GIFT OF LANGUAGE

Describe the gift of language given to you by your family

journal

AGENDA

Daily Infograph Conversation (579-589) Jigsaw activity

Conversation (579-589)

1. “How Much Wallop Can One Simple Word Pack?” (Nunberg) History and use of word “terror”

2. “The War of Words…” (Okrent) “terrorist and terrorism” reporting in Middle East

4. “Pride to One is Prejudice to Another” (Milloy) Sports teams names derived from Native Amer.

5. “Help Us Overthrow the Tall/Short Mafia” (Magliozzi) The language of Starbucks

Conversation (579-589)

Assignment: Pick a section to read Highlight key points in notes

Author, Development, Purpose, Audience Consider: How does “language” play a role? So what?

AGENDA

Focus Question SSR

MAKING CONNECTIONS

FOCUS QUESTION #9

AGENDA

Visual Analysis and Deconstruction Tone Review SSR

Homework: Bring in a “visual” to share Write a GRAPESSS analysis on back NEEDS TO BE PRINTED BEFORE CLASS

Visual Analysis Aspects

Zoom Particle

Close up Wave

Mid way Field

Distance

Location Focal Point Coloring Purpose Juxtaposition

Draw your own!

Pick a visual that you understand well

Draw a particle, wave, field representation of it

Tone Review

Handouts While analyzing:

Establish tone of piece Why is it such?

AGENDA

“The Californians” Share visual pieces in groups Present one to class SSR

Have a safe and enjoyable Spring Break!

The following are Misc. and Extra Slides

Not used in 2013

AGENDA

“Bilingualism in America”Spanglish clipExit slip

SILENT READING

Read “Bilingualism in America: English Should Be The Official Language” (562-567)

Take notes on the way S.I. Hayakawa structures his argument

Pros Cons

1.2.3.

1.2.3.

Solution:

HOMEWORK

Read “Always Living in Spanish” by Marjorie Agosin (556-558)

Prepare 1 question for guest speaker on bilingual families, using ideas from the readings (to turn in)

“Bilingualism in America”

Samuel IchiyeHayakawa

U.S. Senatorfrom California

PAIR/SHARE

How does S.I. Hayakawa structure his argument that English should be our official language?

What are his minor and major premises?

How does he counter the opposition?

FOCUS QUESTION #18

How would Marjorie Agosin address Hayakawa’s proposal?

Write a letter that either refutes or concedes his points

Be sure to include ideas from her article “Always Living in Spanish”

What do you notice?

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