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Language in the Classroom

Language in the Classroom. Andrea Sturgeon Education 301/ Section 02 Diversity Technology Lesson. The Structure. Unit: Poetry Intended Grade Level: Open for grades 7-12 depending on the poetry selection Lesson: Voice in Poetry. Objectives.

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Language in the Classroom

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  1. Language in the Classroom • Andrea Sturgeon • Education 301/ Section 02 • Diversity Technology Lesson Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  2. The Structure • Unit: Poetry • Intended Grade Level: Open for grades 7-12 depending on the poetry selection • Lesson: Voice in Poetry Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  3. Objectives Recognition of multiple voiced speakers in the poems Audible identification of dialects, intonations, and cultural linguistic traits. Comprehend the value of multiple dialects Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  4. Materials Needed Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  5. Does Language Affect Our Environment? Take 3 minutes to free write examples of language affecting your personal environment Consider your realities…home, school,social life Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  6. Do Words Have a Different Meaning and Power in Different Setting or Situations? Home Family Church Court Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  7. What Is the Study of Language • Linguistics is the study of language, and the system of human communication. • Linguistics involves multiple fields. Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  8. Linguistic Fields http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ewhitley/homepagesites.html#local Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  9. Remember learning to read, all those goofy sounds the letters had? That was the Phonetic alphabet, a product of Linguistics. And where would Grammar be without its big brother Linguistics? What does Linguistics Have to do with Me? Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  10. Dialects and Stereotype • What stereotypes are equated with certain dialects? • Does geography play a role? Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  11. So what is Dialect? • Dialect is variation in language. • This variation is also called an accent, and usually depends on the region you live in. Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  12. Dialect Example From Huck Finn It was a close place. I took...up [the letter I'd written to Miss Watson], and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: "All right then, I'll go to hell"— http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/huckfinn/quotes.html Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  13. Grab a Partner, and Decode the Underlined Words Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  14. Modern Examples Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  15. How does a reader identify with a speaker • Language is the only method available to cross the void between speaker and audience. • If a conscience effort is made to speak properly the writing will be stiff and difficult to relate to. • A reader will seldom understand the speaker or characters. Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  16. Take notes while I read the following poem Try to answer the five W’s and H I’m Asian.But my heart’s something else, another tone entirely. Yeah, I’m a black kid, though I’m white.A redhead on my bus mocks the speech of a Caucasian,who gets off the bus with his best friend,a darker counterpart.I watch through the windows as they push and laugh.Their friendship knows no separation of skin. Respect.So give and get.Diversity.Cannot be avoided. What does this speaker reveal ? UtterancesBy Want You’re either black or white; there’s no in-between.Then what does that make me?The Hmong kid in the back asks my question, as I consider my skin.Traditionally, I am supposed to be yellowBut I’m not.There is no crayola color for me.I’m pale, and sure: http://www.carmel.lib.in.us/ya/stories/want.htm Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  17. Speaker Revelation Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  18. What does language tell us? Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  19. Advocates for Dialect • Affirm the students' right to their own patterns and varieties of the language -- the dialects of their nurture or whatever dialects in which they find their own identity and style. • A nation proud of its diverse heritage and its cultural and racial variety will preserve its heritage of dialects. • NCTE • http://www.tesol.org/pubs/catalog/downloadable/adger-2.html#8 Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  20. Problems with Dialect • Some type of endorsement of one particular language variety seems inevitable. • Issued a weaker version asserting that students should learn the conventions of written standard English • Can you think of any other problems?? Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

  21. 21Your Personal Dialect • Take 10 minutes to record your personal language conventions • Do you have an accent? • Do you say certain words “funny” • Do you say different phrases? Sturgeon Diversity Lesson

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