AGENDA:
Morning Reflection:
https://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english?language=en
code switching
(noun) the practice of changing one’s language, dialect or speaking style to better fit one’s environment.
2. Vocabulary.com--Join class and practice
3. char·ac·ter·i·za·tion
ˌkerəktərīˈzāSH(ə)n/
noun
noun: characterization; plural noun: characterizations; noun: characterisation; plural noun: characterisations
- 1.the creation or construction of a fictional character.
"he preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict" - 2.a description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.
Defining characterization:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf
4, Discussion Question 1
5. ACTIVITY: Work on Gotham characterization (Fictional character) and Proust Questionnaire (Personal). What personal characteristics could be used for your fictional character?
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson800/Characterization.pdf
4, Discussion Question 1
What does Starr mean when she says that "It's dope to be black until it's hard to be black" [11]?
Discussion Question 2
What is the significance of "the talk" about police Starr remembers having with her parents [21]?
Discussion Question 3
What can we discern about Starr's family from the pictures of Malcolm X in their home?
Vocabulary
latchkey, stampedes, maneuvers, humongous, argyle
5. ACTIVITY: Work on Gotham characterization (Fictional character) and Proust Questionnaire (Personal). What personal characteristics could be used for your fictional character?
HMWK: Read Ch.5-10, Study vocabulary for Friday quiz
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ReplyDeletewhen I was younger I did code switch a lot because I was raised in a home where I was always told there is a time and place to speak and act a certain way and I was taught all of the places that were and were not appropriate to act and talk a certain way but now that I'm older I feel differently I feel like I should be able to be myself regardless of where I am I shouldn't have to become a different person for someone to like me or accept me
DeleteI agree to Jamila Lyiscott because I find myself code switching often. The way I talk to my close friends is different than the way I talk to some of my other peers that think I come across as "scary". I find myself code switching when I'm around my mother's side of the family vs my father's side. I feel comfortable around my father's side because I look and sound more like them. I feel so foreign to my mom's side. I code switch with all of my grandparents because I wouldn't talk to them the same way I talk to my cousins.
ReplyDeleteThis video made me really think about code-changing and how you act differently when talking to different people. It's always been something that people do, but I'd never known that code-changing was the proper term for it until today. I have a different mindset at school than when I'm talking at home, for example. This fact, if properly executed, could be very useful in writing (surprise, surprise). I never would have watched that Ted Talk on my own, so that's something I can say I did today.
ReplyDeletemy response to what I just watched was that she was speaking the truth. what she was saying I understanded her and I got where she was coming from. and I like that she was more open TO HOW SHE TALKED AND DINT CARE WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO SAY ABOUT how she talked and I liked that because now she made me feel more open about myself.
ReplyDeleteMy feelings on this video are if any one can code switch I would give props to them because I feel as if that isn't easy and to let your environment switch you and not have any problems with it. I would say that is a good personality trait,because that means you are highly adaptable and that means you can have good conversation with every type of persons and you are bound to have many friends to assist you in whatever.
ReplyDeleteI code switch with my teachers because the way I talked to my friends obviously I can't talk that way with the teacher. It was very difficult at first because sometimes I get too used to talking slang with other people besides and adult. I don't code switch with my mom, that might be a surprise, but usually she talks to me like a sister and I'm grown enough. My mom code switches when she is in front of another adult that she doesn't know.
ReplyDeleteThe way I feel about this video is that I understood like it was my own point of view, for an example when I go to work I don't go acting as if I wasn't raised right. In a public place I'll watch what I say so not to embarrass my mom.
DeleteI don't have as much as a dramatic difference in my talking, but there's definitely differences in my writing. When I talk, I think that I keep it pretty consistent, except for slight changes if I talk to adults. In my writing, unless I am intentionally writing in a specific voice, I am more formal than when I text my friends. I wouldn't say "Yeah definitely, I would love to hang out with you but I need to get some sort of transportation." It's way too formal and some of my friends would see me as that white girl who thinks she's so smart. It's easier to just say "sureeeee buh can you pick me up?" because it's more like the common teenage language. Between races, however, I don't have that experience. But between my friends and between my parents, teachers, or other adults, its different.
ReplyDeleteI like how much she empathized on how "articulate" she was by switching between tongues. Her Ted talk made me question if I code-switch when i'm around different people and in different places. I notice that I'm a lot more reserved at school than I am at home because unlike school, I'm constantly around people that I can be comfortable with. When i'm at school, I feel as if i'm being watched and that if I make one wrong move people could get the wrong idea of me. Also, the way I talk is a lot more aggressive than usual. Her showing her mother the way she talks at school reminds me very much of how I correct my parents' speech when I'm at home, so that something that I cold easily relate to.
ReplyDeleteI completely understand code switching. I used to have to do it all the time because of the school I used to go too. I used to talk "ghetto" as some people say due to how my mother and siblings speak. But then at school I tried to be very proper and not have that tone in my voice. Not only did I have to code switch at school but also depending on what grandmas house I was going too. I usually would talk to my grandma with proper words because she barely understand slang like I say in everyday life.
ReplyDeleteThis video made me realize all the times I code change without noticing. I code change a lot around older people and adults, I make my voice a lot sweeter. I code change around my white side of my family and my black side unintentionally. I code change around my friends and act like my normal self usually as well as my family.
ReplyDeleteCode switching usually happens depending on the person I'm talking to. For example if I'm speaking to my parents I sound respectful and kind, compared to if I was talking to one of my siblings or a friend. This is usually because of your relationship with the person I'm conversing with. When it comes to strangers, I talk in a respectful or kind way as well because I wouldn't want them to see my as a rude person. Code switching also has to do with impressions. You wouldn't want to give your boss a bad impression on them by sounding illiterate.
ReplyDeleteI code switch when I'm near adults that I don't know or just meeting too make a good impression or when I'm with my grandparents cause they are my grandparents. When I'm with friends I talk differently cause they are people I'm close too who are my age cause we relate more.
ReplyDeleteI think the video was very powerful and meaningful because I felt everything she said. Some of the things she talked about I could relate to it in some kind of way. I like how you could tell she was proud to be black and she expressed that very well. Some friends I know don't talk the same way I do or I wouldn't talk to my mom the way I talk to my friends.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to this video and the speaker because I code change a lot . When i'm home I act different then when i'm at school. At home i'm more calm and quiet and sometimes at school i'm the same or different when I get around my friends. Also when i'm around my cousin i'm either calm or loud it depends. So basically I code switch a lot depending on the place
ReplyDeleteThis interesting video made me realize how much I code switch. I realized how much I code switch between my friends. I have close friends and I have “normal” friends. I am more comfortable talking with close friends than other people because I relate so much more to them.
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