Friday, February 24

We discussed on particular, larger genre construct a little more indepth today in class: Language, or more specifically, standard English and the "rules" that go along with it. In this discussion, we talked about such concepts as:

• prescriptive grammar: setting those "rules" (likely the only kind you've ever learned in school)
• descriptive grammar: the goal with this is to simply describe how people actually talk or write; this is also, then, open to various dialects of the English language
• code switching: utilizing two different language in spoken word ("switching" back and forth between thet wo)
• code meshing: utilizing two disctinct English dialects within a written genre

Hopefully, this discussion gave you all a little more food for thought as you move on to truly conceptualize your unit 2 piece. For Monday, also per the previous post, you'll want to come with more ideas. For about half the class, you'll have time to work with your group members.