In-Class+Work+1+MLP


 * Notes from Class**:
 * Language, Literacy, and Culture
 * Technology on language, and culture
 * Context in language matters
 * Oakland controversy - what really matters
 * Challenge students, they are smart & want to learn


 * Words Activity**
 * 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 ||
 * Yes || Pardon? || How || Is || Apartment ||
 * No || Hey || Sleepy || Much || Nice ||
 * Love || Cool || Fun || Short || Difficult ||
 * Please || Maybe || It || School || This ||
 * Kerfuffle || Band || You || Class || Brave ||

Our conversation was about summer and the beginning of the school year. I found this scenario/exercice to be difficult. It was like when I traveled to Italy and only knew five words/phrases in Italian. I felt so limited in the conversation. At first, I picked words that a person needs to be able to say (yes/no/love/please) in order to answer basic questions. Kerfuffle is just a fun word that I like. As we added words, my partner and I tried to pick more words to add to the conversation. I realized that we needed to add more verbs rather than the nouns and adjectives we had. Takeaways from class discussion: - Thinking about ESL/ELL students (language minority) - How much we take language for granted - Students may not have/ be exposed to school language - Words have power - Language changes with Technology