General Writing Task – You are to compose a response to Geneva Smitherman’s “Black Language and the Education of Black Children: One Mo Once.”
Why I Am Asking You to Complete This Writing Task –
General Directions – For this writing task please read Geneva Smitherman’s “Black Language and the Education of Black Children: One Mo Once” before turning your attention to the questions that follow:
- What is Smitherman responding to in this article? That is, what does Smitherman seem to be adding to the conversation? Can you name the conversastion she is engaging?
- In the time Smitherman writes, Black language was called “Ebonics.” Most scholars of Black language no longer use “Ebonics” but it was popular in the 1970s and 1980s. What ideas were new to you as you read Smitherman’s work? Who are her communities? Who are her “enemies” in this piece? How does she show love for her community?
- What is most challenging about this idea of Black language/Ebonics as Smitherman writes about it to you?
- It might appear simple. If it does, push yourself to think about the implications of this concept on learning about writing and how it works.
- What questions about writing can’t the idea of the Black language help us with? What are the limits of understanding writing entirely through this concept?
How to Be Successful – For this writing task, I am looking for several things:
- You have written a subject to your discussion post that is description or indicates in some creative way what the content of the post can be
- You have answered 2 of the questions above?
- If you have used AI-assistant writing, you must highligh in yellow which parts are not yours.
- You have cited Tan and conversations from our class or other discussion posts as support for your responses.
When is this writing task to be completed – You should complete this writing task before 9:00am on August 14