DW4a

For this project I decided to choose the change in AAVE/Ebonics as the theme to my project. I chose this theme because I feel that it will be a good way to end the course and continue to build from many discussions from last project. I plan on showing how the use of AAVE was discriminated against to how it is taught and respected within the classroom today. The composition studies we focused on and the writings we read in class showed us how it is becoming a language of its own.
The four genres I am going to use are: Imaginative Writing, “School” Writing, “Personal/Private” Writing, and Visual Pieces. I plan on representing these genres in print form. For imaginative writing I plan on using a poem. The poem I plan on using has historical significance as well as impacts on today society. This poem was written early this year and was used during a HUGE international event. I feel that this poem corresponds to the message I want to reflect on. I plan on making a worksheet for students as an example of the second genre, “School” Writing. I plan on making this worksheet myself. I am going to use examples of AAVE rhetoric and grammar to help me make it. I will also use the readings from Smitherman and Redd and Webb to help me with the grammar and rhetoric. The worksheet will be made for a college level English class. This worksheet is going to be the example of how AAVE is being taught in classrooms. The third genre, Personal/private writing, is going to be represented through an AIM conversation. I am not sure yet how I am going to make this relate to my topic yet. The fourth and final genre I chose is Visual Pieces. I am going to make a map college and incorporate pictures overtime that show how AAVE and Ebonics has changed and been appropriated.