February 12
happy black History month!
​It's the 100-year anniversary!

I. Opening Annoucements​​

• Remember to email the editor link to your hype presentation on the Wednesday before at noon! Also note that there is no make-up for the Hype presentations.
• Remember that your Hype presentation needs a visual package that matches your argument/rhetor as well as animations and transitions. 
• If you use Canva, make sure you use Canva PREMIUM (there are NO ads). You can create an account using your TCU email. Sign in with SSO when prompted and a window will appear reading “WELCOME TCU STUDENT.” If there is a problem and you don’t see that you can contact IT and they can walk you thru it. [Thank you, Melinda, for these directions.]

Things You Might Need

• The Course Syllabus
• The 2026 Hype Presentation Guidelines
• ​Hype Sign-up Sheet
• Angel's Hype Example
• ​Reading Response Guidelines
• Project #1 Guidelines
• ​Project #1 Samples
• Save-the-Date: MARCH 3​

NOTE: Use the provided notecard to indicate your preferences for partner (you can also say no preference). On Tuesday, you will have the entire class time to work on project #2 (due next Thursday). All details are forthcoming on Tuesday.

ii. Tryniti presents . . .

Misfits - Tryniti Shipman by Tryniti Shipman

iii. Jordan Presents . . . 

Hype Presentation by Jordan Ross

At the end of class, you may have a writing/classroom activity about your colleagues' presentations.
​Be prepared to describe what stands out most from the presentations.

IV. "Flossie & the Fox": @the Intersections of Black Oral Traditions and Black Language

A Chronology of Once Popular Names: Black Dialect -- Black English -- Black Vernacular 
African American Vernacular English (AAVE) -- African American Vernacular (AAV) 
Ebonics -- African American English (AAE) -- African American Language (AAL)
. . . We Say Black Language (BL) 

Click here for full narrative. Be sure to submit the corresponding handout after class.

v.Closing with Black ASL . . .