I. Name Game . . . Jeremy, Chelsea, Khadijah, Nick, and Rex have already gone!
For the Opening Go-Around, tell us

1. your name
   
2. your major
   
3. one piece of WRITING ADVICE from the article that you read last week

II. Guidelines for Bb Posts with Q&A

III. New Log-In Procedures
When you click on on article title,  you might be selecting a copyrighted text.  In that case, you will be taken to an online repository for your reading that requires a password based on copyright/fair use laws.  Use your FULL, OFFICIAL John Jay email address (i.e., [email protected] you need to use everything after "@") that you use to access all university systems and your current password.  You may be prompted to start an account.  If so, click yes.  You will need to be logged in to access the materials.  

Here is an example of a reading for this week that you will need to access:   "Nah, we straight": Black language and America's first black president"  (chapter from Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the US)

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IV. "Chile, A fox be just a fox": Intro to AAL

Part One: The Jim Crow Context
Today's focus will be on an oral tradition invented during Jim Crow that is now a children's book. 

Part Two:  A Creative Writing Assignment/Brainstorm
Imagine yourself as a black grandfather telling a bedtime story to his small children.  Do this with a partner if you must... submit this at the end of class.

• It must be child-friendly.
• It must give them courage.
• It must not be a fairy-tale.
• It must be positive. 

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Part Three: Flossie and the Fox ​ACTIVITY

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A Relevant Series for You to Watch (OPTIONAL)

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