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Evolving Grammar

Educate students on the appropriate usage of abbreviations in everyday speech, social media, online games, and schooling. Explore the benefits of keeping it short, limits, simplicity, convenience, and making sense. Discuss common abbreviations and their relevance in today's communication landscape. Encourage students to think about reader understanding and expectations when using abbreviations. Foster a community by compiling a list of abbreviations, engaging in text-based activities, and organizing a scavenger hunt to find real-world examples.

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Evolving Grammar

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  1. Evolving Grammar Educating the appropriateness of Abbreviations & Acronyms

  2. Where they’re used Everyday speech Facebook Texting Tumblr Twitter Online Games School Work!

  3. Why Keep it Short? • Limits • Simplicity • Convenience • Makes Sense • Association

  4. Examples BofA brb ttyl neways 5150 gtg e.g. d8 CIA i.e. USA idk et al. GM GF FB Da UP *$ State KPS

  5. Making sense of it all • They’re common • They’re nothing new • They’re not going away • They don’t need to be in the “never-never” rules.

  6. Share Demonstrate the appropriateness of abbreviations. • Show the students some of the abbreviations you’ve used at their age. • Contrast professional/social use of abbreviations. • Communicate local views on abbreviations.

  7. Inform • Steer students toward thinking about the reader. • Have students asking: • Will my reader understand? • Will my reader expect them? • What will the reader think of me if I use it?

  8. Encourage • Create community: • Compile a growing list of abbreviations and acronyms with your students • Have students text/write each other using as many abbreviations as possible • Scavenger Hunt: • Have students find real-world examples of abbreviations and acronyms and share them in small groups or to the class.

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