First, here's our reading for tomorrow, Why I'm Black, Not African American by the linguist John H. McWhorter. I chose this essay from among your summer reading essays because it touches on some interesting and important issues related to both the complexities of race and culture and the evolving nature of the English language. Please read it and write a one-paragraph response in your notebook. Take your response in any direction that your reflections on the essay lead you toward, or simply discuss which of McWhorter's arguments for "Black" (and against "African American") persuade you and which you find limited. [Fourth period students, you aren't required to read this essay because of Mr. B's lesson this week. See my email from this morning for details.]
And here is the information I shared with you on dashes and hyphens today in class.
As I mentioned, many writers feel passionately about the em-dash in one way or another. If you’re interested, here are two perspectives enthusiastically in favor of the em-dash––Em Dash: Why Should You Love It? by Kimberly Joki and Regarding the Em Dash by Adam O'Fallon Price. And one perspective urging us to use the em-dash sparingly––The Case—Please Hear Me Out—Against the Em Dash by Noreen Malone.
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