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Slang activity

Nov 28, 2014

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Crystal Rose

Students learn about examples of slang in American English then complete and activity using the language.
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WHAT IS IT?

• CASUAL, INFORMAL LANGUAGE

• VERY COMMON IN EVERYDAY SPEECH

•MADE WITH SHORT PHRASES OR WORDS THAT SOMETIMES CHANGE OVER TIME (IDIOMS)

• SLANG WORDS CAN BE ANY PART OF SPEECH (NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE, ETC.)

• SOME SLANG IS OFFENSIVE, BUT NOT ALL

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WHAT IS IT?

• CAN BE USED IN SPEAKING OR WRITING

• INTERNET SLANG HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY IN RECENT YEARS

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WHY USE SLANG?• TO BE CREATIVE

• TO BE DRAMATIC

• TO REDUCE SERIOUSNESS

• TO BE INTIMATE (CLOSE)

• TO EXCLUDE OTHERS

• TO BE DIFFERENT

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AWESOME

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CATCH SOME Z’S

I was studying all night. I need to catch some z’s.

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BUMMER

A: What a bummer!B: What happened?A: My homework got all wet in the rain.

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PUKEMeaning 1: My cat ate too quickly. He puked on the carpet.

Meaning 2: That movie was so romantic, it made me want to puke.

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NUTS

Meaning 1: You’re nuts if you think I’m going wingsuit flying with you!

Meaning 2: I’m nuts about you.

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OMG

OMG! Did you just see that?!

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SLANG CHALLENGE!YOU AND YOUR GROUP NEED TO WRITE A SKIT USING AS MANY SLANG TERMS OR PHRASES (IDIOMS) AS YOU CAN. YOU MAY USE THE ONES WE’VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, OR ANY OTHER ONES YOU ALREADY KNOW. WE WILL PRESENT OUR SKITS IN 20 MINUTES!

AWESOME

CATCH SOME Z’S

BUMMER

PUKE

NUTS

OMG