List of Hashtags
These hashtags indicate features and topics in the readings as well as the nature of student work undertaken in individual activities. Beyond describing an individual reading or activity, these hashtags also connect readings (and activities) to suggest interesting text sets that teachers and students may want to explore.
Writing Traits/Genre
Topics/Themes
The thematics highlighted here reflect different dimensions of the conversations on multilingualism, the politics of language, and linguistic justice that we have found important; these ideas resonate across texts, authors, communities, and histories and are best understood within these contexts rather than being individually defined.
Activities
examines or uses the conditional mood in significant or interesting ways.
See:
“Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive,”
“Gun Bubbles,”
Emotion in Language (exploration)
challenges conventions of language, genre, and structure in how the piece is written
See:
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
“Puerto Rican Obituary”
“Skin Feeling”
"To Speak is to Blunder"
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
a nonfiction genre typically found in newspapers and magazines like interviews, op-eds, or feature articles
See:
“As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”
“Saving a Language You’re Learning to Speak”
“Vão/Vòng A Conversation with Katrina Dodson"
a nonfiction genre where the author and narrator are one
See:
"Asters and Goldenrod"
"Connecting the Dots"
“Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive”
“Gun Bubbles”
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
"Saving a Language You're Learning to Speak"
“Skin Feeling”
"To Speak is to Blunder"
Critical Learning Reflection (exploration)
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
written or spoken form that typically uses metered language and structure to highlight sound and rhythm
See:
“The Contract Says: We’d Like the Conversation to be Bilingual”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
“Puerto Rican Obituary”
“Three Ways to Speak English”
Insufficient Definitions (exploration)
Tracing Citations (exploration)
Translations Across and Within Languages (exploration)
emphasizes narrative traits and modes for structure and meaning
See:
"Asters and Goldenrod"
“Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive”
“Saving a Language You’re Learning to Speak”
Collage: Found, Donated, Repeated with Difference (exploration)
recorded text delivered orally rather than in writing
See:
"Asters and Goldenrod"
“Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
"Puerto Rican Obituary"
“Saving a Language You’re Learning to Speak”
“Three Ways to Speak English”
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
Historical Contexts (exploration)
Indigenous Perspectives of Western Science (exploration)
Music Trails (exploration)
Reading the “Fine Print” (exploration)
See:
“Vão/Vòng A Conversation with Katrina Dodson"
The Point of Education? (exploration)
See:
"Connecting the Dots"
“Gun Bubbles”
“Skin Feeling”
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
See:
“As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”
"Connecting the Dots"
“Three Ways to Speak English”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
Insufficient Definitions (exploration)
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
Historical Contexts (exploration)
See:
"Asters and Goldenrod"
“Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive”
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
“Saving a Language You’re Learning to Speak”
“Skin Feeling”
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Self Reflection, Collective Change (exploration)
See:
"Asters and Goldenrod"
"Connecting the Dots"
“Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive”
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
“Saving a Language You’re Learning to Speak”
“Puerto Rican Obituary”
“The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”
“Vão/Vòng A Conversation with Katrina Dodson"
See:
"Connecting the Dots"
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
“Skin Feeling”
"To Speak is to Blunder"
Historical Contexts (exploration)
Parsing Themes (exploration)
See:
“As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”
“Gun Bubbles”
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
“Puerto Rican Obituary”
“Saving a Language You’re Learning to Speak”
“Three Ways to Speak English”
"To Speak is to Blunder"
“Vão/Vòng A Conversation with Katrina Dodson"
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
Historical Contexts (exploration)
Parsing Themes (exploration)
Translations Across and Within Languages (exploration)
See:
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
“Puerto Rican Obituary”
“Skin Feeling”
Music Trails (exploration)
See:
“The Contract Says: We’d Like the Conversation to be Bilingual”
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
“Puerto Rican Obituary”
“Saving a Language You’re Learning to Speak”
“Skin Feeling”
“Three Ways to Speak English”
"To Speak is to Blunder"
“The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
Emotion in Language (exploration)
Historical Contexts (exploration)
Juxtapositions of Silence (exploration)
Self Reflection, Collective Change (exploration)
Transculturation, Language and South-South Migration (exploration)
analysis that highlights or encourages different points of view, usually as the basis for developing arguments
See:
"Connecting the Dots"
“The Contract Says: We’d Like the Conversation to be Bilingual”
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
Indigenous Perspectives of Western Science (exploration)
Emotion in Language (exploration)
See:
“As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”
“The Contract Says: We’d Like the Conversation to be Bilingual”
“How to Tame a Wild Tongue”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
“Puerto Rican Obituary”
“Three Ways to Speak English”
“The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action”
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
See:
"Connecting the Dots"
“Vão/Vòng A Conversation with Katrina Dodson"
Aphoristic Translation (exploration)
Translations Across and Within Languages (exploration)
Transculturation, Language and South-South Migration (exploration)
See:
"Asters and Goldenrod"
“Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive”
“Place Name: Oracabessa”
“Vão/Vòng A Conversation with Katrina Dodson"
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
Critical Learning Reflection (exploration)
Indigenous Perspectives of Western Science (exploration)
Insufficient Definitions (exploration)
The Point of Education? (exploration)
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
activity designed to take about 30 minutes to complete
See:
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
Indigenous Perspectives of Western Science (exploration)
Insufficient Definitions (exploration)
Juxtapositions of Silence (exploration)
Parsing Themes (exploration)
The Point of Education? (exploration)
Tracing Citations (exploration)
activity designed to take about 45 minutes to complete
See:
Emotion in Language (exploration)
Translations Across and Within Languages (exploration)
Work Culture Reexamined (exploration)
activity designed to take about 60 minutes to complete
See:
Music Trails (exploration)
Historical Contexts (exploration)
Critical Learning Reflection (exploration)
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
Aphoristic Translation (exploration)
Reading the “Fine Print” (exploration)
Self Reflection, Collective Change (exploration)
Collage: Found, Donated, Repeated with Difference (exploration)
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
activity designed to take about two hours to complete
See:
Tracing Citations (exploration)
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Language Life Story (exploration)
activity that asks students to take notes or annotate a text
See:
Tracing Citations (exploration)
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
Indigenous Perspectives of Western Science (exploration)
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
Language Life Story (exploration)
strong claims presented with reasoning, often demonstrate rhetorical strategies of persuasion
See:
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
analysis that is grounded in textual details as evidence and material for interpretation
See:
Tracing Citations (exploration)
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
Aphoristic Translation (exploration)
Parsing Themes (exploration)
Reading the “Fine Print” (exploration)
Juxtapositions of Silence (exploration)
Self Reflection, Collective Change (exploration)
Insufficient Definitions (exploration)
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
analysis that evaluates similarities and differences between two or more examples
See:
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
Collage: Found, Donated, Repeated with Difference (exploration)
Indigenous Perspectives of Western Science (exploration)
Insufficient Definitions (exploration)
Juxtapositions of Silence (exploration)
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
Reading the “Fine Print” (exploration)
analysis that connects to relevant background and bigger issues
Set:
Music Trails (exploration)
Historical Contexts (exploration)
Translations Across and Within Languages (exploration)
Reading the “Fine Print” (exploration)
Language Life Story (exploration)
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
Work Culture Reexamined (exploration)
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
analysis that evaluates arguments through differing viewpoints or examines assumptions and norms, for example
See:
Critical Learning Reflection (exploration)
Dialogue Over Time: A New Boogaloo: “How Beautiful We Really Are” (exploration)
Work Culture Reexamined (exploration)
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
activity designed for active exchange with peers, may be small group or large group
See:
Against the Grain: Listening for Controversy (exploration)
Aphoristic Translation (exploration)
Body as Metaphoric Space (exploration)
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Critical Learning Reflection (exploration)
Insufficient Definitions (exploration)
Parsing Themes (exploration)
The Point of Education? (exploration)
Reading the “Fine Print” (exploration)
activity designed for collaboration among peers rather than individual research or writing
See:
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Parsing Themes (exploration)
Self Reflection, Collective Change (exploration)
analysis that begins with careful thinking on self, context, questions, and assumptions
See:
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Historical Contexts (exploration)
Translations Across and Within Languages (exploration)
Transculturation, Language and South-South Migration (exploration)
Critical Learning Reflection (exploration)
Poetry and Science: Epistemology through Language (exploration)
Self Reflection, Collective Change (exploration)
The Point of Education? (exploration)
Work Culture Reexamined (exploration)
Collage: Found, Donated, Repeated with Difference (exploration)
activity that includes information-gathering steps to pursue interests and inquiries related to a topic of discussion
See:
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Language Life Story (exploration)
Music Trails (exploration)
Tracing Citations (exploration)
activity that supports revision whether for language, style, argument, or structure
See:
Translations Across and Within Languages (exploration)
Emotion in Language (exploration)
analysis that highlights structural choices made by writers to convey meaning
See:
Parsing Themes (exploration)
Collage: Found, Donated, Repeated with Difference (exploration)
activity that presents guide and prompts for extended writing assignments, variable lengths and adaptable to in-class or outside work
See:
Building an Opinion (exploration)
Critical Learning Reflection (exploration)
Self Reflection, Collective Change (exploration)
Language Life Story (exploration)
Tracing Citations (exploration)
Transculturation, Language and South-South Migration (exploration)
Work Culture Reexamined (exploration)
