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//8.04 “Did ya’ll know I had an accent?” Let’s explore the linguistics of North Carolina.//

In this lesson, I want students to learn about the different dialects present in North Carolina. We’re all from the same state but that doesn’t mean we speak the same. They will be able to understand the language changes in certain areas of NC, as well as the disappearance of some dialects. I want to start by asking students what a dialect is. Once we have discussed what a dialect is, I want to dive deeper into North Carolina dialects. I will show students this clip: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/10195 and ask them to pay attention to the different dialects they hear in the clip. After we watch the clip, we will have another class discussion about the dialects that we’ve heard. For the next activity, I want my students to create a comic strip or newspaper article about the different dialects in North Carolina. I will encourage my students to be very creative and they are also free to look up more information about distinct dialects in North Carolina (using the Web or their Social Studies text). Students will not be graded on drawing, but they will be graded on content knowledge. I will assess how much students have learned by the relevance and correctness of the final product. Students should have fun with the lesson while learning the past and present dialects in North Carolina.