#194, Text
Consider all the ways that you can express goodbye to a peer as you leave PEAI. You can say a formal "farewell" or a less formal "see ya." If you're feeling Parisian, perhaps "au revoir" or "adieu.” Without speaking, a high-five or a simple wave would do. If you're feeling super duper formal, a prostrate bow would be your best bet. Yet more formal still, you could sit down, take out some parchment paper, a bottle of ink, and quill pen and write a heartfelt goodbye.
Another yet, is via texting. A once niche form of communication, texting is now an essential method of written communication. And it is nothing like traditional handwritten correspondence.
Features of Texting Language
acronyms and initialisms (e.g., laugh out loud → LOL, I don't know → IDK)
capitalization (e.g., OH MY GOSH)
emoticons (e.g., 😭, 🧐, 🙏, 🔥)
informal language (e.g., wut, dood, yikes)
pictograms and logograms (e.g., i <3 you)
shortened words (e.g., though → tho, why → y, you → u)
Texting is a form of written communication in a category all itself. It has emerged in just the past few decades and is not something you’ll ever learn in school, nor at PEAI, but something you each have learned in your very own way.
Time to flex your lexical muscles. To complete this Journal response, address the following:
Tell a story through texting. There should be two people texting back and forth using texting language the best you know how. Use one of the prompts below for your story.
You have ₩86,400,000 in your bank and someone steals ₩8,000,000. You spend all the rest of your money trying to get revenge…
This morning you started seeing a green line and a red line appear on the ground. The lines have no end in sight…
You're the lowly, unappreciated assistant for a famous group of superheroes. Your power? You can boil water. All you do is make tea for them until you realize—the human body is composed of over 70% water...
Comment on a peer’s response.
-Brenden Lee Teacher