Homework for Day 2: Authentic Dialogue.

Record three different forms of communication in your life. Transcribe the conversation verbatim—not only word for word but also as the language is heard. In other words, try to capture the actual language of the people involved. (“Going to” might actually be “gonna,” “What’s up” might be “sup,” “What are you doing tonight” might be “whutterya doin’ t’nite,” etc.)

Examples of different forms of communication:

• dialogue between friends or family
• writing at school or a journal
• nightly news cast
• online conversations (email, IM, Facebook, etc.)
  

Bring a hard copy of your three different kinds of conversation with you to class tomorrow. You should have about three-fourths of a page of dialogue per form of communication.