Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
Whitney, Jessica. “Five Easy Pieces: Steps Toward Integrating AAVE into the Classroom.” The English Journal 94.5 (May, 2005): 64-69.
This article discusses five steps for teachers to accept AAVE in the classroom and how to deal with it. It goes into detail about what AAVE can do for students when supported and how it can allow for cultural relativism and language equality. This can be used because there are five direct and specific steps that Whitney provides and gives good examples and background information.

Wheeler, Rebecca S. "Codeswitching: Tools of Language and Culture Transform the Dialectally Diverse Classroom." Language Arts Vol 81. Iss 6. Jul 2004 470-481. 29 Mar 2009.
This article is about African American students speaking and writing in AAVE in the classroom setting. It is a great article because it is very closely related to the main topic of paper three. Wheeler also has another article that discusses code switching that can be tied in with this one to construct an effective argument.

Ball, Arnetha. “Expository Writing Patterns of African American Students.” The English Journal 85.1(1996): 27-36.
This article generally describes the uses of AAVE and how they are tied in with other languages. Ball follows four students and critiques their use of AAVE and how successful they are in the academic setting. This article goes into depth about how AAVE can be used in papers, but only some features of AAVE. Some AAVE features even make academic papers better due to repetition and talking directly to the audience. This can be used to show that AAVE can effectively be used in academic papers if used correctly and discreetly.

Nembhard, Judith. " Perspective on Teaching Black Dialect Speaking Students to Write Standard English." The Journal of Negro Education. 52.2 (1983): 75-82
Nembhard argues that African American AAVE users should learn to use Standard English, and students should be graded based on strict and high standards, so that students will be more successful. She argues that educators should not be afraid to fail a student if the student does not deserve to pass. Examples of new and different writing and oral exercises are given, she says that these strategies and practices should be used both inside the classroom and outside. She argues that AAVE should not be used in the academic setting unless it in being compared to Standard English, I am not sure so about this stand but I feel like I may be able to use it as an example of a possible argument in my paper.