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The New Hieroglyphics? Communicating in Textspeak

Learning Standards: Common Core (ELA)

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The New Hieroglyphics? Communicating in Textspeak

Learning Standards: Common Core (ELA)

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Students examine modern "textspeak," an abbreviated and symbol-laden language, to communicate in electronic media. They read aloud "An Emoji Tale," a traditional fairy tale retold in textspeak, and practice writing in textspeak and interpreting one another's work.

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