1. Identify and explain the role that young women play in creating and changing language! Before You Listen to the Podcast... Consider how you utilize slang, where that slang might have come from (where you first heard it). Finding key details in Podcast Create a T-chart with 3 key details and 3 relevant questions you have about the development of modern slang based on the podcast. Partner Share A. While listening to the Podcast, I heard the speaker state _______, Is that what you heard? B. (Yes/No) I heard ________. Learning Goal Listen to and interpret a podcast in addition to a news source and summarize key details with my partner. Podcast

2. The Article: Teen Slang: Young Women Drive Widespread Changes In Language How does this article prove that young women are a major force in changing the nature of language? Find three key points that the author of the article makes and relate them as complete sentences. What are two questions the article raised for you regarding the development of language and how the words we use tend to change?

3. Applying Slang Now: Popularity We will be comparing slang terms commonly considered “masculine” and slang terms commonly considered “feminine” based on their popularity online. Everyone should be able to provide at least two. Terms used by Males moreTerms used by Females more