Using the following websites ( http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm
and http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm
) complete the chart below. Define the twenty terms given and then find another twenty terms from the time period (avoiding the racist terms) and state their definition.
Applesauce
Bank’s Closed
Bee’s Knees
Caper
Copacetic
Dead Soldier
Dolled Up
Drugstore Cowboy
Flapper
Giggle Water
Gatecrasher
Hip to the Jive
Hooch
Ossified
Real McCoy
Sheik
Speakeasy
Struggle Buggy
Swanky
Upchuck
Now that you have a list of slang terms used in the twenties, you are to work in groups of two or three to create a story with dialogue that uses the slang terms from the 1920s. You must properly use at least 20 different slang terms in your story, incorporate dialogue, and make sure that the story flows nicely. After creating a story, it will be presented to the rest of the class. .
Each of the slang terms is to be underlined.