Activity8:NoticingLanguage

Changetheformsofthevocabularywordstocompletethetable.

Ifnoformofthewordexiststofillaparticularslot,putanXinthatbox.Thefirstrowhasbeen
completedforyouasanexample.

NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

(amelioration/amelior
ator)

ameliorate

(ameliorative/amelior
atory)

X(possibly
amelioratively...)

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.com/dictionary/ameliorate

aptitude

aptitudinal

aptitudinally

consciousness

conscious

consciously

depressibility

depress

depressible

discrimination

discriminate

discrimination

discriminately

inevitability

inevitable

inevitably

inherent

inherently

innateness

innate

innately

salient

saliently

society

intersociety

stereotype

stereotypical

stereotypically

Activity9:AnnotatingandQuestioningtheText

1.Labelthefollowingpointsinthelefthandmargin:

Introduction

Issueorproblembeingaddressed

Authorsownpoints

Pointstheauthorcitesfromothers(scholars,research)

Conclusion


2.Writeintherighthandmarginyourreactionstowhattheauthorissaying.

Personalconnectionsthatsupportorrefutetheauthorspoints

Reflectionsonthequalityoftheevidenceorexamples

Questionsabouttheauthorsideasorassumptions

Questionsaboutmissingperspectives

Challengestotheauthorsinferencesorconclusions

Now,answerthefollowingquestions:

1.Whatistheauthorsapparentmainpurpose?
Theauthorsapparentmainpurposeistoinformpeopleofhowstereotypingaffectsthe
performanceofbeingincertainthings.Itaffectstheconfidenceofthepersonwhichaffectstheir
performance.
2.Whatcluesindicatethispurpose?
Thecluesthatindicatethispurposeisthefactsthattheauthorpresentedinthetext.Hegets
thispointacrossfairlyblatantlywithoutmuchwrittenbetweenthelinesthatwecouldfind
anothermeaningfrom.
3.Whatotherpurposesdoyouseetheauthorpursuing?
Icanalsoseethisauthorpursuingtopicslikeracismanddiscriminationbetweenpeopleand
groups.
4.Whatcluessuggesttheseotherpurposes?
Theotherreallytalksdownuponthesetopicsanddiscouragesthem.But,healso
acknowledgesthemasreallyproblemsthataffectseveryone.