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Erwcqaactivities89 Coltenronshausen
Erwcqaactivities89 Coltenronshausen
Changetheformsofthevocabularywordstocompletethetable.
Ifnoformofthewordexiststofillaparticularslot,putanXinthatbox.Thefirstrowhasbeen
completedforyouasanexample.
NOUN
VERB
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
(amelioration/amelior
ator)
ameliorate
(ameliorative/amelior
atory)
X(possibly
amelioratively...)
aptitude
aptitudinal,apt
aptitudinally,aptly
consciousness
conscious
consciously
depression,
depressor,
depressant,
depressability
depress
depressing,
depressed,
depressive,
depressable
depressingly,
depressedly
discrimination
discriminate
discriminating,
discriminative,
discriminatory,
discriminated
discriminatingly,
discriminately
inevitability,
inevitableness
inevitable
inevitably
inherence,
inherentness
inhere
inherent
inherently
innateness
innate
innately
salience,saliency
salient
saliently
society
societal,societyless
societally
stereotype,
stereotyper
stereotype
stereotypical,
stereotyped,
stereotyping
stereotypically
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om/dictionary/ameliorate
Activity9:AnnotatingandQuestioningtheText
1.Labelthefollowingpointsinthelefthandmargin:
Introduction
Issueorproblembeingaddressed
Authorsownpoints
Pointstheauthorcitesfromothers(scholars,research)
Conclusion
2.Writeintherighthandmarginyourreactionstowhattheauthorissaying.
Personalconnectionsthatsupportorrefutetheauthorspoints
Reflectionsonthequalityoftheevidenceorexamples
Questionsabouttheauthorsideasorassumptions
Questionsaboutmissingperspectives
Challengestotheauthorsinferencesorconclusions
Now,answerthefollowingquestions:
1.Whatistheauthorsapparentmainpurpose?
Theauthorsmainpurposeseemstobetoeducatethepublicaboutstereotypethreats.
2.Whatcluesindicatethispurpose?
Theauthordoesntreallyseemtobetryingtoconnectwiththeaudienceinkindofapersonal
sortofway,becausehisopiniondidntshowupinthearticleveryoften.Also,thereweremany
factsandreferencestoresearch,soitsoundsliketheyweretryingtoeducatetheaudience
aboutstereotypethreats.
3.Whatotherpurposesdoyouseetheauthorpursuing?
Ialsoseetheauthortryingtoconvincetheaudiencethattherearesuchthingsasstereotype
threats.
4.Whatcluessuggesttheseotherpurposes?
Inoneoftheparagraphs,theauthorsaidthatsomepeoplethinkthistopicisinteresting,butit
doesntapplytothem.Also,theremaybeskepticsouttherewhothinkpeoplearejustmaking
thisuporexaggeratingtheproblem.Theauthorincludedsomeresearchthatshowedthatwhen
youremovethesethreats,thesepeopleactuallyoutperformtheothersthathadbeenperforming
betterthanthepeoplebeingstereotyped.