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Activity8:NoticingLanguage

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

http://www.merriamwebster.c
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.

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