Activity 8: Noticing Language

Change the forms of the vocabulary words to complete the table.

If no form of the word exists to fill a particular slot, put an X in that box. The first row has been
completed for you as an example.
NOUN

VERB

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

(amelioration/amelior
ator)

ameliorate

(ameliorative/amelior
atory)

X (possibly
amelioratively...)

aptitude

aptitudinal
Apt

aptitudinally

consciousness

conscious

consciously

depressibility,
depression,
depressor,
depressant

depress

depressed,
depressing,
depressive,
Depressible

depressedly,
depressingly

Discrimination

discriminate

discriminated
Discriminatory,
Discriminative,
Discriminating

discriminately,
Discriminating lay

inevitability

inevitable

inevitably

inherentness

inhere

inherent

inherently

innateness

innate

innately

salience, saliency

salient

saliently

society

societyless,
Societal

societally

stereotype

stereotype

stereotypical
Stereotyped

stereotypically

http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/ameli
orate

Activity 9: Annotating and Questioning the Text

1. Label the following points in the left-hand margin:
Introduction

 Issue or problem being addressed

Authors own points
Points the author cites from others (scholars, research)
Conclusion
2. Write in the right-hand margin your reactions to what the author is saying.
Personal connections that support or refute the authors points
Reflections on the quality of the evidence or examples
Questions about the authors ideas or assumptions
Questions about missing perspectives
Challenges to the authors inferences or conclusions
Now, answer the following questions:
1. What is the authors apparent main purpose?
The author's main purpose is to educate and notify people about stereotype threats and how
they can affect a lot of people.
2. What clues indicate this purpose?
The lack of persuasiveness and the telling of facts indicate this purpose.
3. What other purposes do you see the author pursuing?
I think another purpose the author is trying to pursue is that people should stop considering
stereotypes or thinking about them when they look at people.
4. What clues suggest these other purposes?
The conclusion suggests a change in people's minds.