Pleaseusethisdocumenttorecordyourideasfromyourgroupconversations

andyourindividualthinkingandwork.
Pleaseuseadifferent(easilyvisible)color
foryourresponsestomakethemmoredistinctfromthequestionsand
directions.
Makesureyouturninwhenyouaredonewiththisdocument.
Thankyou!

FollowupforActivity1:
Rememberthat
lastclassyouconsideredandwroteanaccountofaneventyouexperienced
(oranticipatedexperiencing)withtwodifferentaudiences:1)aclosefriend,and2)anolder
relativewithwhomyoudonothavethesamecloserapport.Today,Iwouldlikeyoutoconsider
thoseaccountsandthefollowingquestions.

First,
inpairsorsmallgroups,compareanddiscussthetextsyouhaveproduced,

consideringandpreparingtoreportonthefollowingquestions.Bereadytooffersome
observationsinabout1015minutes.Writeyouranswershereaswell.

1.
Didyouchoosethesameformofcommunicationforyourfriendandyourolder
relative?Ifnot,whynot?
NoIdidnotusethesameformofcommunicationforthebothofthem,becauseusually
oneismorerespectfulandposturedtotheirelders.
2.
Whatinformationdidyoutellyourfriendthatyoudidnottelltheolderrelative?
Why?
Ididn'ttellmyfriendanythingthatIdidn'ttellmyrelative.

3.
Whatinformationdidyoutellyourrelativethatyoudidnottellyourfriend?Why?
ItoldmyrelativethenowraisedcostofthecomicbooknowthatStanLeesignedit,and
IexplainedwhoStanLeewastomyrelativebecausemostofmyrelativesdon'tknow
him.
4.
Howdidthelanguageyouuseddiffer?Why?
ThelanguageIusedwithmyfriendwasmostlyslangandcolloquialisms,whilethe
languageIusedwithmyrelativewasmoreformal,widerknownterms.

Activity2:

ExploringKeyConcepts

BasedonyourworkinActivity1andyourexperienceasreadersandwriters,
brainstormideas
ofpurposesandaudiencesforwhichwritersmaywrite.
Listyourideashere.

Purpose
Toinspirepeople,toinformpeople,tomakepeoplelaugh,tomakethemfeelemotion.

Audience
Fansofdifferentmediums,(sports,movies,comicbooks)

Message
Theunderlyingthemethattheauthortriestogetacross.

Technique
Thewaythatthemessageisconveyed.
Afterdiscussingtheseterms,considerthefollowingquestions:

1.
Whenhaveyouseentextswrittenformorethanoneaudience?
Booksaredesignedtoreachmultipleaudiences.
2.
Whattextshaveyouseenthatseemtomeetmultiplepurposes?Whatpurposeshave
younoticed?Doesonepurposedominate?Poetrycontainsmanypurposes.Suchasloveand
loss.

Activity3:

SurveyingtheText

Lookatthetextofthearticle,
HowaSelfFulfillingStereotypeCanDragDownPerformance,
byShankarVedantam.Considerthefollowingquestions:

1.
Whereandwhenwasthearticlepublished?
Publishedin2009bytheWashingtonPost.
2.
Whatdoesthattellyouabouttheinformationinthearticle?
Thatitismostlikelyalltruesinceitcamefromarespectednewspaper.
3.
Whatdoyounoticeaboutthelengthofthearticleanditsparagraphs?
Itdoesn'thaveparagraphsithasnumberedlists.
4.
Whatdoesthatsuggesttoyouaboutwhatyouwillbereading?
It'saseriousarticlethatwilladdresssocietyanditswoes.
5.
Thearticlewaspublishedinthesciencenewssectionofthenewspaper.Whatdoesthat
tellyouaboutthearticle?
Itisaprimarilyfactbasedarticlerelyingonconsensusopinion.

Activity4:

MakingPredictionsandAskingQuestions

Asyouexaminethetitleofthearticle,
HowaSelfFulfillingStereotypeCanDragDown
Performance,
answerandthendiscussthefollowingquestions.

1.
Whatisastereotype?
Asometimesderogatorypreconceptionaboutagroupofpeople.

2.
Whatkindsofstereotypeshaveyouheardaboutdifferentpeople?
Thatallblackpeoplecandanceandthattheyallknoweachother.AndthatallHispanicpeople
arerapists.
3.
Whatdoesselffulfillingmean?
Somethingthathandlesitself.

4.
Whatmightmakeastereotypeselffulfilling?

Ifthereisapersonthatperpetuatesthestereotype.

5.
Whatkindsofperformancemighttheauthorbetalkingaboutaccordingtothetitle?
Theauthoristalkingaboutapersonsperformancenotonlyinthemanyfacetsinhis/herwork,
butinsocietyandlife.

6.
Whatdoyouthinktheauthorwillsayabouttherelationshipbetweenstereotypesand
performance?
Ithinkthattheauthorwillnotehowstereotypesdragapersonsperformancedownandcause
upset.

7.
Whodoyouthinkistheaudienceforthispiece?Howdoyouknow?
Theaudienceforthispieceissupposedtobeeveryone.Itissupposedtoreachasfarasmany
peopleasitcantoraiseawarenessaboutthesubject.

8.
Whatdoyouthinkwillbethepurposeofthepiece?
Toraiseawarenessabouttherudenesssurroundingstereotypingpeople.

9.
Whatquestionsdoyouwantthepiecetoanswerforyouasyouread?
Whypeoplearesoinherentlycrueltooneanother.

Activity5:

UnderstandingKeyVocabulary

Thefollowingvocabularywordsareusedinthearticleyouareabouttoread.

1.
ameliorateTomakesomethingbad,better.
2.

aptitude.Anaturalabilitytodosomething

3.

conscious.Awareofandrespondingtoone'sresponses

4.

depress.Tomakesomeonefeeldejected.

5.

discriminate.Tomakeanunjustdistinctioninthetreatmentofpeopleofdifferenttypes.

6.

inevitable.Somethingthatisunescapable

7.

inherent.Existinginsomethingasapermanentcharacteristicorattribute.

8.

innate.Somethingthatapersonwasbornwith,likeatalentofsomekind.

9.

salient.Themostnoticeableorimportantfeatureofsomething.

10.

society.Theaggregateofpeoplelivingtogetherinmoreorlessorderedcommunity.

11.

stereotype.Anoffensivepreconceptionaboutagroup.(I.e.race,gender,sexuality)

Please
giveeitheryourownoradictionarydefinitions
foreachoftheabovewords,leaving
roomtocopythesentencesinwhichthewordsappearinthearticle(Youwilldothislater,not
today).Thenwriteanswerstothefollowingquestions:

Whatdoestheuseofthesewordsinthearticlesuggesttoyouaboutthetoneofthearticle?
Thetoneisinformativeandinquisitive,becauseIthinkit'stryingtoinformthepopulousofthe
issuesthesepeopleface.

Whatdoestheuseofthesewordstellyouabouttheauthorsperspectiveontheissue?
Icanguessthattheauthortakesthisissueveryseriously.

Whatdotheytellyouabouttheaudienceofthepiece?
ThattheaudienceismostlikelyfocusedtowardsthedemographicsandminoritiesofAmerica
andtheworld.

Thankyouforyourgoodworkandthinkingsofar.Whenyouhavecompletedthese
activities,pleasepostthisdocumentinGoogleClassroomandhaveagreatweekend.