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?

IdidnotchoosethesameformofcommunicationbecauseIdon'ttalktomyauntas
muchasIwouldtalktomyfriend.MyauntisolderthanmeandIfeellikeIhavetobe
moreformalwhenItalktoher.
2.
Whatinformationdidyoutellyourfriendthatyoudidnottelltheolderrelative?
Why?
TherewerentmanythingsthatItoldmyfriendsdodidnttellmyaunt,butIdidtellword
mostofmysentencesbecausemyfriendsknowadifferentsideofmethanmyaunt
does,anditisalittleweirdtotalstoanoldermemberofmyfamilyinsuchaninformal
tone.
3.
Whatinformationdidyoutellyourrelativethatyoudidnottellyourfriend?Why?

ItoldmyauntthatIwouldrecommendthatshewouldseethatmoviebecauseasI
thinkaboutit,thatsprobablywhatmymomwouldtellmetotellher,andplus,Iwouldnt
justmessagemyaunttosaythatIsawamovie.Iwouldhavetohaveareasontotalkto
her,whichiswhyIrecommendedthemovietoher.Inormallyjustmessagemyfriends
justtotalk.
4.
Howdidthelanguageyouuseddiffer?Why?
Iabbreviatedlotsofwords,didn'tcapitalizelotsofwords,itwasalotmoreinformal,and
theyweren'talwayscompletesentenceswhenIwastalkingtomyfriends.

Activity2:

ExploringKeyConcepts

BasedonyourworkinActivity1andyourexperienceasreadersandwriters,
brainstormideas
ofpurposesandaudiencesforwhichwritersmaywrite.
Listyourideashere.

Purpose

Somewriterswriteforfun,theywritetoexpresstheirthoughtsandemotions,theywritetogeta
pointacross,tobringattentiontoapressingissue,ormaybetheyareboredandlookingfor
somethingtodo.

Audience

Anaudienceforcertainworkscanbelikeagroupofscientistsandthepublicwhoadifferent
scientistiswritingapaper.Also,MartinLutherKingJr.sspeechwasmeantforpeoplewhoare
struggling,andthepeoplehigherupinthegovernmentwhoaremakingthemstruggle.

Message

ThemessageofapieceofworkcouldbelikethemessagelikeinJohnSteinbecks
Harvest
Gypsies
,whereitbringsthesocietysattentiontoaproblemathand,oranauthorcouldbe
warningusaboutsomethingthatwillhappeninthefutureifwedon'tstoporstartsomething.

Technique

Authorsusepersuasivetechniquesinorderfortheiraudiencetoagreewiththem,ortheymay
bemoreforcefuliftheywarningthem.
Afterdiscussingtheseterms,considerthefollowingquestions:

1.
Whenhaveyouseentextswrittenformorethanoneaudience?
Ihaveseentextswrittenformorethanoneaudience,likemanynovelstrytoappealtoboth
teensandadults
.
2.
Whattextshaveyouseenthatseemtomeetmultiplepurposes?Whatpurposeshave
younoticed?Doesonepurposedominate?

Therewasanovelseriescalledtheshadowchildrenwheretheworldasstartingtostarve
becausesomepeopleinauthoritywerebeinggreedyandpeoplecouldonlyhavetwochildren.
Thenovelispointingoutsomepeoplesgreedinourworldwhileothersstarve,andtheauthor
waswarningusabouttryingtocontroloverproductionwillbackfire.Theywerebothveryevident
inthenovel.

Activity3:

SurveyingtheText

Lookatthetextofthearticle,
HowaSelfFulfillingStereotypeCanDragDownPerformance,
byShankarVedantam.Considerthefollowingquestions:

1.
Whereandwhenwasthearticlepublished?
ItwaspublishedFeb2,2009inWashington.
2.
Whatdoesthattellyouabouttheinformationinthearticle?

Ittellsmethattheinformationmaynotbeuptodate.
3.
Whatdoyounoticeaboutthelengthofthearticleanditsparagraphs?

Thearticleis19paragraphslong,buttheparagraphsarereallyshort.
4.
Whatdoesthatsuggesttoyouaboutwhatyouwillbereading?

Thereareprobablylotsoftopicstalkedaboutinthisarticle.

5.
Thearticlewaspublishedinthesciencenewssectionofthenewspaper.Whatdoesthat
tellyouaboutthearticle?

Thisarticlewasprobablymeantforlettingpeopleknowwhatisgoingon,asifitisanew
discovery.

Activity4:

MakingPredictionsandAskingQuestions

Asyouexaminethetitleofthearticle,
HowaSelfFulfillingStereotypeCanDragDown
Performance,
answerandthendiscussthefollowingquestions.

1.
Whatisastereotype?

Astereotypeisanimagewehaveinourmindsaboutacertaintypeofpersonorgroupof
people,thatmaynotbetrue.
2.
Whatkindsofstereotypeshaveyouheardaboutdifferentpeople?

Ihaveheardmanystereotypesaboutpeopleofdifferentracesorreligions,andstereotypes
aboutjustthedifferentgenders.
3.
Whatdoesselffulfillingmean?

Apredictionoropinionthatwillcometrueasaresultofbehaviorcausedbyitsbeing
expressed.
4.
Whatmightmakeastereotypeselffulfilling?

Aspeopleseeandhearthesestereotypesaboutthemselves,theyendupthinkingtheyarelike
thesestereotypesandtheystartbehavinglikethesestereotypes.
5.
Whatkindsofperformancemighttheauthorbetalkingaboutaccordingtothetitle?

I'mnotreallysurewhatthisquestionmeans,buttheauthormaybetalkingabouthowpeople
feelliketheyareforcedtoactliketheirstereotype.
6.
Whatdoyouthinktheauthorwillsayabouttherelationshipbetweenstereotypesand
performance?

Peoplemaystartperformingliketheirstereotypebecausetheyfeelliketheyareforcedto,but
manypeoplearentliketheirstereotypes?
7.
Whodoyouthinkistheaudienceforthispiece?Howdoyouknow?
Ithinktheaudienceforthisisthepeoplethatarebeingdraggeddownorheldbackbytheir
stereotypes,becauseheactuallyusesthephraseDragDown.
8.
Whatdoyouthinkwillbethepurposeofthepiece?

Ithinkthispieceistotellpeoplenottolettheirstereotypesholdthemback,thattheydonthave
tofitsociety'smoldofthem.
9.
Whatquestionsdoyouwantthepiecetoanswerforyouasyouread?
Iwantittoanswerquestionfouronthisdocument.

Activity5:

UnderstandingKeyVocabulary

Thefollowingvocabularywordsareusedinthearticleyouareabouttoread.

1.
ameliorate
tomakeorbecomebetter,morebearable,ormoresatisfactoryimprove
2.

aptitude
capabilityabilityinnateoracquiredcapacityforsomethingtalent

3.

conscious
awareofone'sownexistence,sensations,thoughts,surroundings,etc.

4.

depress
tomakesadorgloomylowerinspiritsdejectdispirit.

5.

discriminate
tomakeadistinctioninfavoroforagainstapersonorthingonthebasisof

thegroup,class,orcategorytowhichthepersonorthingbelongsratherthanaccordingto
actualmerit.
6.

inevitable
unabletobeavoided,evaded,orescapedcertainnecessary

7.

inherent
existinginsomeoneorsomethingasapermanentandinseparableelement,

quality,orattribute.
8.

innate
existinginonefrombirthinbornnative

9.

salient
prominentorconspicuous

10.

society
anorganizedgroupofpersonsassociatedtogetherforreligious,benevolent,

cultural,scientific,political,patriotic,orotherpurposes.
11.

stereotype
asimplifiedandstandardizedconceptionorimageinvestedwithspecial

meaningandheldincommonbymembersofagroup.

Please
giveeitheryourownoradictionarydefinitions
foreachoftheabovewords,leaving
roomtocopythesentencesinwhichthewordsappearinthearticle.Thenwriteanswerstothe
followingquestions:

Whatdoestheuseofthesewordsinthearticlesuggesttoyouaboutthetoneofthearticle?

Thearticleisgoingtohaveaveryserioustonewhichtalksaboutstereotypesandhowsome
peoplethinkitisunavoidabletobecomesomethingotherthantherestereotype.

Whatdoestheuseofthesewordstellyouabouttheauthorsperspectiveontheissue?

Theauthormayhavebeenstereotypedinhisorherlifeandisgoingagainstitandwantstotell
thepeopleouttherethatareinthesamesituationthattheydon'thavetotaketheroadthatis
expectedofthem.

Whatdotheytellyouabouttheaudienceofthepiece?
Ithinktheaudienceisprobablythepeopleouttherewhofeelliketheyarebeingforcedintothe
moldthatsocietyhascreatedforthem.

Thankyouforyourgoodworkandthinkingsofar.Whenyouhavecompletedthese
activities,pleasepostthisdocumentinGoogleClassroomandhaveagreatweekend.