September 16, 2016 -- Friday


Warm-up -- prefixes meaning "not"
1. Write 2 words (each) that begin with the following prefixes;
      un-, dis-, im-, a-
     8 words total, all meaning "not something"
2. Handout (corrected from previous class)  -- NASA African-        American women mathematicians -- Students should underline items on the word list handed out last class so that they can see how the words are used, in context.
3. conspiracy theory (relevant to this election) reading from NY Times 
4. homework -- TBA (to be announced)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/opinion/campaign-stops/did-you-hear-the-latest-about-hillary.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Excerpt from opinion piece in the New York Times  "Did You Hear the Latest About Hillary?"


words with prefixes meaning "not"
unimportant
unhappy
unethical
undo
unable (see also, disable)
unjustified (unjustifiable)
     indescribable
     injustice
     inhuman
          disappoint
          dissatisfied
          disagree
          disable  (see also, unable)
          disapprove
          discrepancy
          dislike
          disengage
atypical
asexual
amoral
(what about anatomy, acronym, atomic, abyss?  -- does "a" mean "not" in these words?  discussion) [see the following site http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=abyss ]  
     impractical
     impossible
     imposter
     immoral


The teacher read the conspiracy article/opinion piece out loud.  It references the current presidential election.  What is the difference between opinion and fact?  How do you find out? -- That is what this article is about.  The teacher says that this is one of the main purposes of a college education: learning the difference between opinion and fact, learning how to find out whether an item of information is opinion or fact, learning to support your own opinions with documentaion, etc.


Announcement:  Test on Chapter 1 has been postponed to Wednesday.


Students handed in their 2-page papers on their own learning styles, referencing the textbook information and the online survey.  Two students sent email saying that the link didn't work, but most students were able to access the link.  The teacher was also able to access the link.  It's easier to find it through Chrome/Google than through Yahoo, Safari, or Bing
 www.literacynet.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html/

                                                                        b. Write an assessment of the results using your

                                                                        scores and the information from the chapters and

                                                                        and from class (30 points)**

Homework:
Bridging the Gap pages 69-72 -- do the exercises and bring them to class