Thursday Homework, Larry Summers article

No funny videos today, but we covered some interesting (if not all vital) grammar, including the appositive!

We did Focus 3 and learned about the importance of being  both parallel and concise in our correlative conjunctions.

Please do Exercises 7 and 8 (pages 204 and 205 respectively).  As I did today, I'll type out answer sheets for you to compare your homework to.  HINT: some of our test questions might be similar to these exercises!

I gave you a sheet on correlative conjunctions which should make things a bit clearer for you.  You can find it here on the internet in case you misplaced yours.

I also handed out a sheet on appositives, which you can find here on the internet.

Study these well, as similar sentences and questions might appear on the test!

I also handed out an article about Larry Summers ("The Pseudo-Feminist Show Trial of Larry Summers" by William Saletan from Slate Magazine).   Vocabulary from this article will appear on the test, so please read this carefully and be able to discuss it.  There might be some reading question on the test about this as well!

We'll discuss several points from this article in particular:

• What did Summers actually say?
• Do you think it was so sexist?
• What study, according to the author, "comes close to challenging Summers' hypothesis?"
• What evidence is on Summers' side?
• Genetically, how large is the difference between men and women relative to other differences?
• What are some differences between men's and women's brains?
• What does the author think about Summer's hypothesis?  How about you?
• The chart below compares men's and women's ability in math.  How does it relate to the article?  (BTW, I'm probably a lot closer to the left end of the blue line than the right!)

It's been while since we've had a presentation, so I'm really looking forward to SoonOk's tomorrow!  Try to get there on time so we can enjoy it together!

By the way, I mentioned the concept "Chimerica" coined by the historial Niall Ferguson last week--for those interested--Can--below is a video in which he explains the term.  It's a little dated (old) but still mostly true, I think.