English 84Spring 2012

Mind Over Muscle

What’s Due Wednesday Final Draft of Summary and Response

along with peer editing sheet and rough draft

Chapter 6 Review Test 3 from textbook

Vocabulary Review for Tweens Take out a piece of paper and number

it from 1-9. As the title, write “Tweens Vocab.” Write down the definition of the word

based on its context clues. DO NOT copy the sentence.

augment If you want to augment your bank

account, you need to save your money.

increase

Pragmatic If you are opposed to a law for pragmatic reasons, you would be against it because it would be hard to carry out. You would not support it for moral reasons.

dealing with problems in a sensible, practical way instead of strictly following a set of ideas

Ideological I do not eat red meat not because

my doctor says it’s bad for my health but because of ideological reasons.

Killing animals for food just seems wrong.

based on strong beliefs or ideas

Regalia

The queen was in full regalia for the anniversary dinner.

special clothes and decorations (such as a crown or scepter) for official ceremonies

Ply In some areas, drug dealers openly

ply their trade on street corners.

to work at your business, especially buying and selling things on the street:

Emblazoned I couldn’t ignore the sign on her T-

shirt emblazoned with a political slogan.

if something is emblazoned with a name, design etc, it has that design on it where it can easily be seen

Proclivities The child showed no proclivity

towards aggression, so we were very surprised when he got into a fight yesterday.

a tendency to behave in a particular way, or to like a particular thing - used especially about something bad

stigma At one time, being divorced carried a

social stigma, but now it very commonly accepted.

a strong feeling in society that being in a particular situation or having a particular illness is something to be ashamed of

pernicious According to the writer of “Tweens,”

the media has a pernicious influence on tween girls to grow up too early.

very harmful or evil, often in a way that you don’t notice easily

Let’s talk about your article for the day.

Let’s form discussion groups.

I am going to number you off from 1-5.

With your group discuss these statements. Choose one person to summarize one or two

opinions.

1. Men and women should be treated the same way in every respect.

2. It’s easier to be smart if you are a girl.

3. Gender discrimination in this country no longer exists.

Let’s read “Mind Over Muscle.”