The More You Know, The Smarter You Are

There will be a question which will ask you to summarize the author's POV regarding human intelligence.

4 choices The authors point of view is he wants you to take certain steps to understand *Understand the strengths and the weaknesses Make the most of your street smarts.*

What does the context suggest is the likely meaning of LINGUISTIC in this excerpt?

To do with language or words

According to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences - in which area would an athlete have strengths?

Bodily/Kinesthetic

How would you describe 'street smarts'?

Common sense *Learning from your own experiences so you can apply them to the future.*

What is 'tacit knowledge'?

Expressed without words or speech. Understood *Common Sense*

How would you describe the author's ideas about human intelligence?

He says that language and math are not the only ways to measure/contribute to human intelligence

What does the context suggest is the likely meaning of EMPATHY in this excerpt?

The awareness of and sensitivity to the feelings of others Understanding others feelings.

Read the paragraph that begins with this sentence: One story to illustrate this comes from history........what does the context of this passage suggest is the likely meaning of LAYOUTS? Choose a sentence to support your answer.

The ways in which the paths would be layed. *The way something is arranged.* One story to illustrate....... Thomas Jefferson was designing..... Solution was to plant grass..... *Build the walkways where people naturally ......*

What is the author's main purpose in writing this selection? Choose a sentence to support your answer.

To inform people on the ways you can be intelligent and the differences between intelligences. *He is trying to let you know that there are many areas of human intelligence.* Maybe: "Since there are so many ways to be smart, it seems like the best course of action is to identify strengths, stretch weaknesses, and make the most of the smarts we have by building on them in as many ways as possible." *Use the process of elimination.*