Students in the class may or may not have prior knowledge to the word silo. Though with giving students the correct resources students and use their understanding of the word they could draw a conclusion and use higher order thinking to create a sentence of their own.
Geoff is attributing his grades to his race. I think that he has learned helplessness from attributing his scores to his race not his effort.
Alice's parents did not teacher her proper English at home, but in the school culture she is expected to know the rules of standard english. It will take time for her to pick up on these rules and understand them. It may be tough for her to switch cultures using different forms of english.
Do you think Geoff is attributing to his race as a characteristic or to his teachers' feelings about him? One is external.... are each stable or controllable? Be able to break those things apart for the final!
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