Reading and Analyzing Nonfiction: Slant, Spin, & Bias

by Douglas Grudzina

students the basics of how to clearly distinguish fact from interpretation and opinion. Direct instruction, models, exercises, and writing assignments will help you teach students how to read non-fiction, recognize an author’s biases, and ultimately avoid being swayed by them. All of the selections are completely unabridged, unadapted, and annotated — so you can choose to teach the whole work, or just a few pages. This comprehensive book includes both historically significant texts like the Declaration of Independence and contemporary pieces like Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials and blog entries by New York Times best-selling authors. Perfect for AP Language and Composition classes, Reading and Analyzing Non-fiction is also great for general literature courses — even writing courses — to give your students models to analyze and follow. Whether you want a text to teach your students active reading and analysis skills or simply want the best collection of non-fiction passages available, Reading and Analyzing Non-Fiction: Slant, Spin, and Bias is the book you’re looking for.

249 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Douglas Edward Grudzina is a Merchandiser/New Product Development Specialist for Prestwick House, where he writes and edits Advanced Placement Teaching Units and Multiple Perspectives Lesson Guides.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a highly useful book that will support instruction in mass communication writing. Grudzina's choices of texts are varied and high-interest, ranging from the Declaration of Independence and its logical comparison text, the women's rights declaration from Seneca Falls, to editorials, op-ed pieces and reviews. Questions that accompany the texts can be adapted into assignments or used as presented.