Appropriate for courses in college reading, this text is a four-genre anthology -- poetry, short stories, essays, and textbook chapters. New pieces from ethnically diverse authors have been added throughout the book, including writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Eudora Welty, and Reginald McKnight. All of the exercises and pedagogy are found in the instructor's manual, not in the student text. The instructor's manual contains fully developed exercises on each piece in the book, an essay on teaching students to read textbook chapters, and transparency masters with examples of outlining. The instructor's manual also suggests ways of using the selections to improve reading skills and critical thinking. This facilitates flexible use in the classroom.
At the heart of the book is first-hand classroom research by the author as both teacher and researcher, demonstrating an innovative research methodology and empirical evidence to support a critical reading pedagogy.
Critical Reading and Writing is a fully introductory, interactive textbook that explores the power relations at work in and behind the texts we encounter in our everyday lives.
Highlights The text goes beyond the standard "reading comprehension plus vocabulary" approach.
The essential guide to looking at literature with your own two eyes.
Leah McCraney. I An Introduction to Critical Reading Leah McCraney Fifth Edition An.
Brings literature to life through a combination of fascinating texts, critically up-to-the minute readings and Jacobs' enthusiastic, lively approach.
Appropriate for Introduction to Literature courses, second-semester Freshman Composition courses. This new text takes an interpretations approach to literature and its elements. Covering the genres of short fiction, poetry, and...
READING,. AND. WRITING. CRITICALLY. When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, ... —Cicero1 5.1 Introduction Now that we have had an introduction to critical thinking, we shall see how by being a ...
... logical positivism, which was suspicious of entities like culture that lie behind observables. According to Godfrey-Smith (2003:582–86), for logical positivists “the sole aim of science is to track patterns in experience.
Research papers do the reader no such favours. Being able to understand and use primary research is an essential tool in any scientific career. This book teaches these valuable skills simply and clearly, saving hours in the long run.