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Download full textTaylor, William M. – 1987
Five writing assignments, geared to the content of a community college course on international relations, are presented. The first four assignments deal with specific critical reading skills: (1) distinguishing fact from opinion; (2) analyzing the author's point of view; (3) detecting fallacies; and (4) comparing and contrasting articles which…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Content Area Writing, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Bude, Bette L. – 1985
Because junior high school literature anthologies contain few expository offerings and English texts seldom involve students in critical reading as background for writing, it is up to the teacher to fill the gap. One approach for providing students with critical reading practice is the cloze procedure, which (1) encourages close reading and…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Area Writing, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
