Newspaper Reader Reading, Writing, and Thinking About Today's Events

From the Preface:The Newspaper Readerattempts to narrow the distance between the texts we use to teach critical reading, writing, and thinking and the lives of our students . . . . Newspapers are precisely about--even as they are about more than-our students' experiences . . . .The Newspaper Reader,therefore, assumes that as students begin to love the process of reading in, writing on, and thinking about newspapers, their lives will become richer and more meaningful. Each section contains three storylines, and within each storyline is a single example of a report, an editorial, and a feature article. Therefore, each section contains nine reading selections: three reports, three editorials, and three feature articles. Including editorials, reports, and feature articles in each section reflects the fact that most developing writers concentrate on three types of essay: the personal experience essay, the expository essay, and the argumentative essay. The selections included in each section approximate these writing genres.Frechie, Seth is the author of 'Newspaper Reader Reading, Writing, and Thinking About Today's Events', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131836495 and ISBN 0131836498.