Objectives Today:

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Objectives Today  
3002.5.9 Identify a statement that reveals the
writers biases, stereotypes, and assumptions
3002.3.12 Determine the writers purpose in a
writing sample
3002.3.10 Identify a statement that reveals the
writers attitude.
3002.6.1 Discern the stated or implied main idea
of a passage
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3002.5.9 Identify a statement that reveals the
writers biases, stereotypes, and assumptions

• Biased
• What does it mean when someone is biased?
• Bias is a prejudice that prevents someone from
  being impartial. Biased people show favoritism.

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Example of a biased opinion

• The mother was biased towards her baby. She
  thought her baby was the cutest baby in the
  world!
• Other people saw her baby for what he was. (
  definitely NOT cute).

Little Jon Jon had a face that only a mother
could love.
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Biased Opinion

• Biased writing may only give one side of an
  issue, may distort information toward a certain
  point of view, or could be outright misleading
  toward a particular point of view or way of
  thinking.
• Example Your writing assessment papers are
  biased. You pick a side of the argument to agree
  with, and you are biased towards that side.

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Example of Biased Opinion

• A magazine article is comparing two types of
  music players, but it is clearly in favor of only
  one of them.

Notice if the author is presenting only one point
of view as THE TRUTH. If an author is being
truthful, he/she will usually present BOTH sides
of an argument.
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3002.5.9 Identify a statement that reveals the
writers biases, stereotypes, and assumptions

• Stereotypes
• What is a stereotype?
• To characterize a person or thing into a
  particular group or mold based on previous
  prejudices or observations. Stereotypes are not
  always true or reliable.

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Stereotype Example

• Many police officers have been seen eating
  donuts in coffee shops. Because of this
  observation, many people have stereotyped
  policemen and people believe that all police eat
  donuts.

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Stereotypes also go along with our assumptions

• To assume To believe something is true without
  first knowing the facts or taking into account
  the individual situation.
• Example
• I assume (stereotype) that most hard-core
  rappers have been arrested.
• I assume (stereotype) that most sweet old women
  on television have not been arrested.

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This stereotype is not always true thats why
its a stereotype and not a fact.
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Stereotypes are based on our assumptions.

• Look at the following pictures and write down the
  FIRST ASSUMPTION that comes to your mind about
  each person.
• Do this on your paper.

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Did any of these assumptions come to mind?

• Nerd
• Dorky
• Unpopular
• Annoying
• Genius
• Makes good grades
• Now look at this one

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Do all gamers look like this?
Write what assumptions come to your mind when you
see this picture.
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Did any of these assumptions come to mind?

• Never bathes
• Spends hours in front of the T.V.
• Couch potato
• Talks in gamer code
• Weird
• He must be violent since he plays violent
• games all day
• Messy
• Socially awkward

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Last one
What stereotypes or assumptions do you make about
these people?
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Did any of these assumptions or stereotypes come
to mind?

• Gangsters
• Killers
• Drug dealers
• Been arrested
• Uneducated
• From rags to riches
• Mean
• Had hard lives
• Can we create our own stereotypes? In other
  words, do we bring stereotypes upon ourselves. If
  so, how?

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3002.3.10 Identify a statement that reveals the
writers attitude.

• Writers Attitude
• The writers attitude or feeling toward the topic
  shows up in the tone of the writing. This
  attitude can be stated clearly or implied.

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3002.3.10 Identify a statement that reveals the
writers attitude.
Lets practice looking for attitude in a writing
sample.
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How do you know?

• The words obvious enough come directly from
  the writers opinions. This lets us know her
  attitude.

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3002.5.9 Identify a statement that reveals the
writers biases, stereotypes, and assumptions
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3002.3.12 Determine the writers purpose in a
writing sample

• Authors Purpose for writing
• Some authors write to persuade others to agree
  with them, while others simply want to inform or
  educate.

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In any case, you have to be able to understand
why a writer is writing.Fill in the following
reasons writers write on your own notes.
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Reasons writers write
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Practice
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Now lets practice on our own