BANTAD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Grade 9- English
Third Quarter
Week 7-8
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Topic: Differentiating Biases from Prejudices
MELC: Differentiate biases from prejudices
Enabling Competencies: Reflecting on the speakers’ ideas
Detecting an author’s bias and prejudice is considered an important skill in critical reading. Having the skill to determine
biases and prejudices will help you validate or invalidate an author's claim. Moreover, distinguishing the two from one
another may help you critically analyze situations and make a stand in pressing concerns at present. Look at the
definitions of bias and prejudice below.
BIAS
- a tendency to present or possess a partial viewpoint
- being in favor of or against a thing, person, group, or stand compared to another, usually in a way not considered fair
- one-sided perspective in the absence of neutral viewpoint
- to lean in a certain direction, either in favor of or against something
- leaning favorably toward something or thinking positively of it when used with the preposition “TOWARD” (biased
toward)
- leaning negatively against something or thinking poorly of it when used with the preposition “AGAINST” (biased
against)
PREJUDICE
-an opinion formed before getting to know relevant facts of a case or situation
-a favorable or usually unfavorable feeling or claim toward a person, thing, or situation without an actual experience as
a basis
-a preconceived notion or assumption made about someone or something prior to obtaining enough knowledge to
guarantee accuracy
Here are examples of biases and prejudices.
BIAS
PREJUDICE
An employer is biased AGAINST women. He promoted a man over a more deserving female candidate.
(The employer has not been fair in his choice.)
The citizens didn’t vote for a particular candidate who did not graduate from high school because they think that the
candidate is not capable of leading them due to limited educational attainment.
(Not being able to finish education doesn’t mean a person cannot lead.)
Prepared by:
Checked by:
GELLIE LOU G. BARRETTO
ARMINDA D. RED
Subject Teacher
Principal I