California State Universities Expository Reading and Writing Course Assignment Template

Every school system has their own curriculum and standards for reading and writing. I found California State Universities Template to be rather self-explanatory. A lot of what was covered is already commonly used in classrooms and innate in persons teaching style because we have experienced it for so long. I don't think they needed to go so in-depth, but then again there might be a chance that not everyone knows each of those approaches. I think a lot of what was addressed takes place in this classroom without being planned or having a structure. I felt that this article really tried to structure the reading and writing process rather than just suggest approaches. There was a lot of "and then do this next" from my perspective.

I do feel that a lot of the approaches were great ideas. Some of the questions suggested were very open-ended, and I enjoyed how they could be used for multiple approaches to reading and writing. I think a lot of the reading strategies were things that we, as educators, have already experienced and used multiple times in our school years. I rather enjoyed the multiple perspectives approach where students look at the reading or writing from a different perspective other than their own. I think this is a precious approach to reading and writing. The approach allows students to think deeper and explore new directions in which to take their writing. I felt that a lot of the writing strategies were very valuable.

I also really enjoyed that the authors placed emphasis on having students brainstorm and focus on the content in their writing rather than the grammar conventions and other structural items. In our education classes, having students focus on their content and ideas is always stressed to be the first piece to develop. I believe there should be multiple drafts where students concentrate on developing their ideas and only one in which they really focus on grammar and structure. As educators, we should be encouraging our students to be creative and develop their thinking, Grammar and other conventions can always be worked on later.