. Though many composition studies schol-ars would contend that differentiating what happens in FYC from what occurs in a literature course was a necessary step in the devel-opment of our discipline, it appears that in the process of defining ourselves, we lost sight of how very important reading instruction is to the teaching of writing.
After reading this part of the paper I understand that learning how to write is not all about writing. There are elements of reading that need to be learned and most people forget that and don't get those elements because of the focus of grades from the students, teachers and the people who create the curriculum.