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- Aug 2021
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To demystify reading and support students in learning to read like writers, writing teachers must:
This is a great list of things to consider when you're sitting down to read something.
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Take, for example, the research paper, a staple in this model of FYC. All too often, this assignment has no audience other than the teacher, no purpose beyond earning a grade, leaving students with little motivation to locate quality sources and use them thoughtfully.
This is a major reason why we're using real-world technologies (like Medium) to publish for real-world audiences.
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For example, an English III (junior-level) practice test published by Pearson for the State of Tennessee Department of Education in 2012 included 49 multi-ple-choice questions asking students to identify correct punctua-tion, combine or rearrange sentences, and determine the meaning of specialized vocabulary
The real question: is this actually reading?
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This hierarchy is evidenced by the universal first-year writing requirement in American colleges and universities, as well as by writing across the curriculum programs.
We privilege writing over reading, even though each is essential to the other.
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