• More than 3000 teachers have been introduced to the ERWC; the course has been adopted by more than 200 high schools across the state

• Thousands of teachers use this curriculum—even if the full course has not been adopted

• ERWC was developed due to the findings of the EAP by a statewide task force including teachers, CSU faculty, and administrators.

• The ERWC course is approved by the CSU and UC systems as a “b” (ELA) course.

• A bottom-up, grass roots process has been responsible for the success of the ERWC

A Few Facts about the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum: ERWC

Seven Principles of the ERWC

14 Standards-aligned modules that:◦ Focus on working with informational texts; and◦ Focus on rhetorical reading and writing,

vocabulary, and academic language development.

All modules include vocabulary development activities and sample student essays.

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The Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum

What Are We Teaching? Literacy skills

◦Rhetorical reading

◦Rhetorical writing◦Academic

language◦Academic habits

of mind

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We engage students with high-interest texts, and, by doing so, motivate them to be involved in their learning.

We enhance long-term learning beyond the classroom and give students the tools and strategies necessary to navigate through varied and complex texts.

We give students experiences with texts that demand that they think, read, and write critically.

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And in the end…

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Reading Rhetorically

Prereading ◦ Getting ready to read◦ Surveying the text◦ Making predictions

and asking questions◦ Introducing key

vocabulary Reading

◦ First reading◦ Looking closely at

language

Reading (continued)◦ Rereading the text◦ Analyzing stylistic

choices◦ Considering the

structure of the text Post-reading

Activities◦ Summarizing and

responding◦ Thinking critically

Visit this site to create your personal ERWC Online Community account: http://writing.csusuccess.org/community

Click register now and create your account Part 2 from this online ERWC tutorial

reviews the log in process: http://distance-ed.fullerton.edu/bbpresentations/Chris_Street/ERWC/index.html

Getting Access to the ERWC Online Community

Getting Access to the ERWC Online Community