Title | How Rhetorical Theories of Genre Address Common Core Writing Standards |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Collin, R |
Journal | Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy |
Volume | 57 |
Issue | 3 |
Pagination | 215-222 |
Abstract | This article begins with a review of the forms of writing promoted in the Common Core State Standards. Across content areas, Common Core encourages teachers to attune students' writing to rhetorical concerns of audience, purpose, task, and disciplinary thinking. To address these concerns, teachers might take a rhetorical approach to the study of genres. In this view, genres are seen as resources writers use to build and act in particular situations. That is, genres help writers shape their writing to fit particular audiences, purposes, tasks, and forms of disciplinary thought. This article explains the rhetorical approach to genre studies |