Writing in the Disciplines

Isn't all good writing good writing? What does it mean to write in a disciplinary manner? What are the best practices for writing in all content areas? How do we make sure that students are career-ready? And what's the writing students need to do to be "college-ready"? So many questions, so little time!

David Coleman, one of Common Core architects, explains the importance of literacy in all disciplines.

A sample college assignment

Tim Shanahan, one of the writers of Common Core and a literacy expert, thinks about what it means to write from a disciplinary perspective.

Check out this provocative blog on 21st literacy and writing in all disciplines and this blog about disciplinary writing.

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Common Core Standards or AERO Standards: What are we supposed to be teaching towards?

From the WAC (Writing Across the Curriculum) Warehouse

Here's a google site about mentors for writing in a variety of disciplines: Mentors for Writing

The National Writing Project has a collection of resources on Writing across the Curriculum

From the Radical Scholar blog comes this provocative piece on disciplinary writing and the discipline of writing.