Vertical Writing Model
Vertical Writing Model: The vertical writing model was designed to give students continued support for writing during their careers at Appalachian, with writing experience each year, and a structure to archive writing for both students and the university.
| Gateway Skills - Writing in the university through development of skills and voice | Intermediate Skills – Writing in the discipline | Advanced Skills - Writing in the Discipline/Capstone in Major |
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| First year: Introductory course with research component in collaboration with information literacy program |
Second year: Writing course focusing on reinforcement of skills in new, multiple WAC contexts with information literacy component |
Third year: Writing in the major at entry level with information literacy component. |
Fourth year: Capstone: Writing in the major at advanced level, to be designed by majors, with information literacy component |
Portfolio/ePortfolio: Compiled over academic career as resource for further education or career investment |
| *IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IVC • Writes to discover • Drafts, revises, and edits effectively • Writes with strong voice and authority • Gathers and interprets data • Analyzes writing situations rhetorically • Demonstrates primary and secondary research and writing skills • Reflects critical thinking and choice in writing projects • Participates actively in writing community • Reflects upon semester’s writing with ability to evaluate own work and that of community |
*IA, IB, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IVC • Practices basic skills from first year • Reads and analyzes texts rhetorically across genre and from different academic communities • Interprets a variety of texts • Writes in different genre for different academic communities • Uses rhetorical skills in matching research to needs of writing situation • Applies different methods of documenting • Reflects upon semester’s writing within the context of academic writing with more sophisticated evaluation of own work and that of different communities |
*IA, IB, IE, IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IIE, IIG, IVC • Applies skills from first and second years • Applies rhetorical knowledge of texts from writing across the curriculum • Reads and analyzes texts in the major field • Writes effectively in the models of the major according to the major's guidelines for entry-level writing • Participates in a larger writing community • Reflects on semester’s writing with emphasis on writing within the major community and connections to other academic communities |
Capstone: *IA,IB, IC, ID,IIA, IIB, IIC, IID, IIE, IIG, IVC, IVD • Writes at advanced level in the major field • Demonstrates rhetorical knowledge of major writing models in the major field • Uses language of field effectively • Participates in a community of readers and writers in field • Reflects upon semester’s writing within the context of academic writing in the field and one’s own writing in the conversation of the field |
Addressing all cumulative Goals and Outcomes of writing experiences • Includes examples of strong, polished writing from college career • Reflects on pieces of writing and collection as a whole in the context of multiple academic communities with application inside and outside the university |
Vertical Writing Model
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For information about the Writing Across the Curriculum Program please contact Georgia Rhoades at (828) 262-2075 or e-mail at rhoadesgd@appstate.edu.
Writing Across the Curriculum Program
Appalachian State University
1107 Anne Belk Hall
ASU Box 32033
Boone, NC 28608-2033
(828) 262-2075 (office)
(828) 262-2032 (fax)
