A The Vertical writing curriculumat Appalachian State refers to a coordinated and progressive laddering of skills in which early writing attempts build from to emerging or advanced mastery to expert and professional mastery.
In the VERTICAL WRITING MODEL used at Appalachian StateVertical Writing Curriculum, students take a writing course in each of the traditional four years of their college experience , with increasing introduction and specialization in their chosen fields:
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- Argument model (reading and writing academic arguments, analyzing and writing arguments across disciplines and rhetorical situations);
- Rhetoric model (studying academic discourse as a rhetoric, practicing persuasive techniques in rhetorical situations);
- Writing Studies model (writing about writing, investigating issues related to writing in different contexts and for different audiences);
- Traditional WAC model (reading and writing conventional genres in different fields).
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