Final Project: Expository Essay (250 points) We’ve spent our semester discussing foundational principles and practices of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) as advocated for by Penny Kittle and Katie Wood Ray as well as in contemporary education and composition scholarship. Now, it’s time for you to put those principles into an essay that seeks to argue how we should (theoretically and practically) teach writing in the EC-12 classroom using WAC. Using a research-supported, argumentative approach, your essay should argue for the effectiveness of implementing a Writing Across the Curriculum approach in two content areas in a particular target grade of your choosing. You should highlight your target grade for your reader and support, with evidence, why WAC is an effective approach to teaching writing at this particular grade level and in these particular content areas. Be sure to include any relevant TEKS into your discussion. Additionally, you should support your argument with at least two specific WAC principles, practices, or techniques introduced in this class or elsewhere in the research. These might include, for example, conferring (instructor-to-student or peer-to-peer model), collaborative learning, journaling, writing workshops, theme study, genre study, mini-lessons/focus lessons, the role of talk/dialogue, opportunities for publication/celebration, or writing for authentic purposes. You may even choose to introduce a WAC principle or practice not discussed in class but one that is supported in current education or composition research. You should be prepared to offer theoretical support (best practices/principles as advocated by Calkins or others) and practical examples (lesson plans or activities, for example) for implementing writing in these content areas. Be sure to clearly and expertly link the theory (what we should do and why we should do it) with the application (how we should do it). Your essay should be written formally, not like a reflection or personal narrative. That means: no first person (I/me/my/mine) or second person (you/your) pronouns; eliminate contractions or other informal speech; and present yourself in your writing as a professional education researcher targeting other educators or education administrators. Use the vocabulary available to you in the fields of composition and of teaching to express yourself. You should include evidence from at least 5 reliable (scholarly, peer-reviewed) sources in your final paper, at least three of which were not assigned in class. For a list of helpful electronic journals to browse, see the backside of this prompt. You do not HAVE to draw from these journals; these are just some options to help direct your research. Your essay should be a minimum of 1,500 words not including your Works Cited or References page. You will use MLA format for your paper, and focus on the accuracy of that style. I strongly recommend you reference the OWL at Purdue (Google it) for help in addition to consulting any reputable style manuals. Writing/Education Journals Across the Disciplines Academic Writing The American Biology Teacher American Educational Research Journal American Educator American Journal of Education American Secondary Education The Arithmetic Teacher Brain and Cognition Brain and Language British Journal of Educational Psychology British Journal of Language Teaching British Journal of Music Education British Journal of Teacher Education Canadian Journal of Education Child Development Child Language Teaching and Therapy Childhood Education Children’s Literature in Education Chronicle of Higher Education Cognition Cognition and Instruction College Composition and Communication College English Composition Forum Composition Studies Contemporary Educational Psychology Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Curriculum Studies Early Childhood Education Journal Early Education and Development The Education Digest Education Quarterly Review Educational and Child Psychology Educational Psychologist Educational Psychology in Practice Educational Research Educational Studies in Mathematics The Elementary School Journal English in Education English in Texas English Language Teaching High School Journal The History Teacher Improving Schools Innovations in Education and Teaching Intercultural Education International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning International Journal of Early Years Education International Journal of Education International Journal of Education and the Arts Issues in Education Issues in Educational Research Issues in Teacher Education Issues in Writing Journal of Child Language Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy Journal of Educational Research Journal of Elementary Science Education Journal of Health Education Journal of Language and Literacy Education Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education Journal of Reading Education Journal of Research in Rural Education Journal of