ERWC Expository Reading and Writing Course (Period 4)

In 2003, a task force of a dozen high school teachers and administrators and California State University (CSU) faculty members began developing the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC)--a rigorous, rhetorically based, full-year college preparatory English course for high school seniors designed to support college-readiness in English for California's diverse students. The course was published by The California State University Press (1st edition, 2008; 2nd edition 2013) and has currently been adopted by upwards of 700 comprehensive high schools throughout the state. Notably, the ERWC aligns with the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, addresses critical academic literacy challenges identified by the CSU English Placement Test Committee and ICAS (the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the three segments of public higher education in California), and successfully prepares students to meet the academic demands and expectations of college and university faculty.

The course's 12 modules, which include a wide variety of expository texts and some literature, emphasize the in-depth study of expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. The University of California (UC) has approved the ERWC for area B credit (of the A-G requirements), and the Course meets college preparatory requirements for both the UC and the CSU.
(Cal State Website)