Writing Assignments From Different Perspectives

I thought it was interesting that all of the assignments had at least traces of most of the composition theories. To me, that really makes sense for several reasons. Papers should have at least some minimum requirements and, if the professor sees fit, some standards of formatting and grammar that would be benefit students by helping them learn how to do certain types of writing. With that in mind, it's important to incorporate elements from the Current Traditional Theory. In order to enable students to fulfill those minimum requirements, it helps to teach them the elements of the writing process, even if they choose not to follow it lineally. This is where the Cognitive Process Theory is useful. The finding of a personal voice, which is so important in Expressivism, I feel is important in order for student's work to be truly original, interesting, and contributive to the greater whole of collective literature. Social Constructionism's emphasis on community and having an awareness of context, I believe, is an extraordinarily helpful attribute for students to have so that they can better understand their broad audience, and so that the audience can better understand them. To me, an appropriate combination of all of these theories is the best way to develop an effective and useful assignment.