Rhetorical Pedagogy

I read this article last Thursday and I can honestly say I don't remember one thing WIlliam Covino said.  I take that back, I remember reading it and not understanding what he was saying.  It was so hard to follow.  As I look back now at the article, the "Rules for Successful Paragraphs," which aren't even his make more sense than anything he said.  Maybe he talked about how these rules are so strict and they don't allow the reader to be free when they write but once again they are clear and to the point and his writing has to be deciphered in order to gleam a bit of information from it.  Instead of writing a chapter, I think he would of served the audience better by following the rules he lays out first, then one paragraph would of been nice.

Expressionist Approach

Just as a quick general note, I liked this reading a lot. I didn't find it difficult to understand like so many of the other reading we've done in the past.  I could read it one time and understand it, which is what good writing should produce.
As far as the reading goes, I liked the section on expressionist pedagogy.  On page 242 they talk about expressing ideas during the writing process.  In my capstone class we do that quite often as we are working on our final thesis of undergraduate work and I completely understand where he is coming from.  I have used ideas from others as they have read what I have completed so far and it has helped a lot.  I understand not every approach works for every student but this is one I can completely support.