Many participants of the educational process are interested in high-quality, continuous and systemic work on the study, analysis, systematization and distribution of the effective pedagogical experience. Studying, compilation and dissemination of pedagogical experience has always been one of the most challenging areas of scientific and methodological activity, as it is essentially a research activity. This article describes one of the possible approaches to developing an appropriate criterion base for evaluation and screening of effective methods of teaching Russian language and literature. The article proposes possible criteria for the assessment of such methodologies; it analyzed 54 methodologies of teaching Russian language and literature from public sources. This assessment can help in the selection of the most interesting and systematically presented experience in teaching Russian language and literature; it may help to identify the effective methodologies for their use by teachers in their practice, as well as in various forms of the educational process within the teacher training system.

The paper considers the methods concerning how to analyze, edit and improve written text essays. Outlined are the stages of written text improving. Developed is the system of formative assignments, conducive to mastering the skills of proper text writing.