English & Writing Composition
Book Collections & Textbooks
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Copy(write): Intellectual Property in the Writing Classroom
"The essays in the collection identify and describe a wide range of pedagogical strategies, consider theories, present research, explore approaches, and offer both cautionary tales and local and contextual successes that can further inform the ways in which we situate and address intellectual property issues in our teaching." ; Part I: The Law, the Landscape, Part II: The Tools, Part III: The Pedagogy
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Creating Corpus-Informed Materials for the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
aims to empower English teachers from across the globe to design their own, authentic, corpus-based lessons by showcasing a range of ideas for creating corpus-informed teaching materials using online resources. [CC BY-NC]
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English Composition
designed for students to learn the foundational concepts for first-year college composition courses; textbook content aimed at helping students meet these learning objectives: success skills for college learning and intellectual growth, the writing process, essay structure, types of essays, and research skills.
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Why Writing Works: Disciplinary Approaches to Composing Texts
created by professors at Southwest Minnesota State University for their second-year writing class called "Writing in the Professions" and introduces students to writing in their academic field.
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The Word on College Reading and Writing
An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
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You, Writing! A Guide to College Composition
Intended for use in any first year College Composition class or as a general guide to college writing. The book focuses on writing as a process, not a product. "The goal is to help students discover their own writing process, trying out different methods and strategies to find what works best for them."
Repositories & Research
- ENG 121: English Composition I and ENG122 English Composition II: Curated English guide from Colorado Community College System (CCCS)/ CCCOnline; Materials have been librarian-curated from a variety of sources and vetted for content and alignment by subject matter experts.
- Style for Students Online: A guide for planning a paper, running a grammar check, completing a report, composing an email, puzzling over a usage or grammar issue, or writing a resume or online portfolio
- Excelsior Online Writing Lab: An open education resource offering multimedia support for writing and reading. CC BY
- Literary Terms & Expressions: glossary of literary terms and expressions. [CC BY]
- Creative Writing Commons: The Digital Commons Network provides free access to full-text scholarly articles and other research from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, this dynamic research tool includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
Open Courseware & Learning
- Boundless Writing: By Lumen Learning includes chapters on Writing an Effective Paper, The Research Process, Writing Effective Sentences, Writing Across Disciplines, and more.
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