This textbook offers a comprehensive guide for first-year writing students, featuring lessons, examples, exercises, and definitions tailored to various reading and writing scenarios encountered in academic settings. Its modular design allows instructors to select sections that complement their teaching approaches, making it a versatile resource for enhancing students’ writing skills.
Author: Amy Liao
Monday, June 12, 2023 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Watch the “ZTC Conversation – Mapping and Planning” recording Access the “ZTC Conversation – Mapping and Planning” presentation slides The upcoming deadline for submitting a workplan for the spending of the $180,000 “ZTC Implementation Grant” funds allotted to all degree-granting California community colleges has resulted …
This interactive textbook introduces students to academic writing and research. It integrates videos, diagrams, and linked modules to support a flipped classroom model, enhancing engagement and understanding.
This guide aims to alleviate writing anxiety by offering straightforward advice and techniques. It emphasizes building confidence and developing a positive writing mindset.
This handbook offers practical guidance on writing, focusing on clarity, coherence, and style. It provides strategies for effective composition.
This textbook covers writing as a process, modes of discourse, and research writing. It includes numerous sample essays written by students, providing practical examples of academic writing. The text emphasizes the development of writing skills through practice and reflection
An interactive composition textbook that emphasizes a growth mindset and active learning through multimodal resources and tools like annotation software. Its structured chapters guide students from foundational strategies for reading and writing to mastering rhetoric and inquiry-based composition skills.
Oregon Writes Open Writing Text (Kepka) – LibreTexts (CC BY) This textbook guides students through rhetorical and assignment analysis, the writing process, researching, citing, rhetorical modes, and critical reading. Uses accessible but rigorous readings by professionals throughout the college composition field.
This textbook focuses on writing instruction with a regional perspective, incorporating themes and examples pertinent to the Pacific region. It aims to engage students by connecting writing skills to local contexts and issues, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of composition within their own communities. The material includes diverse writing exercises and readings that reflect …
This textbook is a derivative of seven creative commons texts—Successful Writing, Writer’s Handbook, A Guide to Perspective Analysis, Writing, Rhetoric and Composition, English for Business Success, and Visual Rhetoric. Jennifer Schaller and Tammy Wolf reduced the original text content; additionally, they created original introductions and added original chapters