Provides a practical approach to teaching composition, covering essay writing, grammar, and rhetorical skills with interdisciplinary lessons and multimedia resources. It emphasizes relevance and adaptability and caters to diverse learning styles.
Author: Amy Liao
Frameworks for Academic Writing (Poulter, 2013) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)Designed for a wide range of writing abilities, from beginning to expert academic writers. ESL, ADL, LD, ADHD, and other writers who are simply unfamiliar with academic writing patterns benefit from sentence-by-sentence templates, prompts, tutorials, and examples. More confident writers may simply use the checklists provided.
English Composition: Connect, Collaborate, Communicate – LibreTexts version (CC BY)Designed by instructors from the University of Hawai’i system, this OER textbook covers foundational concepts for English 100 (first-year college composition). It aligns with learning outcomes across all campuses in the system and was created during a three-day book sprint in May 2019.
Adapted from Writing for Success.Covers topics taught in the first English class, with an interactive table of contents, focusing on rhetoric and composition. Adapted from Writing for Success.
English Composition II (Lumen Learning) – LibreTexts Varied licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed.This course builds upon the skills developed in English Composition I. It offers comprehensive support for college-level writing, focusing on research, analysis, and argumentative writing.
English Composition I: Rhetorical Methods (Lumen Learning) – Canvas Commons (log in to Canvas first for the link to work). Varied licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed. This course focuses on developing students’ academic writing, close reading, and critical thinking skills. It emphasizes rhetorical methods and includes a writing process that involves pre-writing, …
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This OER packet contains course materials for ENGL 1302, introducing students to the ways in which writing can help them connect their experiences or ideas with those of others. It emphasizes research and analysis skills in composition.
This textbook reimagines the college essay by exploring how the writing process develops across various modalities and subjectivities. It encourages students to consider cultural contexts in their writing.
This textbook offers a comprehensive guide to academic writing for Composition 1 students. It compiles several OER textbooks and resources, with edits and additions by Seay, covering the basics of academic writing.
This is volume 2 of a a two-part instructional text series for first-year composition students. Volume 2 is intended for students who have some college composition and rhetoric knowledge and experience.