Resources

Textbooks

These are textbooks I have adopted for past classes. Each has their pros and cons, the latter mostly being that they can be quite costly for students.

Writing About Writing, 4th ed.

by Doug Downs and Elizabeth Wardle

This is the text I use for Intermediate Composition (ENGL 2089) at University of Cincinnati. Wardle and Downs cover literacy narratives, genre, and discourse communities to help students get a better grasp on the field of Writing Studies/Rhetoric & Composition.

The Writer's Loop, 1st ed.

by Lauren Ingraham and Jeanne Bohannon

This is a great text for First Year Composition. I first learned about it while working on my master's degree and used it for English Composition (ENGL 1001) at the University of Cincinnati.

The Writer's Practice

by John Warner

I use this text for my Preparatory Composition (ENGL 0099) classes. It is written to the student in easy to understand prose. Warner's "writing experiences" offer students (and instructors) a plethora of unique opportunities to engage.

Hello, Writer

by David Starkey

Although I reviewed several texts when I was asked to teach the ENGL 0099/1001 "Co-Req" or ALP (Accelerated Learning Program) course, I finally settled on Starkey's Hello Writer.

Open Educational Resources

Below you will find a list of resources that I have used in my courses.

Writing Spaces

From the website:

Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing is a book series containing peer-reviewed collections of essays—all composed by teachers for students—with each volume freely available for download under a Creative Commons license. Writing Spaces aims to build a library of quality open access textbooks for the writing classroom as an alternative to costly textbooks.

UM RhetLab

From the website:

This Waymaker courseware is designed to introduce or reinforce the rhetorical content and strategies that are the baseline of effective college writing. In these modules you will work with terms, concepts, and strategies that you will then apply in your writing both in this course and beyond. The courseware will help you gauge the depth of your understanding and give you the opportunity to focus your efforts on areas for growth.

First Year Composition

Writing as Inquiry and Argumentation

Authors:Jackie Hoermann-Elliott and Kathy Quesenbury

Choosing & Using Sources

From the website:

Engaging graphics, compelling examples, and easy-to-understand explanations make Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research, your most valuable, open access resource for completing research-based writing assignments and projects. From The Ohio State University.

About Writing Guide with Handbook

From the website:

This text is disseminated via the Open Education Resource (OER) LibreTexts Project (https://LibreTexts.org) and like the hundreds of other texts available within this powerful platform, it is freely available for reading, printing, and "consuming."

English Composition II

Focus is mainly on argumentative and research writing. The first module, however, contains helpful information on discourse and academic communities for students in Comp 2/ENGL 2089.

This resource also has information that goes "Beyond the Research Paper" with information on multimodal formats, such as presentations, posters, infographics, and various forms of professional writing.