handouts

Supplemental Course Materials

Handouts

Course Syllabus (PDF)

The Basics of Writing (PDF)

Talking about Reading (PDF)

Adding to a Revision (PDF)

Formal Requirements for Written Work (PDF)

Developing an Essay (PDF)

Preparing for Peer Review (PDF)

Looking at Introductions (PDF)

Putting Together Your Portfolio (PDF)

Reading

Editorial on Texting and Driving (Los Angeles Times editorial for Essay #5 (PDF)

Editorials on Community College Fees and the DREAM Act

Writing and Rhetoric

Everything You Should Have Learned in English 101

Ethos, Logos, Pathos: Three Ways to Persuade

Walvoord and McCarthy on Good/Better/Best

Organizing an Essay: Using Representative Cases

Organizing an Essay: Cause and Effect

What to Avoid and What to Do (Developing an Essay)

Use of Text (MLA Citation)

MLA Citation Examples

Writing Effective Sentences

Writing Effective Paragraphs

Notes to Style

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 7