11 English & Writing Composition
Book Collections & Textbooks
- 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
- Why Writing Works: Disciplinary Approaches to Composing Texts: Why Writing Works: Disciplinary Approaches to Composing Texts is an open-access, online textbook resource operating under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. This text was created by professors at Southwest Minnesota State University for their second-year writing class called “Writing in the Professions,” which introduces students to writing in their disciplines. This class teaches students about writing in their academic field.
- The Word on College Reading and Writing: An interactive, multimedia text that introduces students to reading and writing at the college level.
- 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.
- 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: 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
- 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.
- 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.
OER SPOTLIGHT: ENGLISH & WRITING
Excelsior Online Writing Lab: a writing platform to support college writers as they begin the process of writing in their courses and transition to writing outside of their introductory writing classes or programs; offers multimedia support for writing and reading including interactive multimedia activities, quizzes, videos, and interactive PDFs – all designed to help writers understand important concepts about writing CC BY
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.
- Introduction to University Writing Course Package: a self-paced writing skills course will assist students to build academic writing skills required at the university/college level. Incorporated in this skill set is the ability to use critical thinking skills to acquire and analyze information and develop knowledge in new areas.
Video
- Khan Academy Grammar: Short video clips for explaining: nouns, verbs, pronouns, modifiers, conjunctions, commas, apostrophes; Standard American English.
- TEDx Talks-Writing: Life Lessons and College Adventures in College Essay Writing; Can we really teach writing?; Look deeper — write — the wonders of writing; Write well. Start writing now.; Everything you need to write a poem (and how it can save a life); Creative Writing for the Classroom; The Moral of the Story: What Creative Writing Teaches You; Writing Into Literacy