–Updated 11/14/23–

 

 

 

Writers on Writing and Revision:

Quotes on writing and revising


 

Unit 2 Revision Documentation Guide:

MS Word: Revision-Documentation-Unit-2-2023

 


 

Unit 1 Revision Documentation Guide:

MS Word: Revision-Documentation-Unit-1-2023

 

 


 

The Conditional Sentence:

The Conditional Sentence

 


 

Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/06/26/girl

 


 

 

Sentence Types and Kinds:

SENTENCE TYPES AND SENTENCE KINDS

 


 

 

“Navigating Genres,” by Kerry Dirk:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sUgWeAG3YohnVi5S4OxrD5zFNSFtFPmQln-ypgdfisE/edit?usp=sharing

 

 


 

“Annoying Ways People Use Sources,” by Kyle D. Stedman

https://wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces2/stedman–annoying-ways.pdf

 


 

Developing a Research Question:


 

Wikipedia Article: “Research”

 


 

Nature Index: The Seven Deadly Sins of Research

https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news/the-seven-deadly-sins-of-research

 


 

“The Traditional Research Paper is Best,” by Alexandria Lockett

TraditionalPaper-Lockett

 


 

“Research Starts with Answers,” by Alison C. Witte

ResearchStartsWithAnswers-Witte

 


 

Student Sample of Research Essay:

 

Reflective Annotated Bib Student Example-2021

 


 

Radical Revision and Strong Sentences:

Radical-Revision-Comp-1-2016

 


 

Paragraph Structure:

Updated ParagraphStructure


 

Comma Confidence

Comma-Confidence-Comp1-2015


 

What Makes Good Writing?–Sentence Lesson

What-Makes-Good-Writing-Scanlan


 

Five Types of  Conclusions:

5typesofConclusions-2016

 


 

Thesis Statement Handout:

Thesis Statement


 

Essay Format Guide:

Standard-Essay-Format

 


 

Malcolm X:

Learning-to-Read-Malcolm-X

 


 

Reading: Helen Keller’s “The Most Important Day”

The-Most-Important-Day_KellerupdatedJan26

 


 

Reading: Howard Gardner “Five Minds for the Future”

Gardner-5MindsfortheFuturepdf

 


 

Four Definitions of Home:

Home-4Definitions

 


 

Bilal Rahmani: “Chronicles of a Once Pessimistic College Freshman”

Bilal-Rahmani-Pessimistic-Comp1101

 


 

Esmeralda Santiago: “When I Was Puerto Rican”

Emeralda-Santiago-When-I-Was-Comp1101

 


 

Reading: Salvatore Scibona

Where I Learned to Read-Scibona-2017

 


 

Five-Part Reading Tool:

Five-Part-Reading-Tool-Scanlan

PDF Version:

PDF-Five-Part-Reading-Tool-Scanlan (1)

 


 

Portwood-Stacer, L. “How to Email your Professor.” Medium. 26 Apr. 2016https://medium.com/@lportwoodstacer/how-to-email-your-professor-without-being-annoying-af-cf64ae0e4087#.1m6lc0rkd

 


 

In-Class Reading: Isaac Asimov

PDF version: Intelligence-Isaac-Asimov

 


 

First Week Reading: Sherman Alexie

PDF version: Alexie-Superman-and-Me

 


 

 

Genre Awareness: