Introduction to College Writing

Unit 1     Unit 2     Unit 3     Unit 4

• Basic Course Documents

  • ENG 1113 Syllabus - Spring 2008

  • Syllabus Contract

  • MLA Paper Template (*.doc file)

  • How to Research

  • Academic Essay Guidelines

  • Plagiarism

  • Plagiarism Quiz

  • Documenting WWW Sources (MLA)

  • Sentence Combining Tips

  • A Writer's Inventory

  • Topic Sentences

  • When to Use Commas

  • Thesis Equation

   

Introduction to College Writing

• How to E-mail a Professor by Michael Leddy

• Writing in College: A Short Guide to College Writing by Joseph M. Williams and Lawrence McEnerney (for an MS Word formatted version, click here.)

• MLA Documentation Overview

• MLA Works Cited Example

• Thesis Equation Handout

• Essay Formatting Guidelines

 

• UNIT ONE:

  • Unit 1 Essay Assignment - Illustration Essay

  • Barbara Kingsolver, "Everybody's Somebody's Baby"

  • How to Say Nothing in 500 Words by Paul Roberts

   

• Unit Two:

  • Unit 2 Essay Assignment - Memorable Event

   

• Unit Three:

  • Unit 3 Essay Handout - The Time Capsule

  • Sample Essay: "A Moment for All Time: Star Trek and the Twentieth Century"

• Unit FOUR:

  • Unit 4 Essay Assignment Handout

  • Writing an Argumentative Essay

  • Argument Essay Topics (suggestions)

  • Argument Packet

  • Persuasion Map