OER & ZTC

New OER for English!

• The Anti-Textbook of Writing (Priebe): "Is it possible to create a textbook that is TRULY INCLUSIVE TO ALL? A book that rips apart colonialism? Maybe not, but this book is sure as hell going to try." Includes memes, tweets, sections like "The White People's Language," diverse student examples, and many exercises you can use in your class. Available in multiple formats (Word, PDF, condensed version, expanded version, etc.)
• Write or Left (Priebe): OER textbook for introductory creative writing classes with condensed chapters and expanded genres. The new 2022 edition includes a gentler/more inclusive approach to writing AND more diverse student examples. Available in multiple formats (Word, PDF, screenreader, etc.)
• How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College (Mills): A new OER textbook for argumentative writing and critical thinking, with an emphasis on contemporary issues of social justice, race, gender and inclusion. Audio versions of each chapter of the textbook are embedded in the text.
  • NOTE: A Canvas shell was developed to supplement this textbook. The Canvas shell can be imported from the Commons and includes exercises, quizzes with auto-feedback, annotated sample student essays, and essay assignments with grading rubrics
• Writing, Reading, and College Success: A First-Year Composition Course for All Learners (Kashyap and Dyquisto): A revision of “Writing for Success” that includes instructional scaffolding for students who require additional support. New sections on college readiness and success, reading skills, the reading-writing connection, grammar, and an ESL compendium have been added.
• Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature (Ringo and Kashyap): A culturally responsive OER text for English, incorporating primary literary sources and explanatory materials that would also include ancillary materials such as assignments and essay prompts. 
• Roughwriter's Guide: A Handbook for Writing Well (Palmer and Van Lieu): Guides students through the essay writing process and covers both MLA and APA formatting and mechanical issues.
• English Composition (Brezina, College of the Canyons): 2020 OER textbook covering success skills, reading comprehension, rhetorical analysis, the writing process, effective paragraphs and essays, research strategies, MLA, and sentence skills.
• English Composition Grammar Guide (Kaiserman, College of the Canyons): Parts of speech, syntax, sentence errors, punctuation, effective & dynamic sentences, choose the right word, MLA document formatting.