CiS Wrtg Readings

CiS University Writing12 Readings and Resources

All materials here are in downloadable and printable Adobe Acrobat format (pdf).

Text for the class:

Write for College: A Student Handbook by Patrick Sebranek, Great Source Education Group (April 30, 2007), will be provided in class.

On Writing Well, 30^th Anniversary Edition: A Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction, by William Zinsser, Collins, Harper Collins Publ. (2006) ISBN-13: 978-0060891541, many pages will be copied. I advise buying and reading this book.

The Elements of Style, 4th Ed. by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White [Charlotte’s Web], Longman (August 2, 1999) ISBN-13: 978-0205309023. I strongly advise buying and reading this book.

Student Handbook: Get your student handbook online at the College of Continuing Education

Support Materials:

Advanced Literary Terms - Terms you should learn and know by year's end
Univ. of Minn. Student Writing Guide - 40+ pages of very useful information and the definitive text for resolving questions of accuracy and approriate style. Get this one.
Univ. of Chicago Student Writing Guide - Much shorter and quite usable, but not the authority of the U of M guide.
Scoring guides for expository and narrative writing - Given in class as a handout
How to Analyze a Poem in 10 Easy Steps, and other poem analysis helps
The Ethnographic Process, An overview of some of what will be required.

Various readings for use with lessons:

“The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson
"On the Knocking at the Gate," Thomas deQuincey
Model Book Review from the New York Times Book Reveivew
"The Song of Wandering Aengus," W. B. Yeats

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Leaf Cycles, Ltd. and Jaezz Designs

Parent and Student Information Center, J. Ritterson, English Department, Edison High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota