OER Textbook

Welcome to the 2nd Edition of Introduction to Academic Writing for ESOL, released September of 2018.

If you are using these documents and wish to report errors, please include the unit number, page number or exercise number, and the correction you'd like to see to delpha.thomas@pcc.edu.

Link to Unit 1: Elements of Paragraphs and Essays https://docs.google.com/document/d/19OHWqk-5qzBMj_3ZQ_JM_aNMa5HoUTuq5Xbjwr-giY8/edit?usp=sharing

Content knowledge for talking about writing and writing processes.

2nd Ed. Unit 1 - Introduc... of Paragraphs and Essays

Link to Unit 2: Telling a Compelling Story: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uxfvDZsp2td9gvUfs8vPslDJu5TQ79Pjqfd4-0WMjVk/edit?usp=sharing

Narrative writing, point of view, pronoun review, and past tenses

2nd Ed. Unit 2 - Telling a Compelling Story

Link to Unit 3: It's a process: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tVRT0dPwzlyPbkHVwP-D4uf9ouiBXVZqqmY6UE2wEps/edit?usp=sharing

Process essays, passive voice, and adjective clauses

2nd Ed. Unit 3 - It's a Process

Link to Unit 4 - Exactly the same or totally different: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W20TCoSxhH_XKJmNZzoGClpOgsGZN93PN9IpEtWYDKk/edit?usp=sharing

Compare and Contrast Essays, comparative forms, noun clauses

2nd Ed. Unit 4 - Exactly ...same or totally different