This online textbook brings together readings from various Open Educational Resources (OER) for students enrolled in Professor Karlis's sections of ENGL 1190 at Macomb Community College. By using OER materials, we can reduce textbook costs while still ensuring you have access to high-quality content for your course. The readings are organized into chapters that align with the course topics.
You can navigate the book using the table of contents below or the navigation menu on the left. On mobile devices, the navigation menu is located in the upper left corner of the screen.
1.1 Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context
1.2 Introduction to Primary Research
2.1 Getting Started and Conducting Research
2.2 Guide to Scholarly Sources
2.4 Reading and Organizing Research
3.1 Incorporating Scholarly Research
3.2 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Avoiding Plagiarism
3.3 Research Writing, Organization, and Structure
3.4 Academic Writing
3.5 Avoiding Bias in Your Writing
4.2 Writing Dialogue
4.3 Friday Night at the Iowa 80
4.4 Student Papers
6.1 Formatting for Projects 1 & 2
6.2 Intro to Genre
6.3 Summarizing
7.1 Revising for Rhetorical Context
7.2 Peer Feedback, Revising, and Editing
7.5 Reverse Outline
7.6 Paper Skeleton