Foreword by Nancy Sommers
Introduction to Teaching with Hacker Handbooks
Part I: Topics
T1 Designing and planning your writing course
T2 Designing effective assignments
T3 Responding to student writing
T4 Working with multilingual writers (Teaching ESL)
T5 Addressing writing in the disciplines
Part II: Modules
M1 Teaching thesis statements
M2 Teaching essay structure
M3 Teaching paragraphs
M4 Teaching argument and counterargument
M5 Teaching students to conduct research and evaluate sources
M6 Teaching students to integrate sources and avoid plagiarism
M7 Teaching grammar and punctuation
M8 Teaching with peer review
M9 Teaching visual literacy
M10 Addressing writing in the disciplines
Part III: Sample Syllabi and Assignments
S1 Sample syllabi
Syllabus 1: The Bedford Handbook, Eighth Edition, in English Composition 1010, spring semester
Syllabus 2: Rules for Writers, Sixth Edition, in College Composition and Reading, fall semester
Syllabus 3: A Writer’s Reference, Sixth Edition, in Compositionand Rhetoric, spring semester
Syllabus 4: A Pocket Style Manual, Fifth Edition, in Advanced Composition, spring semester
S2 Sample assignments
Assignment 1: Workshop on Revising Paragraphs
Assignment 2: Textual Analysis
Assignment 3: Defining and Addressing Plagiarism
Assignment 4: Mechanics Workshop: Use of the Comma, Run-on Sentences, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, Pronoun Reference
Assignment 5: Visual Literacy and Analysis
Assignment 6: Essay 4: Writing in Your Discipline