Handouts

A diagram that helps students and teachers be on the same page when it comes to understanding expectations for and evaluations of class participation.

Writing about place is more than writing about a vacation or a childhood home. There are certain tensions evident in all spaces when we...

A 2-page handout focusing on MLA citations and formatting for an annotated bibliography.

This handout is a creative writing exercise I use in my Speculative Literature class when we do a unit on fairy tales,...

Discussing ethics in Creative Nonfiction can feel like a static list of do's and don'ts but I start my unit by giving them this Ethics Self-Quiz

These handouts were developed to help students provide productive and specific feedback during peer review. They support students in giving constructive criticism based on specific generic expectations, such as the strength of thesis statements, organization, and use of sources. 

Submitted by John Casey. This document contains prompts for two take home quizzes given to students as extra credit options in a 200-level Survey of American Literature course.

This handout is a counterargument explanation sheet using the example of trying to persuade your loved ones that your bad boyfriend is not so bad....

"Invitation to the Voyages" is an exercise I use to teach imagery. It can be adapted for any writing genre. 

A handout distributed in class that asks students to reflect on their actions as a developing professional and their participation in class. Participation is...

A simple handout that provides step-by-step details on how to add first line and hanging indents as well as inserting page numbers in the...

A Message from the Editor: For those of you that know me, and no doubt today, at the start of this project, many of you...

A useful handout that explains how to outline an essay. It draws on similar examples from my handout on Common Thesis Complaints.         Feature image by Andrew...

Plagiarism is more than just copying and pasting the words of others and this can sometimes be difficult to explain to students. The handout below illustrates the different types of plagiarism and provides examples that can be used for an in-class activity and discussion.

I'll admit right off the bat that my major pet peeve is 'thing' words. Something. Nothing. Anything. Everything. And just plain old thing. In...

Incorporating research into creative nonfiction essays helps bring the narrative to life but can be difficult to do. Below you'll find a collection of...

This handout I made in sheer frustration after hearing the same complaints about thesis formulation over and over again from my students. I've learned in my...