Handouts

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

A handout covering the basics of submitting to literary magazines: where to submit, cover letters, terminology, and mistakes to avoid.

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

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.

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

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. 

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

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...

A simple handout that illustrates key concepts of time in narratives by comparing them to the basic controls we use when watching videos. Feature image...

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....

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

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...

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.

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...

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...