book talk: required texts

Whew! Today was the day I sat down to work on the first draft of my fall syllabi. It took ALL DAY. However, I am proud to report that I have a draft, and I did choose the required texts.

First, there's Everything's an Argument:

And my go-to handbook, The Everyday Writer:

I've never used Argument before, so I'm interested to see how the students respond to it! EW is my go-to handbook for writing basics. There is so much packed into that little orange volume--citation guides, sentence structure stuff, and paragraph composing strategies, just to name a few. If you're looking for a helpful writing guide for academic composition, check it out.