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Open Educational Resources

All about OER guide for faculty.

English

American Literature Anthology
American Literature I: An Anthology of Texts from Early America Through the Civil War
Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution
Compact Anthology of World Literature II
Composition
A Dam Good Argument
2022
Developmental Reading - ENGL 280 Lumen Learning developmental reading course.
English Composition: Connect, Collaborate, Communicate
First Year Composition : Writing as Inquiry and Argumentation
Fresh English: A Guide to First-Year College Composition, Grammar, and Rhetoric
Handbook for Writers
How Arguments Work
Anna Mills
An Introduction to Poetry: A Complete Online Course
List of English and Literature OER from Academic Senate
MANY links.
Literature and Literacy
Links to various texts in LibreTexts.
Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations
Open Anthology of American Literature : Beginnings to 1865
Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative Creative writing 2019
Resources for English & Writing Instructors Links to many open texts and web pages for teaching reading and writing.
The RoughWriter's Guide: A Handbook for Writing Well
Similar to A Writer's Reference
Thematic Reading Anthology
Towards and Open Anthology of Poetry
The Word on College Reading and Writing
Writing Guide with Handbook - OpenStax
Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present
Writing Unleashed
Plays - Writing

Ancillaries

POV & Character Creation Toolkit PDF
2022

Children's Literature

The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature
Textbook
Kids Read the Best Stuff
Aesop's Fables.com
Cinderella Project
Hans Christian Andersen
Horn Book Magazine
Reviews and articles on books for children.
School Library Journal
Reviews of children's literature and articles on service to youth.
SurLaLune Folktale Database

Creative Writing

Poetry