MyWritingLabPlus Assisted Resource Form *If you’re teaching English 80, 99, and/or 110 please refer to the MyWritingLabPlus Comp Assisted Resource Form Name: Class: Section: CRN: 1. How would you like to use the program? a. Handbook: All topics open for students. Instructor receives no update. b. Class Lesson Plan: Instructor chooses a set number of topics (all rest hidden), and class completes topics according to due dates set by the instructor. Instructor receives weekly update of student/class progress. c. Individualized Lesson Plan: Students choose and complete a set number of topics. Instructor receives weekly update of total number of topics completed. Which will your class be participating in? Handbook Class Lesson Plan* Individualized Lesson Plan* *If choosing Class Lesson Plan, be sure to check which topics you’ve chosen, as well as a list of due dates. *If choosing Individualized Lesson Plan, please include the number of topics chosen. 2. Check the items below you’d like your students to complete. The Path Builder is a prediagnostic taken at the beginning of the quarter, and the Mastery Check is a post-diagnostic taken at the end of the quarter. You may choose to have students complete one, both, or neither. Path Builder Mastery Check 3. Please fill out the following information: Opening date for Mastery Check: Date:___________ Due date and time for Path Builder: Date: _____________ Time: ___________ Due date and time for Mastery Check: Date: ___________ Time:_____________ 4. Would you like to use Pearson Tutor Services, a resource inside MyWritingLabPlus where students submit papers (maximum length of 15 pages) on any subject and receive personalized feedback from a person with a Master’s or PhD in that subject area. No update is provided for this service. Instructors should ask students for a printed or digital copy of the tutor’s comments as proof that it was completed. Yes No 5. Would you like a class visit or an instructor led demo? Class Visit: An assistant comes to your class and explains/demos the program, HQ, services, etc. Instructor Led Demo: We send the MyWritingLabPlus demo PowerPoint to you via email, and you show it in class. If you are choosing a class visit, what day/time works best? Day: Time: Classroom: MODULE 1. Approaching College Writing Topic1.1: Review: Getting Started Topic1.2: Understanding the Rhetorical Situation Topic1.3: Review: The Writing Process Topic1.4: Working through the Stages of the Writing Process MODULE 2. Using the Writing Process Topic2.1: Finding Ideas and Prewriting Topic2.2: Review: Recognizing the Essay Topic2.3: Developing Thesis Statements Topic2.4: Drafting Topic2.5: Review: Essay Structure: Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles Topic2.6: Organizing Topic2.7: Conducting Peer Review Topic2.8: Review: Revising the Paragraph Topic2.9: Revising Topic2.10: Review: Editing the Paragraph Topic2.11: Editing and Proofreading Topic2.12: Formatting and Designing Documents MODULE 3. Reading Critically and Rhetorically Topic3.1: Reading Texts Critically Topic3.2: Reading Visuals Critically Topic3.3: Reading Essays to Improve Writing Topic3.4: Summarizing Texts MODULE 4. Writing with Different Rhetorical Strategies Topic4.1: Review: Describing Topic4.2: Describing Topic4.3: Review: Narrating Topic4.4: Narrating Topic4.5: Review: Illustrating Topic4.6: Illustrating Topic4.7: Review: Analyzing Processes Topic4.8: Analyzing Processes Topic4.9: Review: Comparing and Contrasting Topic4.10: Comparing and Contrasting Topic4.11: Review: Dividing and Classifying Topic4.12: Dividing and Classifying Topic4.13: Review: Defining Topic4.14: Defining Topic4.15: Review: Analyzing Causes and Effects Topic4.16: Analyzing Causes and Effects MODULE 5. Writing for Different Purposes and in Different Genres Topic5.1: Writing to Inform Topic5.2: Writing Evaluations and Reviews Topic5.3: Synthesizing Topic5.4: Extending Topic5.5: Writing to Reflect Topic5.6: Observing and Writing Observations Topic5.7: Writing Profiles Topic5.8: Writing Proposals Topic5.9: Writing Rhetorical Analyses Topic5.10: Writing Literary Analyses Topic5.11: Writing in Academic Genres across the Disciplines MODULE 6. Writing Arguments Topic6.1: Review: Writing an Argument Paragraph Topic6.2: Review: Writing an Argument Essay Topic6.3: Understanding Arguments Topic6.4: Writing Definition Arguments Topic6.5: Writing Causal Arguments Topic6.6: Writing Position Arguments Topic6.7: Writing Proposal Arguments MODULE 7. Conducting Research and Documenting Sources Topic7.1: Review: Understanding the Research Process Topic7.2: Recognizing a Research Paper Topic7.3: Planning Research Topic7.4: Finding Sources Topic7.5: Evaluating Sources Topic7.6: Avoiding Plagiarism Topic7.7: Integrating Sources Topic7.8: Citing Sources Using MLA Topic7.9: Citing Sources Using APA Topic7.10: Citing Sources Using CMS Topic7.11: Citing Sources Using CSE MODULE 8. Composing in Other Forms Topic8.1: Taking Essay Exams and Writing in Timed Situations Topic8.2: Developing Portfolios Topic8.3: Writing for Online Courses Topic8.4: Delivering Oral Presentations Topic8.5: Writing in Workplace Genres MODULE 9. Avoiding Common Sentence Errors Topic9.1: Review: Parts of Speech, Phrases, and Clauses Topic9.2: Parts of Speech and the Basic Sentence Topic9.3: Review: Sentence Structure Topic9.4: Sentence Structure Topic9.5: Review: Fragments Topic9.6: Fragments Topic9.7: Review: Run-Ons Topic9.8: Run-Ons: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Topic9.9: Review: Combining Sentences Topic9.10: Building Sentences with Subordination and Coordination Topic9.11: Varying Sentence Structure MODULE 10. Avoiding Common Subject and Verb Errors Topic10.1: Review: Subjects and Verbs Topic10.2: Subjects and Verbs Topic10.3: Review: Verbs Topic10.4: Review: Tense Topic10.5: Verb Tenses Topic10.6: Review: Regular and Regular Verbs Topic10.7: Verb Forms Topic10.8: Review: Subject–Verb Agreement Topic10.9: Subject-Verb Agreement Topic10.10: Review: Consistent Verb Tense and Active Voice Topic10.11: Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood MODULE 11. Avoiding Common Noun and Pronoun Errors Topic11.1: Review: Nouns Topic11.2: Nouns Topic11.3: Review: Pronouns Topic11.4: Pronouns Topic11.5: Review: Pronoun Case Topic11.6: Pronoun Case Topic11.7: Review: Pronoun Reference and Point of View Topic11.8: Pronoun Reference, Point of View Topic11.9: Review: Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement Topic11.10: Pronoun Agreement MODULE 12. Avoiding Common Determiner, Modifier, and Preposition Errors Topic12.1: Review: Articles Topic12.2: Articles Topic12.3: Review: Modifiers Topic12.4: Review: Adjectives and Adverbs Topic12.5: Adjectives and Adverbs Topic12.6: Review: Prepositions Topic12.7: Prepositions Topic12.8: Review: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers Topic12.9: Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers MODULE 13. Avoiding Common Errors in Punctuation, Mechanics, & Spelling Topic13.1: Review: Commas Topic13.2: Commas Topic13.3: Review: Final Punctuation Topic13.4: Final Punctuation Topic13.5: Review: Other Punctuation Topic13.6: Semicolons and Colons Topic13.7: Other Punctuation Topic13.8: Review: Apostrophes Topic13.9: Apostrophes Topic13.10: Review: Quotation Marks Topic13.11: Quotation Marks and Italics Topic13.12: Review: Abbreviations and Numbers Topic13.13: Abbreviations and Numbers Topic13.14: Review: Capitalization Topic13.15: Capitalization Topic13.16: Review: Spelling Topic13.17: Spelling Topic13.18: Word Choice and Commonly Confused Terms MODULE 14. Improving Language Usage and Style Topic14.1: Vocabulary Development Topic14.2: Review: Redundancy and Wordiness Topic14.3: Writing Concisely Topic14.4: Review: Transitions Topic14.5: Transitions Topic14.6: Review: Parallelism Topic14.7: Parallelism Topic14.8: Review: Standard and Nonstandard English Topic14.9: Formal and Informal Style and Tone Topic14.10: Biased and Sexist Language Topic14.11: Review: Using Exact Language Topic14.12: Figurative Language