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