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Poetry, Prose and Penguins

Author(s): Claudia Stuart

Reading poetry is almost as much an art form as is writing poetry. You don’t just skim the words of one and go on to the next. You read the words, maybe even speak them aloud, and listen to what they have to say. You focus on your own reaction, hear what the words have said to your heart, find that ...

Guide to Strunk and White Elements of Style: The Easy Way!

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Strunk & White: The Elements of Style is the premier reference book for writers. As college professors, we use this reference to help our students master the writing process. To provide a better understanding of the various rules within the book, we have developed A Guide to Strunk and White, The El...

A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University

Author(s): Grand Valley State University

A Guide to First-Year Writing at Grand Valley State University is meant to be the perfect asset to the first-year writing courses offered by the Department of Writing at Grand Valley State University. These courses are designed to build on and expand your writing, critical thinking, collaboration, a...

A High Powered Approach to Reading & Language Arts Strategies

Author(s): Joyce Bowling

Research tells us that teachers have the ability to make a difference in students’ academic performance, and their lives. A High-Powered Approach to Reading and Language Arts Strategies, is designed to equip teachers with a variety of strategies that they can incorporate in their classrooms. The str...

From the Trenches: Essays on Writing and Workshopping Race and Difference

Author(s): Laurie Carter

From the trenches encourages readers to write from the places, spaces where we all meet, despite our differences.  Discover  prompts in life and on the page that inspire questions, which evoke truth and answers that further discussion and understanding.  Experience disappointment, joy, a journey thr...

Typography: A Life in Letters or A Personal Introduction to the Craft of Typography

Author(s): Edward A Edman

This book includes: A history of our alphabet from ancient cave walls, to the invention of printing with metal type to wood, photo, and digital type.  Rules and guidelines for better typography- anywhere. A list of banned fonts. Categories of type and type specimens. The background for the...