Teaching


 * ===English 101 ===
 * ===English 102 ===

Schedule and calendar information is linked on the Calendars and Exam Schedules page. Portfolios/Portfolio exchange guidelines, updated for 2017

Snopes' Field Guide to Fake News Sites and Hoax Purveyors for teaching students about reliable sources.

(this older document includes portfolio system, artifact gathering info, etc., but page numbers and names are from a few years ago); below are the updated files as of 2017:
 * Portfolios and Porfolio Exchange Instructions and Information (2017 update)
 * Artifact Gathering Instructions

Students in Distress information from McNeese Counseling Center and Dean of Students office.
 * website
 * Faculty Guide (handout)
 * How to Respond to Disturbing Writing (handout)





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Some interesting and useful websites for new teachers (many resources for writing teachers):
 * Ryerson University's Learning & Teaching Office
 * Teaching Tips Handouts
 * Best Practices newsletter (with 60+ issues available online)
 * Supporting Student Writers
 * Supporting EAL Writers
 * University of Toronto's Writing Resources for Faculty and TAs and PDF Links for Students

These are some places that can help you develop journal topics:
 * 501 Writing Prompts
 * 100 Essay and Journal Topics
 * Journal Prompts

is no longer in use campus wide and all rubrics have been updated and radically changed for composition courses. I am leaving it linked here for the time being, but will likely delete the document in another year or so.

The Portfolio Review Questionnaire--student self-assessment at the end of the semester--now has separate versions for English 101 and English 102; these are included in the //Composition and Rhetoric Guide// that students purchase.

Things that Make Writing Teachers Cringe handout has been updated and is now included in the //Composition and Rhetoric Guide// that students purchase.

General Writing Rules handout has been updated and is now included in the //Composition and Rhetoric Guide// that students purchase.

Quick Basic Grammar handout has been updated and is now included in the //Composition and Rhetoric Guide// that students purchase.

A great webpage on Thesis Statements



--You must first secure permission from Dr. Costello before assigning an incomplete grade in a composition course. This form will also be required--filled out and signed by all parties--before assigning an incomplete in a composition course.