ccbc on-line writing lab (owl)

aa
process paragraph aa
developmental education association of maryland (deam)
purdue university on-line writing lab (owl)
live journal, a blog for adjuncts


blue book of grammar and punctuation
conference on college composition and communication (cccc)
the cliche finder
mid-atlantic writing centers association
assembly for the teaching of english grammar (ateg)
oxford english dictionary on-line ($295 a year)
punctuation for dialogue
special interest group on basic writing
show don't (just) tell


writing personal narratives
qa compact web site


research papers: integrating sources

graphic organizers
journal of basic writing
virginia's workplace readiness skills links on workplace writing

university of hawaii, manoa: writing program web site (excellent collection of materials)
bedford bibliography on basic writing
university of north carolina's collection of writing handouts

adjunct advocate magazine
dundalk library


strategies for writing conclusions

purdue owl site on avoiding plagiarism
essex library


son of citation (students fill in form to produce a formatted citation)

u of arizona sources for controversial topics (a collection of web sites and books on controversial topics)
catonsville library


national association for developmental education (nade)

blogger (explains blogs and lets you start one)
enoch pratt free library


grammar bytes (grammar instruction and exercises with attitude)

wikipedia (on-line encyclopedia)


a web site listing on-line writing labs (OWLs)
review of MicroSoft Word's grammar checker


CompFAQs: a collection of syllabi, assignments, class activities, readings, a useful links from all over the country.

Clean Cut Blog (another good site for tips on blogging)


Oxford English Corpus (describes the 32,000 document corpus of English languge text available for study)

50 Tools to Improve Writing (aimed at journalists, the site has plenty of good advice for writers)


Research in Two-Year Writing Programs (describes the need for research in comminity college writing programs, lists sources of funding, and provides a bibliography.

Mr. Mali: Heroic Inspiration (A You Tube video on teaching writing. Taylor Mali responds to a lawyer who asked him, at a dinner party, what he makes,)




When Capable Students Fail. A web site exploring the reasons students who seem capable of passing developmental courses fail them.