Textbooks Approved for Use in Composition Classes
Reminder: Any book not on this Approved Texts list, whether in addition to works on that list or in place of works on that list, needs to be approved by the Composition Committee. You should briefly describe in writing your rationale and plan for using that text. If the text is approved, the Composition Committee will ask for a copy of the course syllabus and, at the end of the semester, an evaluation of how the text worked. Initially, texts will be approved for one semester, but you may petition the Composition Committee to use the text again.
APPROVED HANDBOOKS
Maimon, Peritz & Yancey. A Writer’s Resource. 0073296295 (Specialized Edition for ISU). McGraw-Hill.
090 TEXTS:
Anker. Real Essays. 0312449003 2nd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Arlov. Wordsmith: A Guide to College Writing. 0131949934 3rd ed. Prentice Hall.
Biays & Wershoven. Along These Lines: Writing Paragraphs and Essays. 013194830X 4th ed. Prentice Hall.
Buscemi. A Reader for College Writers. 0072885548 6th ed. McGraw-Hill.
Kanar. The Confident Writer. 0618541543 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin.
McCuen Winkler. From Idea to Essay. 032135561X 11th ed. Houghton Mifflin.
McWhorter. Successful College Writing. 0312432321 3rd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Pharr & Buscemi. Writing Today. 0072326026 1st ed. McGraw-Hill.
Rich. The Flexible Writer. 0205331858 4th ed. Longman.
VanderMey, Meyer, & Et Al. The College Writer. 0618642056 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin.
101 TEXTS:
Atwan. Convergences. ISBN 0312448554 2nd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Faigley & Selzer. Good Reasons. 0536942188 3rd ed. Longman. This rhetoric is an optional addition for composition teachers using Convergences or The Longman Reader.
If purchased for use with Convergences, the ISBN is 0536942188. Please use this ISBN, as it ensures a lower student cost at the bookstore, as well as free access to Longman’s online resources for ISU.
If used with The Longman Reader, use ISBN “TBA” [note this on your order for now, we are awaiting the final ISBN from Longman] – this package ensures an additional 10% discount for both textbooks.
Glenn. Making Sense: A Real-World Rhetorical Reader. ISBN 0312413114 2nd ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s.
Nadel, Langan & Comodromos. The Longman Reader. 7th ed. Longman.
If purchased individually (without being packaged with the Good Reasons rhetoric), the ISBN is 0536906580. Please use this ISBN, as it ensures a lower student cost at the bookstore, as well as free access to Longman’s online resources for ISU.
If used with Good Reasons, use ISBN “TBA” [note this on your order for now, we are awaiting the final ISBN from Longman] – this package ensures an additional 10% discount for both textbooks. 0536942420.
Ruszkiewic. Beyond Words. 1st ed. Longman. Please use ISBN 0536902445, as it ensures a lower student cost at the bookstore, as well as free access to Longman’s online resources for ISU.
102 TEXTS:
Bartholomae & Petrosky. Ways of Reading. 0312409958 7th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s.
WITH EITHER
The Best American Science & Nature Writing of 200x. Houghton Mifflin.
or
The Best American Science Writing of 200x. Harper Perennial.
Behrens & Rosen. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. 0321486439 10th ed. Longman.
Muller. The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. 0073217476 9th ed. McGraw-Hill.
Peterson & Brereton. The Norton Reader. 0393978877 11th ed. WW Norton.
Ramage, Bean & Johnson. Writing Arguments. 032136466X 7th ed. Longman.
White & Billings. The Well-Crafted Argument. 0618832076 3rd ed. Houghton Mifflin.
Stand alone rhetorics (either of these optional for use in conjunction with the choices above):
Alfano & O’Brien. Envision: Persuasive Writing in a Visual World. 0321183274 Longman.
Fahnestock & Secor. Rhetoric of Argument. 007303617X Brief Edition. McGraw-Hill.
Revised 10/09/07