Introduction
The Course Text for College Writing I English 110 at Queens College is provided to you at no cost to students. The materials were created and shared freely by Rachael Benavidez, First Year Writing instructors at CUNY Queens College and academic writing instructors outside of our college.
Use the guides as tools to help you to compose academic arguments, to evaluate your own writing, and to participate in the many conversations that exist in our intellectual communities at QC and beyond. Knowledge checks (open-book quizzes) are assigned for close review of writing guides. You are required to read writing guides in preparation for each class meeting.
The text consists of the following sections.
- Academic Writing Strategies and Practices, which are short guides that are packed with essential strategies and practices that will help you develop as an academic writer.
- Readings on Writing, which will help you to think about what writing is “doing” and with how and why to apply academic reading and writing strategies and practices.
- Research and Engaging Sources, which will assist you with conducting credible research and citing sources ethically.
- Thriving, which will assist you with general strategies for thriving in college.
For any texts listed on the Course Calendar that aren’t available here, check our course Brightspace.
