The resources that follow represent an ongoing compilation of books, websites, and digital tools that endeavor to enhance teaching English, with an added emphasis on argument and rhetoric.
Books That Bolster Teaching
- Flying By Friday by Jay Meadows
- Teach Like A Pirate by Dave Burgess
- What Great Teachers Do Differently: 17 Things That Matter Most by Todd Whitaker
- What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Literacy And Learning by James Paul Gee
- The Reading Zone: How To Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers by Nancie Atwell
Texts For Teaching Argument
- Teaching Argument Writing, Grades 6-12: Supporting Claims With Relevant Evidence and Clear Reasoning by George Hillocks Jr
- The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric by Renee H. Shea
- Everything’s An Argument With Readings by Andrea A. Lunsford
- 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology by Samuel Cohen
- Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Novel Guide To Writing by Elizabeth Losh
Websites For Teaching Argument
- Web English Teacher
- Read Write Think
- Dartmouth Institute For Writing and Rhetoric
- Storyboard That
- American Rhetoric
Digital Tools That Enhance Instruction
