This interactive workshop will present a newly available open-access resource for teaching composition: Contribute A Verse: A Guide to First-Year Composition. Written collaboratively by eleven experienced professors at the University of North Georgia, this text presents best practices for teaching college-level writing. An open educational resource, this text was recently leased by the Board of Regents and is freely available via Galileo and can be printed on-demand. The text integrates the principles of classical rhetoric with practical exercises in a tone that readily connects with college students. The text also includes a section on writing in the physical and social sciences and a reader with themes for writing, features that demonstrate the diverse, interdisciplinary nature of the text. From planning to publication, Contribute a Verse also offers a model for how departments in other disciplines and institutions can collaborate to create their own materials.
