Timothy W. Crusius

Having taught composition with three texts, I'd have to say this is the best of them. The student examples included or not all that well written, and may set a low bar (or at least seem to) for quite a few students in a college writing class, but it's not a bad textbook otherwise--readable, and fairly worthwhile material. Of course, I tend to not stick to any textbook too closely, so I'm not sure how well it will work out for a teacher who prefers sticking close to a text. Some of the exercises here, especially, are either more complicated than they need to be, or somewhat repetitive if you've been paying attention to ones that came before.… (plus d'informations)