You may choose texts from the lists developed by the ISUComm Foundation Courses committee. A text from the list of rhetorics is required for both foundation courses. A handbook for English 150 is required, but optional for English 250. Below is a list of the approved English 150 and 250 textbooks for the 2019–2020 academic year.
| English 150 Rhetorics | English 250 Rhetorics |
| Choices 2.0: Situations for College Writing Hardin, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2010, ISBN 978-1-59871-339-8 Everyone’s an Author, 2nd Edition The Norton Field Guide to Writing, 5th Edition They Say/I Say, 4th Edition Who Says? The Writer’s Research, 2nd Edition |
Everything’s an Argument, 8th Edition Lunsford & Ruszkiewicz, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Copyright 2019, ISBN 978-1-319-05627-8 Praxis: A Brief Rhetoric, 3rd Edition So What? The Writer’s Argument, 2nd Edition |
| English 150 Rhetoric/Readers | English 250 Rhetoric/Readers |
| Everyone’s an Author with Readings, 2nd Edition Lunsford, Brody, Ede, Moss, Papper & Walters, W.W. Norton, Copyright 2017, ISBN 978-0-393-61746-7 The Concise St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, 8th Edition Axelrod & Cooper, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Copyright 2018, ISBN 978-1-319-05854-8 The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings, 5th Edition They Say/I Say with Readings, 4th Edition
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Elements of Argument: A Text and Reader, 12th Edition Rottenberg & Winchell, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Copyright 2018, ISBN 978-1-319-05672-8 Everything’s an Argument with Readings, 8th Edition The Aims of Argument: A Text and Reader, 8th Edition The Bedford Book of Genres: A Guide and Reader, 2nd Edition |
| English 150 Readers | English 250 Readers |
| America Now: Short Readings from Recent Periodicals, 12th Edition Atwan, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Copyright 2017, ISBN 978-1-319-05511-0 Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology, 2nd Edition |
Fountainhead V Series (Selecting only one of these texts is suggested for maximum student use.)
Authenticity – Borrowman, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2012, ISBN 978-1-59871-633-7 Borders – Baca, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2011, ISBN 978-1-59871-472-9 Death – Smith, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2012, ISBN 978-1-59871-553-8 (E)dentity – Vie, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2011, ISBN 978-1-59871-457-9 Food – Rollins & Bauknight, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2010, ISBN 978-1-59871-431-9 Green – Rollins & Bauknight, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2010, ISBN 978-1-59871-415-9 Health – Iyengar & Kellar, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2013, ISBN 978-1-59871-632-0 Money – Gillam, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2011, ISBN 978-1-59871-480-7 Monsters – Blake & Cooper, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2012, ISBN 978-1-59871-483-8 Sport – Wright, Fountainhead Press, Copyright 2016, ISBN 978-1-59871-482-1 Border Crossings College: A Reader for Writers Culture: A Reader for Writers Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers, 4th Edition Farm: A Multimodal Reader, 2nd Edition Identity: A Reader for Writers Language: A Reader for Writers Pursuing Happiness Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing, 11th Edition Sustainability: A Reader for Writers Technology: A Reader for Writers |
| English 250 Cross-Cultural Readers | |
| Globalization: A Reader for Writers Jerskey, Oxford University Press, Copyright 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-994752-2 |
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| Handbooks | |
| A Pocket Style Manual, 8th Edition Hacker & Sommers, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Copyright 2018, ISBN 978-1-319-05740-4 The Everyday Writer with Exercises, 6th Edition The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises, 3rd Edition |
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If you are interested in using a text not on the list, please contact the Director of ISUComm Foundation Courses. In selecting texts, please recognize that students should not be asked to spend money for instructional materials that will receive only minimal use. Also, texts will need to integrate the WOVE philosophy by including oral, visual, and electronic modes as well as featuring a pleasing visual format.
Rhetorics, readers, and handbooks on the English 150 and 250 textbook lists are available for perusal in the ISUComm Foundation Communication Courses Office in 229 Ross Hall.
ISUComm Student Guide for English 150 and 250. The ISUComm Student Guide is displayed in the ISU bookstore as a required text for every English 150 and 250 section; it cannot be sold back and it is labeled this way on the shelf and on the text itself. This publication, revised every other year, constitutes a coherent articulation of ISUComm’s purpose and curriculum in the Foundation Courses: it is the programmatic statement for your students that explains what their English 150 and 250 classes will entail, why, and how this is consistent with other English 150 and 250 sections.
Your students need the Student Guide to facilitate their understanding of Iowa State’s progressive multimodal curriculum in your classes, as there is no other text available that is tailored to our unique program. The Student Guide provides programmatic (rather than individual section) information to your students: this is very important to them in terms of understanding overarching goals and pedagogy as well as programmatic policies. The Student Guide describes English 150 and 250 and these courses’ respective assignments; it also provides programmatic information about WOVE objectives (including useful terminology), evaluation, academic honesty, portfolios, visual communication, small-group work, Library 160, student accessibility services, and counseling services.