I’m designing an English paragraph writing course where units are organized by modes of writing (e.g., description, narration, illustration, persuasion, and summarization), and each unit includes a reading section.
However, I’ve spent a lot of time unsuccessfully trying to find OER texts like essays and articles that fit each mode - especially the earlier ones like description, narration, and illustration. For example, in the descriptive writing unit, I’d ideally like to include a strong travel writing essay about a specific place.
So far, my main source has been CommonLit, which works well for expository and persuasive texts, but I haven’t had much success finding appropriate examples for the other modes.
If anyone knows of good OER sites or collections that include model texts organized by rhetorical mode, or at least containing essays in various modes of writing, I’d really appreciate the help.