Tentative Class Schedule and Assignments
CA220 - 102: 8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday 1265
On Line Student Resource
Class Syllabus

Week One: August 19 and 21

 Lecture Topic: Introduction, overview of proofreading, AP Style
Reading assignments:
Stylebook: Forward, Key, Proofreader’s Marks, Guide to punctuation
Stovall: Chapter 1: Sit Down and Write Lecture
On Line: Chapter 1
Exercise 1.1 and 1.8 Exercises (Aug. 21)

Week Two: August 26 and 28

 Lecture Topic: Introduction to Journalistic Writing
Reading assignments:
Stylebook: Ages, addresses, dates, entries A-F
AP Exercises: 3.4 and 3.5
Stovall: Chapters 2, 3: Basic Tools of Writing and Style and the Stylebook Lecture
On Line: Chapter 2
On Line: Chapter 3
Exercise 2.1 and 2.8 and 2.11 (Aug. 28)

Week Three: September 2 and 4

 Lecture Topic: Writing in the Media Environment
Reading assignments:
Stylebook: Numbers, distances, dimensions, Entries G-L
AP Exercises: 3.6 and 3.7
Stovall: Chapter 4: Writing in the Media Environment Lecture
On Line: Chapter 4
Exercise 4.1 and 4.2 (Sept. 2) 4.7 (Sept. 4)

Week Four: September 9 and 11

 Lecture Topic: Writing for Print
Reading assignments:
 Stylebook: Titles, cities, states, Entries M-P
AP Exercises: 3.8 and 3.9
Stovall: Chapter 5: Writing for Print Lecture
On Line: Chapter 5
Exercise 5.2 and 5.3 (Sept. 9) 5.5 and 5.6 (Sept. 11)

Week Five: September 16 and 18

 Lecture Topic: Feature Writing
Reading assignments:
Stylebook: Quotations in the news and quotation marks, Entries Q-S
AP Exercises: 3.10 and 3.11
Stovall: Chapter 5: Writing for the Print (Continued) Lecture
Exercise 5.8 and 5.10 (Sept. 16) 5.15 and 5.17 (Sept. 18)

Week Six: September 23 and 25

 Lecture topic: Writing Review
Reading assignments: Chapters 1-5 of Stovall
On Line: Chapters 1-5
Exercises will be in class

Week Seven: September 30 and October 2

 Lecture topic: Writing Review
Reading assignments: Chapters 1-5 of Stovall
Stylebook: First Stylebook Test (Oct. 2)
On Line: Chapters 1-5
Exercises will be in class

Week Eight: October 7 and October 9

 Lecture topic: Web Writing
Reading assignments: Stovall: Chapter 6: Writing for the Web: Lecture
Workshop on Writing for Search Engines
On Line: Chapter 6
Exercises will be in class

Midterm exam Oct. 9

Week Eight: October 14 and 16

 Lecture Topic: Broadcast writing
Reading assignments:
 Stylebook: Second Stylebook Test (Oct. 16)
AP Exercises: 3.14 and 3.15
Stovall: Chapter 7: Writing for Broadcast Lecture
On Line: Chapter 7
Exercise 7.1 (Oct.14) 7.4 (Oct. 16)

Week Nine: October 21 and 23

 Lecture Topic: Broadcast writing: analyze a broadcast, group work
Reading assignments:
 AP Exercise: 3.18
Stovall: Chapter 7: Writing for Broadcast (continued) Lecture
Exercise 7.7 (Oct. 21) 7.9 (Oct. 23)

Week Ten: October 28 and 30

 Lecture Topic: Writing
Stylebook: Third Stylebook Test (Oct. 30)
In-Class Writing, Interviewing: David Helms: Reporter/Columnist, Oct. 28
On Line: Chapter 5
Exercises: Interviews and Writing in Class

Week Eleven: November 4 and 6

 Lecture Topic: Writing
In-Class Writing, Interviewing: Renee Busby: Reporter, Nov. 4
Daniel Boyette: Sports Reporter, Nov. 6
On Line: Chapter 5
Exercises: Interviews and Writing in Class

Week Twelve: November 11 and 13

 Lecture Topic: Public Relations Writing
Reading assignments:
Stylebook: Fourth Stylebook Test (Nov. 13)
Stovall: Chapter 9: Writing for Public Relations Lecture
On Line: Chapter 9
Exercises 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 (Nov13)

Week Thirteen: November 18 and 20

 Lecture Topic: Public Relations Writing
Reading assignments:
Stovall: Chapter 9: Writing for Public Relations (continued) Lecture
Exercise 9.5 (Nov. 20)

Week Fourteen: November 25

 Lecture Topic: The Writer and the Law
Reading assignments:
Stovall: Chapter 10: The Writer and the Law
On Line: Chapter 10

Week Sixteen: December 2 and 4

 Study Sheet is available for download Final Exam Study Sheet
On Dec. 2, bring A: Your Clip File (Diary) with 10 critics in the Notebook. B: Your exercises in the exercise folder.
In class: Grammar, Punctuation and Word Usage Practice
Spelling and AP Style Practice

 Dec. 4: FINAL EXAM
Room 1265, Thursday, December 4, 2008, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.