Tentative Class Schedule and Assignments
CA220 - 102: 12:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday 1217
Class Syllabus

Week One: August 18 and 20

 Lecture Topic: Introduction, overview of proofreading, AP Style
Stylebook: Forward, Key, Proofreader’s Marks, Guide to punctuation
Stovall: Chapter 1: Sit Down and Write Lecture
Exercise 1.1 and 1.8 Exercises (Aug. 20)

Week Two: August 23 and 27

 Lecture Topic: Introduction to Journalistic Writing
Stylebook: Ages, addresses, dates, entries A-F
AP Exercises: 3.4 and 3.5 (Aug. 23)
Stovall: Chapters 2, 3: Basic Tools of Writing and Style and the Stylebook Lecture
Exercise 2.1 and 2.8 and 2.11 (Aug. 27)

Week Three: September 1 and 3

 Lecture Topic: Writing in the Media Environment
Stylebook: Numbers, distances, dimensions, Entries G-L
AP Exercises: 3.6 and 3.7 (Sept.1)
Stovall: Chapter 4: Writing in the Media Environment Lecture
Exercise 4.1 and 4.2 and 4.7 Do the first 3 quotations (Sept. 3)

Week Four: September 8 and 10

 Lecture Topic: Basic News Writing I
Stylebook: Titles, cities, states, Entries M-P
AP Exercises: 3.8 and 3.9 (Sept. 8)
Stovall: Chapter 5: Leads and Conventions Lecture
Exercise 5.3 and 5.5 (Sept. 10)

Week Five: September 15 and 17

 Lecture Topic: Basic News Writing II
Stylebook: Quotations in the news and quotation marks, Entries Q-S
AP Exercises: 3.10 and 3.11 (Sept. 15)
Stovall: Chapter 6: Types of Stories Lecture
Exercise 6.8 and 6.15 Do one of the five (Sept. 17)

Week Six: September 22 and 24

 Sept. 22, Special Guest: Robin Delaney Lewis Communications
Sept. 24, Delaney story due
Lecture topic: Writing Review
Stylebook: First Stylebook Test Practice
Reading assignments: Chapters 1-5 of Stovall
Exercises will be in class

Week Seven: September 29 and October 1

 Sept. 29, Special Guest: David Holloway Press-Register Food Editor
Oct. 1, Holloway story due
Lecture topic: Writing Review
Stylebook: First Stylebook Test
Reading assignments: Chapters 1-5 of Stovall
Exercises will be in class

Week Eight: October 6 and 8

 Lecture topic: Web Writing I and II
Stovall: Chapter 7: Writing for the Web I: Lecture (Oct. 6)
Stovall: Chapter 8: Writing for the Web II: Lecture (Oct. 8)
Workshop on Writing for Search Engines
Exercises will be in class

Midterm exam Oct. 8

Week Nine: October 13 and 15

 Lecture Topic: Broadcast writing
Stylebook: Second Stylebook Test Practice (Oct. 13)
AP Exercises: 3.14 (Oct. 13)
Stylebook: Second Stylebook Test (Oct. 15)
Stovall: Chapter 9: Writing for Broadcast Lecture
Exercise 9.1 (Oct. 15)

Week Ten: October 20 and 22

 Lecture Topic: Broadcast writing: analyze a broadcast, group work
AP Exercise: 3.18 (Oct. 20)
Stovall: Chapter 9: Writing for Broadcast (continued) Lecture
Exercise 9.7 (Oct. 22)

Week Eleven: October 27 and 29

 Lecture Topic: Writing
Stylebook: Third Stylebook Test Practice (Oct. 27)
Stylebook: Third Stylebook Test (Oct. 29)

Week Twelve: November 3 and 5

 Lecture Topic: Writing
In-Class Writing, Interviewing: Nov. 3
In-Class Writing, Interviewing: Nov.5
Exercises: Interviews and Writing in Class

Week Thirteen: November 10 and 12

 Lecture Topic: Public Relations Writing
Stylebook: Fourth Stylebook Test (Nov. 10)
Stovall: Chapter 11: Writing for Public Relations Lecture
Exercises: Do one segment from each of these 11.1 and 11.2 (Nov12)

Week Fourteen: November 17 and 19

 Lecture Topic: The Writer and the Law
Stovall: Chapter 12: The Writer and the Law Lecture
Exercise 11.3 (Nov. 17)
Lecture Topic: The Writer and the Law
Stovall: Chapter 12: The Writer and the Law (Nov. 19)

Week Fifteen: November 24

 Nov. 24 Rewrite and Study Day: Study Sheet is available for download Final Exam Study Sheet

Week Sixteen: December 1 and 3

 Study Sheet is available for download Final Exam Study Sheet
On Dec. 1, 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. 8: FINAL EXAM: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.