Media Writing

Section 15633
Section 12061

Spring 2012


Schedule

Week

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

1

Jan. 9

Jan. 11

Jan. 13:
--Introduction
--Current Events Quiz Sample

2

Jan. 16:
Martin Luther King Birthday--No Class

 

Jan. 18:
--Lecture Notes
--Assessments
--Current Events Quiz Answers
--Current Events Quiz Grades:
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapters 1 and 2
--Writing Assignment Due:
Exercise 1.1 Autobiography 1,
Stovall, p. 9

Jan. 20:
--Editing Notes
Assessments
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 4;
AP Stylebook, pp. 370-81

3

Jan. 23:
--Lecture Notes
--Current Events Quiz 1 (CE1)
--Reading Aassignment:
Stovall, Chapter 3;
AP Stylebook, page 310;
Wickham, Chapters 1 and 2
--Writing Assignment Due:
Rewrite of autobiography

Jan. 25:
--Lecture Notes
--Quiz 1 (Review)
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 5
--CE1-Answers
--CE1 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Writing Assignment Due:
Exercise 4.4 Editing 1(Stovall,
p. 78) OR Exercise 4.5 Editing 2 (Stovall, pp. 78-9)

Jan. 27:
--F1 Quiz Answers
--F1 Math Quiz
--F1 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--In-Class Writing Assignment
(The sentences at Class916
use too many words. Edit them
carefully to reduce the number
of words, but do not cut out
important information. If
necessary, rewrite the sentences completely.)

4

Jan. 30:
--0125 Rewrites Due
--Editing Notes
--Lecture Notes
--Current Events Quiz 2 (CE2)
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 3

Feb. 1:
--Lecture Notes
--CE2 Answers
--CE2 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 2 (Review)
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 6
--
Leads assignment due

Feb. 3:
--Editing Notes
--Sample Leads
--Lecture Notes

5

Feb. 6:
--Editing Notes
--F2 Quiz Answers
--F2 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Writing Assignment Due:
5.8 and 5.9 Writing Leads 1
and 2 [do five of seven]
(Stovall, pp. 99-101)

--Current Events Quiz 3 (CE3)
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 4

Feb. 8:
--Lead-Revision Notes
--Lecture
--Quiz 3 (Review)
--
CE3 Answers
--CE3 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 7

Feb. 10:
--0206 Rewrites Due
--F3 Quiz Answers
--F3 Quiz Math
--F3 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--In-Class Writing Assignment
(Revise the leads at Class923 to provide appropriate length and content.)

6

Feb. 13:
--Leads 0206
--Class0210
--Writing Assignment Due: 5.10 and 5.11
Writing Leads [do five of six, write leads
only for 5.11 fact sheets]
(Stovall, pp. 101-2)

--Current Events Quiz 4 (CE4)
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 5

Feb. 15:
--Geography Quiz Review (Notes)
--CE4 Answers
--CE4 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 4 (Review)

Feb. 17:
--0213 Rewrites Due
--F4 Quiz Answers
--F4 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--In-Class Editing Assignment
(Do the exercise at Leads930)

7

Feb. 20:
--Editing Notes
--Leads 0213
--Leads 0217 Answers
--Leads 0217 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Writing Assignment Due: 5.12 and 5.13
Writing Leads and Second Paragraphs
(Stovall, pp. 102-4)

--Geography Quiz: Geo1
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 6

Feb. 22:
--Editing Notes
--Geography Quiz Answers
--Geography Quiz Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 5 (Review)

Feb. 24:
--0220 Rewrites Due
--F5 Quiz Answers
--F5 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--In-Class Editing Assignment
(Do the exercise at MechQuiz.
These sentences contain a variety
of problems, such as wordiness,
jargon, redundancies and errors
in AP style. Edit or rewrite them
as necessary.)

8

Feb. 27:
--Leads0220
--Editing Notes
--Current Events Quiz 5 (CE5)
Writing Assignment Due
7.4 Writing News Stories (Stovall, page 150)

Feb. 29:
--0224Rewrites Due
--Editing Notes
--CE5 Answers
--CE5 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 6 (Review)

March 2:
--0227Rewrites Due
--F6 Quiz Answers
--F6 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--In-Class Editing Assignment
(Do the exercise at Editing1028.)
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 8

9

March 5:
Spring Break--No Class

March 7:
Spring Break--No Class

March 9:
Spring Break--No Class

10

March 12:
--Editing Notes
--Editing
--Quiz 7 (Review)

March 14:
--Editing Notes
--Lecture Notes
--F7 Quiz Answers
--F7 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 9

March 16
--Lecture Notes
--Quiz 8 (Review)
--Writing Assignment Due: 7.15
Writing Feature Stories 1
(Stovall, p. 160)

11

March 19:
--Editing Notes
--F8 Quiz Answers
--F8 Quiz Math
--F8 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
-- Current Events Quiz (CE6)
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 10

March 21:
--CE6 Answers
--CE6 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Writing Quiz
--0316 Rewrites Due

March 23:
--Editing Notes
--Writing Notes
--Writing Quiz Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Geography Quiz Review
--Quiz 9 (Review)
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 8

12

March 26:
--Lecture Notes
--Broadcasting Samples
--F9 Quiz Answers
--F9 Quiz Math
--F9 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Geography Quiz: Geo2
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 11

March 28:
--In-Class Editing Assignment (Mech1202)
--
Geo2 Quiz Answers
--Geo2 Quiz Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 10 (Review)
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 9
--Writing Assignment Due:
Writing an Audio News Story,
8.1 and 8.2, Stovall, pp.178-9

March 30:
--Editing Notes
--F10 Quiz Answers
--F10 Quiz Math
--F10 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--0328 Quiz Answers
--0328 Quiz Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15

13

April 2:
--Lecture Notes
--Pronunciation Guide
--
Current Events Quiz (CE7)
--Reading Assignment:
Wickham, Chapter 12
--0328 Rewrites Due

April 4:
--Broadcast Stories
--Broadcast Leads
--CE7 Answers
--CE7 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 11 (Review)
--Writing assignment due:
Writing Radio News Story,
9.1 and 9.2, Stovall, p.194

April 6:
--F11 Quiz Answers
--F11 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--In-Class Writing Assignment (Writing0406)

14

April 9:
--0404 Rewrites Due
--Geography Quiz Review
--Editing Notes
--Current Events Quiz (CE8)
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 10

April 11:
--0406 Rewrites Due
--Editing Notes
--Lead Examples
--Making a Law
--Lecture Notes
--CE8 Answers
--CE8 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 12 (Review)

April 13:
--F12 Quiz Answers
--F12 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Editing Notes
--Writing Assignment Due:
10.2 Lateral Reporting 1, Stovall,
pp. 214-5

15

April 16:
--Lateral Reporting Notes
--Current Events Quiz (CE9)
--Reading Assignment:
Stovall, Chapter 11

April 18:
--Lecture Notes
--CE9 Answers
--CE9 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Quiz 13 (Review)

April 20:
--Final Review
--Passive Voice
--F13 Quiz Answers
--F13 Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15
--Geography Quiz: Geo3

16

April 23:
--Final Review
--Assessments*
--Geo3 Quiz Answers
--Geo3 Quiz Grades
9:10-10:05
10:20-11:15

April 25:
--Sample Leads (Editing) (Revisions)
--Final Review
--Assessments*

April 27
(No class)

17

April 30:
Section 12061--Final Exam
9:30-11:30 a.m.

May 2:
Section 15633--Final Exam
10 a.m.-noon