English 280 Bridgewater State UniversitySpring 2012ScheduleWW=On Writing Well, TTS=Telling True StoriesWeek 1Wed Jan 18
Introductions, Syllabus
Fri Jan 20
Discuss
: Journalistic writing
Week 2Mon Jan 23Wed Jan 25
Read:
WW ch 1,2,6, 8, 9, 10
Discuss:
Principles and Methods, Essay #1
Fri Jan 27
Read:
WW Ch. 20, 21, 22, TTS pxv-xvii, p14-16
Discuss:
Blogs, Attitudes, journalism
Week 3Mon Jan 30
Due:
Blog
Read:
WW Ch 12, TTS p30-33, p66-69
. Discuss:
interviewing, profiles, Book Club
Wed Feb 1Fri Feb 3
Book Club Meeting
Due:
Book Club Blog about what book you are choosing and why
Read:
TTS p73-74, p51-
54, Mrs Kelly’s Monster (in readings on website
) Discuss:
Reading
Discuss:
reading,profile writing
Week 4Mon Feb 6
Read:
TTS p104-107, p126-128, p132-135, p139-140, p158-159, Find an example of a profilearticle and bring to class.
Wed Feb 8
Due:
Workshop essay #1
Fri Feb 10
Book Club Meeting
Week 5Mon Feb 13
Book Club Meeting and essay #1 workshop
Due:
Book Club Blog
Wed Feb 15
Read:
Talk of the Town Examples from The New Yorker (in readings on website) ,WW 116, WW 147, WW 193, TTS p20-22, p24-28
Discuss:
Essay 2, Reading
Fri Feb 17
Book Club Meeting
Due:
Book Club Blog, Essay #1 Profile
. Discuss:
essay #2 ideas
Week 6
Mon Feb 20
Presidents’ Day No Class
Wed Feb 22 Monday schedule of classes (Wed classes will not meet)
Read:
TTS p100-104, p111-112, p116-121
Bring to class a sample of a Talk of the Town piece from TheNew Yorker or another newspaper or magazine
Discuss:
readings
Fri Feb 24
Due:
Blog
Discuss:
Midterm Portfolios, Midterm Portfolio Work Day
Week 7Mon Feb 27Wed Feb 29
Due
:
Essay #2 for workshop /Midterm Portfolio Work Day
Fri Mar 2
Book Club Meeting
Due:
Book Club Blog
Week 8 Spring Break March 5-9Week 9Mon Mar 12
Midterm Portfolio workday.
Discuss:
writing and revision, Essay #3 and #4
Wed Mar 14
Midterm Portfolio Workday. (Class will not meet formally. You are responsible for usingthis time to work on your revisions and any further research you need to do. Email any portfolio andrevision questions to me. I will be available all day online.)
Fri Mar 16
Due
: Midterm Portfolio, Book club blog. Book Club Meeting.
Week 10Mon Mar 19
Read
: TTS p230-233, p233-235, Excerpt from Feature Writing- features in newspapers, Adam and Megans Story (both in readings section on website)
Discuss:
features in newspapers andexamples
Wed Mar 21
Read:
Excerpt from Feature Writing-features in magazines, Death of a Playmate (both inreadings section on website)
Discuss:
features in magazines and examples
Fri Mar 23
Due
: Blog Excerpt from Feature Writing- features in newspapers, Excerpt from Feature Writing-features in magazines, Death of a Playmate
Discuss:
features in newspapers and examples
Read:
TTS p164-169, p170-172, 172, 176
Discuss:
Ethics, research
Week 11Mon Mar 26
Discuss:
Publication Options
Wed Mar 28
Read:
TTS p164-169, p170-172, 172, 176,
Discuss:
Ethics, research
Fri Mar 30
Book Club Meeting
Due:
Book Club Blog
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