SPRING 2010: NEWS REPORTING & WRITING (English 151-H)
English 151: Media Journal Part Two
News Reporting & Writing Students: This journal requires the same format as the first one, but this time try to pick one story and check/compare factual assertions and context between different sources.
DUE for posting by class time, WEEK NINE, Day One (3/16).
SPRING 2010: COMPOSITION (English 102-G2)
Graphic Novels & The Silver Surfer
For our reading of Silver Surfer: In Thy Name, consider the following handouts we discussed in class, available here for download:
ON the origins of literature and its contemporary forms...
ON comic books (a.k.a. graphic novels) gaining literary acclaim...
ON the Silver Surfer...
SPRING 2010: COMPOSITION (English 102-G2)
On Global English and the American Language
This handout is a collection of quotes, notes, and observations relevant to our readings on language.
SPRING 2010: NEWS REPORTING & WRITING (English 151-H)
Ledes
Feel free to post your favorite lede-of-the-day here, along with this handout of sample ledes.
SPRING 2010: NEWS REPORTING & WRITING (English 151-H)
Basic News Writing Tips
Using these tips, develop your reporting plan into a lede and then a full story.
SPRING 2010: COMPOSITION (English 102-G2)
COMP Paper #2 (Media Journal)
GRADING CRITERIA
Each section below is worth two (2) points — unacceptable work earns 0, and exceptional work earns 2. The assignment counts for ten (10) points of the final grade.
SPRING 2010: COMPOSITION (English 102-G2)
Citing Sources
PLAGIARISM & MLA FORMAT
Continue reading "Citing Sources"