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In Class: Topics / LabWork |
Reading Due |
Writing/Editing Assignments Due |
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Meeting 1
January 28
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Introductions: to editors, to editing, to English 503
Live Editing: Save Leslie
Writing Bank 1: Schooling |
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Meeting 2
February 4 |
Copyediting 1: Grammar & mechanics
Editorial Roles
Writing Bank 3: Editing
Grammar School |
Judd: Ch. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7
WebCT Link: Kamiya
WebCT Text: What Copyeditors Do
Handbook as needed |
Writing Bank 2: Information
(post to WebCT)
Sentence Exercises
(Download from WebCT)
Bring six quotations from readings |
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Meeting 3
February 11 |
Copyediting 2: Clarity, accuracy, prose style
Sentence yoga, judo, & tai-chi |
Judd: Ch. 3, 6
WebCT Text: Checking Facts
Handbook as needed
Browse style book
On WebCT: Browse Tables of Contents, Writing Banks 1 & 2 |
Sentence Exercises (WebCT)
Area of Interest topic(s) proposal |
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Meeting 4
February 18 |
Design and Layout 1: Type, arrangement, copyfitting
Make it work; make it pretty
Editorial goals survey |
Judd: Ch. 7, 9
WebCT Texts: Four Basic Principles, Intro to Type |
Short Project 1: Edited "Schooling" essay |
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In Class: Topics / LabWork |
Reading Due |
Writing/Editing Assignments Due |
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Meeting 5
February 25 |
Beyond Copyediting: Editing for audience, genre, voice, flow, meaning
Final Project: Initial set-up
Cutting ESR down to size
Assisting wounded soldiers |
WebCT Link: Rhetorical approach
WebCT Texts: Editing Information, Unbiased Editing |
Short Project 2: Revised "Schooling" essay (post copy to WebCT)
Proposals for 5 Rules List & Short Project 5 |
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Meeting 6
March 3 |
Editing a collection: Defining, selecting, arranging
Editing as a collective: Vision, negotiation, planning
Sussing out the rules
Editorial Board meeting |
WebCT Texts: Comprehensive Editing, Editorial Muscle
WebCT Board: Begin reviewing Final Project Submissions |
Short Project 3: Layout for Info Document
Find and bring an "edited collection" |
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SPRING BREAK |
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Meeting 7
March 17 |
Managing a project
Who's in, who's out:
The final project draft |
Judd: Ch. 8, 10
WebCT Texts: Canons of Rhetoric, Editing Methods, How Books are Chosen
WebCT Board: Finish reviewing submissions |
Short Project 4: Selection Memo
(post to WebCT)
Bring short-list for final project |
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Meeting 8
March 24 |
Editing Roundtable: TBA
Group Work: Best laid plans |
WebCT Text: Fact or Fiction |
Short Project 5: Editor's Choice |
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In Class: Topics |
Reading Due |
Writing/Editing Assignments Due |
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Meeting 9
March 31 |
Design and Layout 2: Colors, webtexts, "the look" |
WebCT Link: Graphic Design
WebCT Text: Editing Color Images, TBA |
Final Project: Style Sheet & Goals (draft)
5 Rules Report (post to WebCT) |
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Meeting 10
April 7 |
Delicate negotiations: with people, with words |
Judd: Ch. 11, 12
WebCT Texts: Management & Liaison, Editor's Dilemma, Sample Rejection Letter |
Final Project: Stage 1 Editing
Short Project 6 proposal |
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Meeting 11
April 14 |
Miscellany: Tables, images, odd genres, titles, etc. |
WebCT Texts: TBA |
Final Project: Stage 2 Editing
Letters to authors (finalize by end of class) |
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Meeting 12
April 21 |
Macro & Micro |
WebCT Texts: Ethics for Editors |
Final Project: Design plans |
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Meeting 13
April 28 |
Editors as leaders; TCB |
Judd: Ch. 13 |
Exam questions & key |
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Meeting 14
May 5 |
Reviews and recaps |
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Short Project 6: Revision of 1, 3, or 5 |
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