Calendar of Assignments - Topics in Advanced Writing | ENGLISH 431, Assignments of English Language

Download Calendar of Assignments - Topics in Advanced Writing | ENGLISH 431 and more Assignments English Language in PDF only on Docsity! English 431: Professional and Technical Editing Fall 2005 Calendar of Assignments* Week Course Topics Chapters in Text Assignment Due Dates 1 Sept. 5-9 Class introduction; grammar and punctuation quiz; editing: the big picture; readers, users, browsers, problem solvers… Th. Chs. 1 & 2 2 Sept. 12-16 Collaborating with writers, marking paper copy; introduction to final project Assignment 1—Copymarking T. Chs. 3 & 4 3 Sept. 19-23 Marking digital copy; electronic editing; basic copyediting; guest speaker T. Chs. 5 & 6 Th. Ch. 7 T. Assignment 1 T. Quiz (copymarking) 4 Sept. 26-30 Copyediting for consistency; Spelling, capitalization, and abbreviations Assignment 2—Copyediting T. Ch. 8 Th. Ch. 9 5 Oct. 3-7 Grammar and usage; client projects; proposal discussion Assignment 3—Copyediting T. Ch. 10 Th. Ch. 25 Th. Assignment 2 Th. Quiz (copyediting) 6 Oct. 10-14 Punctuation; quantitative and technical material; team work Assignment 4—Punctuation T. Ch. 11 Th. Ch. 12 Th. Assignment 3 7 Oct. 17-21 Proofreading; team work (Thursday, NO CLASS) Assignment 5—Proofreading T. Ch. 13 T. Quiz (punctuation) Th. Assignment 4 8 Oct. 24-28 Guest speaker; comprehensive editing Th. Ch. 14 T. Final project proposal due 9 Oct. 31- Nov. 4 Style: definition and sentence structures, verbs and other words Assignment 6—Editing for Style T. Ch. 15 Th. Ch. 16 T. Assignment 5 T. Quiz (proofreading) 10 Nov. 7-11 Organization; visual design; team work Assignment 7—Organization T. Ch. 17 Th. Ch. 18 T. Assignment 6 11 Nov. 14-18 Project management; editing illustrations; editing for global contexts; guest speaker T. Ch. 24 & 19 Th. Ch. 20 T. Assignment 7 12 Nov. 21-25 Editing websites; team work; Thanksgiving T. Ch. 21 T. Quiz (grammar) Instructor: Rebekka Andersen