revised Oct. 12, 2010
SCHEDULE
JMC 3023 Sec 001 Feature Writing
Fall 2010
SUBJECT TO FREQUENT CHANGE
WEEK 8
NO CLASS – WV CONFERENCES
(Profile markup returned)
(Immersion scene markups returned)
Conference Discussion
• Profile feedback
• Immersion scene feedback
• Immersion story progress report
• Trend story progress report
• Cool Feature Idea #7 feedback
Monday, Oct. 11
10:30 a.m. Lauren Duff
11:00 a.m. Kate Smith
11:30 a.m. Emily Summars
Wednesday, Oct. 13
10:30 a.m. Jeremy Schiller
11:15 a.m. Jiyeun Heo
Sunday, Oct. 17
Due midnight
• Trend story billboard
• Revised profile story
• Revised Scene 2 & 3
• Cool Feature Idea #8
WEEK 9
NO CLASS – WV CONFERENCES
(Immersion scene markups returned)
(Revised profile markups returned)
(Trend story billboard markups returned)
Conference Discussion
• Revised profile feedback
• Immersion scene feedback
• Immersion story progress report
• Trend story billboard feedback
• Trend story progress report
• Cool Feature Idea #8 feedback
Monday, Oct. 18
10:30 a.m. Lauren Duff
11:00 a.m. Kate Smith
11:30 a.m. Emily Summars
Wednesday, Oct. 20
10:30 a.m. Jeremy Schiller
11:15 a.m. Jiyeun Heo
Sunday, Oct. 24
Due midnight
• Trend story first draft
• Immersion Scene 4
• Cool Feature Idea #9
WEEK 10
Monday, Oct. 25
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 15: Writing Dramatic Stories
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea 7 / 8 / 9
• Human interest stories
• Next quiz
• Textbook Chapter 15
Wednesday, Oct. 27
(Immersion Scene 4 markup returned)
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 21: Writing for Online Publications
Discussion/Activity
• Immersion Scene 4 feedback
• Textbook Chapter 21
• Human interest stories
Sunday, Oct. 31
Due midnight
• Human interest story proposal
• Cool Feature Idea #10
WEEK 11
Monday, Nov. 1
(Trend story markup returned)
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea #10 feedback
• Human interest story proposal feedback
• Human interest stories
Wednesday, Nov. 3
Discussion/Activity
• Human interest stories
Sunday, Nov. 7
Due midnight
• Trend story final draft
• Human interest story billboard
• Immersion Scene 5
• Cool Feature Idea #11
WEEK 12
Monday, Nov. 8
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea #11 feedback
• Human interest story billboard feedback
• Human interest stories
Wednesday, Nov. 10
(Immersion Scene 5 markup returned)
Discussion/Activity
• Immersion Scene 5 feedback
• Human interest stories
Sunday, Nov. 14
Due midnight
• Immersion billboard
• Human interest story first draft
• Cool Feature Idea #12
WEEK 13
Monday, Monday, Nov. 15
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea #12 feedback
• Immersion billboard feedback
Wednesday, Nov. 17
Discussion/Activity
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Sunday, Nov. 21
Due midnight
• Immersion story first draft
• Cool Feature Idea #13
WEEK 14
Monday, Nov. 22
(Human interest story markup returned)
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea #13 feedback
• Human interest story feedback
Wednesday, Nov. 24
THANKSGIVING BREAK — NO CLASS
Sunday, Nov. 28
Due midnight
• Human interest story final draft
• Cool Feature Idea #14
WEEK 15
Monday, Nov. 29
(Immersion story first markup returned)
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea #14 feedback
• Immersion story first draft feedback
Wednesday, Dec. 1
Discussion/Activity
Sunday, Dec. 5
Due midnight
• Immersion story second draft
• Cool Feature Idea #15
WEEK 16
Monday, Dec. 6
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea #15 feedback
Wednesday, Dec. 8
(Immersion story second markup returned)
Discussion/Activity
• Immersion story second draft feedback
Sunday, Dec. 12
Due midnight
• Immersion story final draft
WEEK 17
FINALS WEEK — NO FINAL EXAM
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WEEK 1
Monday, Aug. 23
Discussion/Activity
• Class overview
• Class website
• Syllabus contents
• Street story assignments
• Immersion story
• Importance of ideas
Wednesday, Aug. 25
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 1: Capturing Reader Attention
• Textbook Chapter 2: The Hunt for Fresh Ideas
• Textbook Chapter 3: Strong Angles & Focused Ideas
Discussion/Activity
• Textbook Chapter 1: Capturing Reader Attention
• Textbook Chapter 2: The Hunt for Fresh Ideas
• Textbook Chapter 3: Strong Angles & Focused Ideas
• Bush ranch story
• Vieth’s Six Secrets
• First Five Graphs
• Importance of ideas
o Finding stories: “They’re Everywhere,” Lane DeGregory
o Finding stories: “Hidden in Plain Sight, Denise Gamino
• Street story ideas
• Immersion story ideas
Sunday, Aug. 29
Due midnight
• Self-Bio (file in D2L Dropbox)
• Street story proposal (posted on class website)
• Immersion story proposal (posted on class website)
• Cool feature idea (posted on website)
WEEK 2
Monday, Aug. 30
Due by class
• Textbook Appendix: Shoptalk, In-Class Activities
[Vieth textbook: Back to Basics]
• Textbook Chapter 6: Finding the Right Market
[Vieth textbook: Action-Packed Writing]
• Textbook Chapter 7: Query Letters that Sell
[Vieth textbook: Strong Beginnings, Satisfying Endings]
Discussion/Activity
• Quiz 1
• Street story idea brainstorming
• Wide angle vs. close-up
• FFG: Step-dancing story context language
• Pro scene stories
o Priest Carries Cross of Parkinson’s
o A Last Whiff of Fulton’s Fish
o Demons Are Winning on Skid Row
• Textbook Appendix: Back to Basics
• Textbook Chapter 6: Action-Packed Writing
• Textbook Chapter 7: Beginnings & Endings
• Story structure
• Leads:
o summary
o anecdotal
o scene
o teaser
• Vieth’s Six Secrets
• MCAT anatomy lesion assignment
Wednesday, Sept. 1
Due by class
• MCAT story markup
• Textbook Chapter 8: Hooks, Intros & Leads
[Vieth textbook: Anecdotes: The Color of Writing]
• Textbook Chapter 9: Action-Filled Writing
[Vieth textbook: The Structure of Writing]
Discussion/Activity
• Quiz 1 feedback
• Self-Bio feedback
• Cool Feature 1 feedback
• Immersion idea brainstorming
• Street story troubleshooting
• Pro scene stories: Parkinson’s priest, fish market, skid row
• MCAT anatomy lesson
• Gamino Road Home story
• Textbook Chapter 8: Anecdotes
• Textbook Chapter 9: Structure
• Story structure
• WV structure template
• Billboards
• Main point
• Significance language
• Universal themes
Sunday, Sept. 5
Due midnight
• Street story first draft
• Revised immersion story proposal
• Cool feature idea
WEEK 3
Monday, Sept. 6
LABOR DAY — NO CLASS
Wednesday, Sept. 8
(Street story markups returned)
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 5: Interviews: Goal-Driven Conversations
Discussion/Activity
• Quiz 2
• AP Style: sentence punctuation
• Cool Feature #2 feedback
• Street story feedback
• Revised Immersion story idea feedback
• Denise Gamino conference call
Sunday, Sept. 12
Due midnight
• Street story final draft
• Immersion Scene 1
• Cool feature idea #3
WEEK 4
Monday, Sept. 13
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 12: Don’t Botch the Basics
[Vieth textbook: Picture This: The Profile Article]
• Billboard spotting exercise
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature 3 feedback
• Quiz 3 preview
• AP Style: numbers, its & it’s
• Chapter 5: Interviews
• Classmate story Round 1
Wednesday, Sept. 15
Due by class:
• Textbook Chapter 14: In Focus: The Well-Balanced Profile
Discussion/Activity
• Quiz 3
• Classmate story Round 2
• Immersion consultations
Sunday, Sept. 19
Due midnight
• Revised Scene 1
• Profile proposal
• Classmate story first draft
• Cool feature idea #4
WEEK 5
Monday, Sept. 20
Due by class
• Billboard spotting exercise (NYT stories)
• Textbook Chapter 12: Don’t Botch The Basics
Discussion/Activity
• Cool Feature Idea #4 feedback
• Profile proposal feedback
• NYT story structure examples (9/17 paper)
• LAT profile structure assignment
• Profile billboard assignment: one sentence
• Chapter 14: Profiles
• Quiz 4 preview
Wednesday, Sept. 22
(Classmate story markups returned)
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 10
The Art of the Anecdote
Discussion/Activity
• Kim Murphy conference call
• Fuller Brush vs. Cairo street kid
• Quiz 4
• Classmate Story feedback
Sunday, Sept. 26
Due midnight
• Profile billboard
(one-sentence summary)
• Immersion Scene 2
• Cool Feature Idea #5
WEEK 6
Monday, Sept. 27
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 18
Trends, Issues & Controversies
Discussion/Activity
• Jilane Rodgers conference call
o Student DJ
o MCAT prep
o Career
• Cool Feature Idea #5 feedback
• Profile billboard feedback
• Quiz Question Assignment
o Sentence Punctuation
o Numbers
o It’s & its
• Chapter 18: Trend stories
• 13 Terrific Trend Stories billboard assignment
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Due by class
• Quiz Questions
• 13 Terrific Trend Stories billboard assignment
Discussion/Activity
• Schedule change: OU-Texas weekend deadline waiver
• Quiz 5 preview
• Immersion Scene 2 feedback
• Student-written profiles
o Carrie Hadler
o Calvin Steves
o Dare Maxwell
• Profile billboard feedback
• Chapter 10: Anecdotes
• Chapter 18: Trend stories
• 13 Terrific Trend Stories billboard assignment
Sunday, Oct. 3
NOTHING DUE
WEEK 7
Monday, Oct. 4
NO CLASS
Wednesday, Oct. 6
Due by class
• Textbook Chapter 11: Improving Your Pizzazz
• Trend story proposal
• Cool Feature Idea #6
Due by midnight
• Profile first draft
Discussion/Activity
• Revised schedule
• Quiz 5
• Quiz 6 preview
• Textbook Chapter 11
• Cool Feature Idea #6
• Immersion story status
• Trend story proposals
• Trend story examples
Sunday, Oct. 10
Due midnight
• Immersion Scene 3
• Cool Feature Idea #7
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