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Welcome to English 102-C, SPRING 2018!
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The following handouts cover the English 102 Final Project:
Research & Writing Process Overview
Final Project Research Specifications
Final Project Argumentative Outline
Project Proposal
Final Project Source Notes
Download Paper #3 details. Also, review a sample Works Cited page and MLA citation advice for Paper #3, plus a worksheet to outline your argument. Last, see the grading criteria for #3.
Relevant to our discussion of essays by Norberg and Ehrenreich/Fuentes, the following coverage (video below) of corporation critics and performance pranksters The Yes Men reports on one of their satirical hoaxes. Also, this YouTube link will lead you to a CNN story on iPhone factory work in China. A few more links also update these essays with more info on Coca-Cola’s operations in Colombia and an iPhone factory riot.
The inverted pyramid will help you organize your news writing, and the story-grading criteria list identifies the main attributes of a well-written news story, so that you can build and perfect these aspects of your writing. Also, paying attention to ledes by professional journalists will of course help you in crafting your own. Moreover, the Associated Press and Chicago Tribune remind us with their values statements of our ethical commitment to accuracy and professionalism in reporting. Toward developing the writing, the Reporting Plan & Checklist helps you organize elements of a story before you pursue it, manage time to meet the deadline, and then review your reporting for accuracy, while the Background Research handout helps develop better questions and gather interesting facts to enrich your reporting.
In the video above, MSNBC’s Toure discusses how journalists use language.
For your English 102 Paper #2 (the Media Journal), review these instructions, critical analysis strategies, and grading criteria. Also, this MLA handout highlights the main features of documenting and citing sources in the Modern Languages Association style. And here’s a relevant video on the end of investigating reporting at CNN:
…above clip from Idiocracy (2006)…
Consider the following Media Concepts and Questions handout while reviewing the news for upcoming class discussions and writing.
This handout should help you evaluate sources so that you can find the best news reporting:
Also, enjoy this British comedy spoof on predictable TV journalism production (below).
