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Course Policies | Grades | Presentation List
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| June 28 | Stet! Kenneth |
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| June 29
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Quiz: Spelling, Caps, Abreviations, Punctuation, Copyediting, Consistency, Sentence Structure, Verbs, Illustrations, Technical Material. Stet! Joan, Alena Joan: "Project Management" |
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| June 26 |
Stet! Carol and Fredie Quiz return Manual Editing Technical and Qualitative Information: sample Individual Conferences on your own Work on handout |
Rude: "Proofreading" |
| June 27 | Stet! Basima, Carol, Fredie Review Practice Sheet on Electronics Recycling Manual | Turn in manual Editing Technical and Qualitative Information: Handout for math editing If you created a cheat sheet for math/tech info, what would be included? work on sample Individual Conferences Handouts: Individual Conference |
Content-Based Video Data Systems (paper-copy) |
| Week 4: | ||
| June 20 |
Stet! Basima Arkansas Farmland Steward Program- 10 pages; style sheet discussion/examination of what we copyedited Style Sheet Review examples Conference Program Individual conference |
Homework: Edit next 10 pages of Farmland Steward Program Manual. Use stickies to write author inquiries, the style manual to create consistency, and your plan to work your way through the options. Rude: "Marking Digital Copy"
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| June 19 |
Due: Packet of Errors #3 Stet! Carol and Fredie, Kenneth Work on nouns and verbs; re-examine Levy document. (work on condensing sentences, looking for main nouns and verbs, eliminating passive, creating parallelism, etc.) combining sentences and bureaucratic voice, working on parallelism, Arkansas Farmland Steward Program: Individual conference |
Homework: Edit 10 pages of Farmland Steward Program Manual. Use stickies to write author inquiries, the style manual to create consistency, and your plan to work your way through the options. If you have style/consistency questions, make notes so that we can discuss them in class tomorrow. Rude: "Editing Illustrations"
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| June 21
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Stet! Kenneth, Joan, Alena Quiz: Spelling, Caps, Abreviations, Punctuation, Copyediting, Consistency, Sentence Structure, Verbs. Editing 10 pages of Manual |
Rude: "Qualitative and Technical Material" Edit 10 pages of Farmland Steward Program Manual. Use stickies to write author inquiries, the style manual to create consistency, and your plan to work your way through the options. |
| June 22 |
No class
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| Week 3: | ||
| June 12 | Due: Packet of Errors #2 Stet!: Carol and Fredie Review Chapters “Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations” and “Grammar and Usage” Exercises Cheat Sheets: what are they? how do we use them? Your writing: Free write: what are your weak areas--HOCs / LOCs |
Review your own large piece of writing. Develop cheat sheet for your own writing: HOCs/LOCs Stet Again! |
June 13
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Stet! Basima Presentation: Fredie and Kenneth (!) Pass back quizzes: discuss issues Style Manual: what type of documents
will be developed? what needs to be included? what will the program look
like? Technical Editing Jeopardy The manual
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Rude: "Punctuation"
Chap 11 Copyediting/Marking
up practice The
manual |
June 14 Resource: Copyediting-L Stalking Danglers Around the World Copyediting Checklist: http://www.copyediting-l.info/images/checklist.pdf |
Stet! Kenneth Manual plan--what is it? what do we need to look for? Working with your own writing: Bring your document to class, as well as your letter/cheat sheet. Style Manual: looking at templates, discussion
of layouts. Technical Editing Jeopardy (If time, look over copyediting/markup.)
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Copyediting/Marking
up practice Another copyediting practice--NOTE: I do not espouse, support or endorse any of the views presented in this document. They were chosen simply because they were riddled with errors. Study for the quiz. Review the book, put stickies into places you think might need information, expand your cheat sheet, brush up on your markup signs. |
June 15
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Stet! Joan, Alena BRIEF Review of homework--Another copyediting practice--NOTE: I do not espouse, support or endorse any of the views presented in this document. They were chosen simply because they were riddled with errors. Quiz: Spelling, Caps, Abreviations, Punctuation, Copyediting, Consistency, Sentence Structure, Verb (i.e. everything we've studied so far!)
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Rude: "Editing for Global Context" "Guidelines for Writing English-Language Technical Documentation for an International Audience". This document is available on the www.intecom.org website under Publications/Downloads. |
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| June 8 | Stet! Joan, Alena Presentation #1: Kenneth and Fredie Quiz on copymarking symbols pg: pg 51-55 (Bring your marking pencil/pen) Verbs and Other Words: exercises Style guides: samples (UALR; Parlor), sample conference books: What issues do we need to think about for a style guide? How do we start to generate a style guide? Resources: http://www.edit-work.com/webstyleguide/stylesheets.html Mockup of Website Due Monday: Packet of Errors #2 The deadline for submitting online applications to graduate in summer 2006 is June 16, 5:00pm. If you applied in the spring so you could march but did not graduate, you need to reapply to graduate in the summer. |
Rude: “Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations” Do exercises 1 and 6 Rude: “Grammar and Usage” Do exercises 1-10 (all of them)
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| June 7 | Stet! Kenneth Go over copyediting exercise. |
quiz on copy-editing Rude: "Style: Verbs and Other Words" Chapter 16 |
| June 6 | Stet Basima Sentence Structures--Exercises
in Chapter 15 Review Abstracts--what changes did you come up with organizationally? at the sentence level? Copymarking pgs 51-55 exercise 1 and 2 Paragraph--How would you approach this paragraph? What would be your editing plan? |
Rude: "Copymarking: Marking Paper Copy" Chap 4 Rude: “Copyediting for Consistency”
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| June 5 |
Due: Packet of Errors #1 Stet Again! Carol and Fredie Quiz 1: Quick and Dirty Visual Design and Power Point Information Architecture and Sentence Structures: abstract |
Rude: “Basic Copyediting: An Introduction” Make a second copy of the your writing you plan on editing; review the document for organization, visual design, types of sentences, and verbs and nouns. Using different colors, mark (don't make!) changes and suggestions to yourself. If you have HOC concerns, write up a brief memo for yourself. |
| Week 1: | In-class | Homework |
| June 1 | Announcement of Presentation days. What is an author query: author queries: Comments to Lisa and Barb / Comments to WPA authors In class exercise: Draft an author query to the author of the Senior Farmer's Market--use memo format. Working with Word Templates and Styles |
Rude: "Style: Definition and Sentence Structures" Chap 15 Rude: "Organization: The Architecture of Information" Chap 17 SA: Writing Short pg 50-51 Bring in pieces of your own writing (technical) that you wish to work on over the course of the semester. Look for and bring in documents that have visual design working AGAINST them. Write up a brief memo addressing the document author, giving revision suggestions. Packet of Errors due 1st Stet! presentation due Monday |
| May 31 | Components of Editing: Comprehensive Editing: Exercise: Thinking about your reader; chiropractor and Senior Farmer's Market |
Rude: "Visual Design" Chap 18 SA: "Eight Problems of
Logic in Writing" pg 11 Finish re-working chiropractor and Sr. Farmer's Market exercise. |
| May 30 | Introduction to class; textbooks; discussion of expectations; course policies/syllabus. Editing vs. copyediting vs. proofreading Sign up for group presentations |
Rude: Chapter 1 from “Editorial Functions” pgs 11-17 Rude: Chapter 2 “Readers, Users, Browsers, Problem Solvers” Skim this chapter, focusing on page 21 Rude: Chapter 14 "Comprehensive Editing" pg 231-249 SA: "Substantive Errors
pg 111 Review Stet Again! for presentation
topics. Pick 5 topics you want to present on. |
