None.

None.

Zinsser: Introduction, Ch. 1, & Ch. 2 (ix to 11)

Strunk & White: Introduction (xiii to xviii)

AP: Entries for: numerals, city, state names, datelines, comma

Hometown, 140–170 words

Zinsser: Ch. 3, & Ch. 4 (12 to 23)

Strunk & White: Rule 16 & Rule 17 (21 to 24)

AP: Entries for: dash, hyphen

Five senses, 250-300 words

Reminder: Apply the week's reading to the week's assignment. For this week, that means using Chapter 3 and Rule 16, for example, in the "five senses" piece.

Zinsser: Ch. 5 (24 to 31)

AP: Entries for: names, courtesy titles

Renovation, 200-300 words

Zinsser: Ch. 6 & 7 (32 to 45)

AP: Entries for: dollars, quotation marks

Strunk & White: Rule 19 (26 to 28)

Legal scene, 200-300 words (Your story must include four senses, and make sure you use a news lede.)

Zinsser: Ch. 8 & 9 (49 to 66)

AP: Entries for: capitalization, colon, periods, semicolon

Strunk & White: Rule 14 (18 to 19)

Open ended: Sift through several news stories, magazine articles, books, or other pieces of careful writing, and look for what makes the lede work. Be prepared to tell the class about what you've found out.

Legal news, 175-275 words (Write for a general lay audience. Use at least two properly attributed quotes. Aim to illuminate. Use AP style for capitalization.)

Zinsser: Ch. 10 (67 to 91)

AP: Entries for: apostrophe, brackets, ellipsis, exclamation point, parentheses, question mark, dates, days of the week, months, time element, time of day, times, time sequences

Strunk & White: None

Open ended: Read several front-page-type hard news stories (that is, not analysis, opinion, feature, or criticism; and not lifestyle, sports, fashion, arts, travel, entertainment, business, or the like). Look for what makes them tick. Be prepared to tell the class about one particular text passage and what writing lesson you take from it.

More legal news, 175-275 words (Write for a general lay audience. Use at least two properly attributed quotes. Aim to illuminate. Use AP style throughout. Pay particular attention to those AP style rules that have been assigned as reading. Your story must be different from that for OOC 6.)

Zinsser: Ch. 11 (95 to 99)

AP: Entries for: geographic names; years; disabled, handicapped; elderly; gay; nationalities and races; race

Strunk & White: Part of Ch. I (Strunk's rules #1 – #10) (pages 1 to 13); Part of Ch. V (pages 66 to 80)

Open ended: Look around online (or offline) for advice on public speaking. Also, think back to advice you've received or realizations you've had about public speaking, if any. Be prepared to share with the class one tidbit of wisdom. When you share, you should be talking naturally, not reading a script.

How-to, 175-275 words (Remember to use AP style throughout and apply our emphasized rules.)

AP: Briefing on Media Law (Legal Principles of Newsgathering) (pages 328 to 344)

Strunk & White: Remainder of Ch. I and all of Ch. II (Strunk's rules #11 – #22) (pages 13 to 33)

How-to, 1-3 minutes (delivered standing from front of class with no visual aids)

Legal how-to, 200-250 words (Remember to use AP style and punctuation throughout and to apply our emphasized rules.)

AP: Briefing on Media Law (Legal Principles of Publication) (pages 345 to 368)

Strunk & White: Remainder of Ch. V (pages 81 to 85)

Legal how-to, 2-4 minutes (delivered standing from front of class with no visual aids)

Attorney profile, 200-250 words (This is not an opinion piece. It should have a journalistic, objective feel, but there is no need to use a news lede. Strongly consider using a live subject to whom you actually talk. Remember to use AP style and punctuation throughout and to apply our emphasized rules.)

AP: Statement of News Values and Principles (314 to 327)

Zinsser: Ch. 12 (100 to 115)

Attorney profile, 2-4 minutes (delivered standing from front of class with no visual aids)

Revise your attorney profile according to our discussion in class. In the e-mail subject line, file name, header, etc., substitue "10redo" for "10" – that will help me keep all the files and e-mails straight.

Affected-by-law profile, 250-300 words (Your subject should be someone whose life has in some way been affected by law. It could, for instance, be a civil litigant or a criminal defendant. It might be someone for whom an injustice was righted, or it could be someone ruined or broken by the justice system. Either way, no lawyers or judges. Make sure you explain the law itself, as well as how the law affected your subject. Use an appropriate lede. Leave opinion out, and keep good journalistic practice in. Write for a lay audience. Strongly consider using a live subject to whom you actually talk. Remember to use AP style and punctuation throughout and to apply our emphasized rules.)

Zinsser: Ch. 15 & 16 (147 to 177)

Law overview, 3-5 minutes (This speech is to be delivered standing from the front of class with with a slideshow. If you want to use the classroom computer, bring a flashdrive with a .pps, .ppsx, .ppt, or .pptx file on it. Otherwise, bring your own computer or tablet with an adapter to VGA. Your aim is to provide an overview of some area of the law or some statute for a lay audience.)

Law explanation, 250-300 words (Explain a legal doctrine or a statutory provision, writing for a lay audience. Assume that the publication venue is a client newsletter. Your aim is not to give a summary or an overview, but to teach readers something they didn't understand before.)

None.

Television interview, 3-4 minutes (You will be interviewed on camera by a practicing journalist on subjects within your personal knowledge.)

Op-ed, 400-700 words (Make an argument to a general readership about law. Your piece should reflect your honest opinion. Aim to be interesting and persuasive.)