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Writing and Editing in Print and OnlineENG3416-03

Instructor:StephenJ.McElroy

Office/Hours:WMS222AThursday4-5PM

Email:sjm10d@fsu.edu

Location:WMS317

MeetingTime:TR5:15-6:30  

Course DescriptionTheprimarypurposeofWritingandEditinginPrintandOnlineincludes(1)helping

studentsunderstandprinciplesofcomposing,especiallyastheycompareacrossdifferent

composingspaces;(2)writingforeachofthreespaces—print;screen;andnetwork;(3)editingthetextsdeployedineachappropriately.Toaccomplishthesegoals,we'llengage

withmultiplekindsoftexts—readingsome,writingsome,talkingaboutsome,creatingdigitalformsofsome.Inalltheseprocesses,we’llbedevelopingalanguage thatwecanuse

todescribethosetextsandinteractionsandtodescribewhathappenstothemandtous

whenwedothiswork.Ifwesucceedintheseefforts,you'llfindthatyouarecreatingandreadingtextsdifferently;thatyouaremuchmoreinformedabouthowotherswillread

yourtexts;andthatyoubringanewtheoryandintentionalitytoyourcomposingandediting.

Course Goals/ Objectives Duringthiscourse,youwill

•  Exploreandlearntheoriesofcomposing/designingandtherhetoricalprinciples

thatguidethecomposinganddesigningoftextsfordifferentenvironments(inprintanddigitalmedia)

•  Employthesetheoriesandprinciplestocreateworksappropriatetovariousmedia,

includingprint,screen,andnetwork•  Developametacognitiveawarenessofrhetoricalprinciplesthatenablesyouto

understandhowtheseworkscanbere-purposedfornewenvironments•  Writewithandagainststylesconventionalizedwithindifferentgenres

Course RequirementsThisisoneofthreecorecoursesfortheEditing,Writing,andMediaEnglishmajor,andas

such,ithelpsprovideafoundationforyourmajor.Todevelopthisfoundation,youwill

readagoodbit,andyouwillpracticeandreflectevenmore.Youwilldevelop praxis—practiceinformedbytheory.Youwillreadandcreatemanykindsoftextsandthen

considerhowtheyarealikeandhowtheyaredifferent.Theclasswillallowyoutoexplore

manyofyourownrelevantinterestsandtoengagewithothersinsomeofthoseexplorations.

Materials neededThemajorityofthetextswereadwillbefoundinthecourselibraryofourBlackboardsite.

Youwillneedtopurchaseanotebooktoserveasyourreading/analysisjournal.Finally,youmusthaveaccesstoalaptopandbringittoclasswithyou.

 

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Grading BreakdownSRRs  10% Reading/AnalysisJournal  10% ClassParticipation  5% --------MajorAssignments-------

OP-ED  10% Postcard/MimeticLayout 10%

NewspaperLayout 20%Hijack/BlogPost   10% Remediation  10% ElectronicPortfolio  15% 

Major AssignmentsYoumustcompleteeachofthefollowingprojectsinordertopasstheclass,andyoumustcompletethemusingyourownoriginalwork.Moredetailsforeachassignmentwillbe

providedwhenthetimecomes.Thefollowingisjustabasicoutline.

Op-Ed:Youwillwriteandreviseanextendededitorialpieceappropriateforamajordailynationalnewspaper.Youwillalsorespondtoclassmates’pieces.

Postcard:Youwilldesignapostcard(frontandback)suitableformailingatthe

specialPCrate.

Mimetic layout:Youwillrecreate/mimicapagefromamagazine.

Newspaper layout:Youwillselect,edit,andlayoutmaterialsforatwo-page

editorialspread.Hijack:YouwilluseHTMLtomakeawebversionofyourOp-Edpiece.

Blog Post:Youwillsetupablogandwriteapost.

Remediation:YouwillremediateyourOp-Edintoashortfilmoranother

appropriatemedium.

Electronic portfolio:Youwillcompileyourworkandpresentitinanonline

setting.

SRRs--SRR=Summarize,Respond,Reflect.

--YouwillwriteseveralSRRsthroughoutthesemester,asindicatedontheschedule.Unlessotherwisenoted,yourSRRshouldbeatleast400wordsinlength.

--YourSRRswillusuallybereadonlybyme,butsometimesyouwillbeaskedtoshare

themwithothermembersoftheclass.Pleaseplanyourtextsaccordingly.

Reading/Analysis Journal--Youwillkeepajournalinwhichyoureadandanalyzetextsthatyouencounteroutsideof

class.

--Youwillwritesixentriesinyourjournalperweek(oneperday,withonedayoff).--Forthepurposesofthereadingjournal,theweekrunsfromTuesdaytoMonday

--Thesixtextsyouanalyzewillbreakdownintothefollowingframe:

•  yourSRR•  oneOP-EDpiecefromamajornationalnewspaper

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•  oneblogpost

•  onelongerreportingpieceorfeaturearticle•  twowildcards(anythingfromaTVshowormusicvideotoacerealboxormattress

tag)--Youwillturninyourjournalstwiceduringthesemester(andalsoattheend).Youwill

notberesponsibleforwritingentrieswhenIhaveyourjournals.--Yourjournalswillusuallyonlybereadbyme,butsometimesyouwillbeaskedtoshareanentrywithothermembersoftheclass.Pleaseplanyourtextsaccordingly.

Late Work--SRRswillnotbeacceptedlate(exceptundercertaincircumstances)

--Blogpostswillnotbeacceptedlateunderanycircumstance.

--Majorassignmentswillbepenalizedonelettergradeforeachdaylate.

 Attendance--Attendanceinthisclassisarequirement.--Youareallowedtwounexcusedabsences.Eachadditionalabsencewillresultinathree-

pointdeductionfromyourfinalgrade.--Excusedabsencesincludedocumentedillness,deathsinthefamilyandother

documentedcrises,calltoactivemilitarydutyorjuryduty,religiousholydays,andofficial

Universityactivities.Theseabsenceswillbeaccommodatedinawaythatdoesnotarbitrarilypenalizestudentswhohaveavalidexcuse.Considerationwillalsobegivento

studentswhosedependentchildrenexperienceseriousillness.

--Studentswithmorethanfourabsenceswillbeindangeroffailing.--Threetardiesequaloneabsence.

Class ParticipationParticipationinclassisamustbecausenotonlyyourexperiencebutalsotheexperiencesof

everyoneelseintheclassaredependentonit.EngaginginclassdiscussionswithcivilityandwhatD.F.Wallacecallsthe‘democraticspirit,’askinginformedquestions,andbeing

activeingroupactivitiesareallimportantmeasuresofparticipation.

Reading Writing Center (RWC)http://wr.english.fsu.edu/Reading-Writing-Center

fsu.mywconline.comWhatistheRWC?PartoftheEnglishDepartment,theRWCservesFloridaStateUniversity

studentsatalllevelsandfromallmajors.ThinkoftheRWCasanidealaboratory:itisa

placetodevelopandcommunicateyourideas.WhousestheRWC ?Inshort:everyone!TheRWC’sclientsincludeacross-sectionofthe

campus:first-yearstudentswritingforcompositionclass,upper-levelstudentswritingtermpapers,seniorscomposinglettersofapplicationsforjobsandgraduateschools,

graduatestudentsworkingonthesesanddissertations,multilingualstudentsmastering

English,andavarietyofothers.WhereistheRWClocated? AsofFallSemester2012,theRWCcurrentlyhasfour

locations:thenewlyremodeledWilliams222location,thegleamingJohnstonGround

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location,thehappeningStrozierLibrarylocation,andtheup-and-comingDiracLibrary

location.Forstudentswhoaredistancelearners,onlinetutoringisavailable.ContactDr.Wellsatjwells2@fsu.eduforinformation.

Whatarethehours? Hoursvarybylocation.Checktheonlinescheduleforavailability.Whoworksthere?ThetutorsintheRWCaregraduatestudentsinEnglishwithtraining

andexperienceinteachingwriting,andundergraduatestudentswhohavecompleteda3-creditEnglishelectivecourseintutoringwritingandwhohavebeenapprenticetutorsintheRWC.

WhathappensinaRWCsession? Manythings!Youcancomewithapromptandtalk

aboutyourideaswithsomeonewhowillbeanactivelistenerandaskquestionstohelpyoufigureoutwhatyouthink.Youcancomewithafewideasjotteddown,andyoucantalk

throughyourorganizationwithatutor.Onceyouhavewrittenpartsofadraftorawholedraft,youcanseeifyoucommunicatedyourideasclearlybyhavingatutorbeyour

“practiceaudience.”Theywilllistenasareader,andexplaintoyouwhattheyarethinking

asareader.Iftheyhearwhatyouintendedtocommunicate,hooray!Ifnot,youhaveanopportunitytorevisebeforeyougiveyourworktoyouractualaudience.Thetutorswill

evenhelpyoulearneditingandproofreadingstrategiessoyoucanindependentlycommunicateyourideasclearly.HowdoImakeanappointment ?Thebestwayisbyusingouronlinescheduling

website:http://fsu.mywconline.comInstructionsformakinganappointmentcanbefoundhere:http://wr.english.fsu.edu/Reading-Writing-Center/How-to-Make-an-

Appointment Whilewewillacceptwalk-insifatutorisavailable,itisusuallybesttobook

ahead.

DIGITAL STUDIO (DS)http://wr.english.fsu.edu/Digital-Studiofsu.mywconline.com

WhatistheDigitalStudio?TheDigitalStudioprovidessupporttostudentsworkingindividuallyoringroupsonavarietyofdigitalprojects,suchasdesigningawebsite,

developinganelectronicportfolioforaclass,creatingablog,selectingimagesforavisual

essay,addingvoiceovertoapresentation,orwritingascriptforapodcast.TheDShasbothMacsandPCs,andsomeofthecoolsoftwareavailableintheDSincludesPhotoshop,

InDesign,WindowsMovieMaker,iMovie,andmore!

WhousestheDS? AnyFSUstudentswhowanttocompletedigitalclassassignments(e.g.,forFYCorWEPO)ortoimproveoverallcapabilitiesindigitalcommunication.Students

alsousetheDStomakePrezis,businesscards,flyersfortheirownstudentorganizations,andmore!

WhereistheDS? TherearetwoDSlocations:Williams222andJohnstonGround.

WhathappensinaDSsession?LiketheRWC,thinkoftheDSasanidealab,onlyitisaplacetoexploreideasindigitaltextsandtolearnnewtechnologiestocommunicateideas

inthosemediums.HowdoImakeanappointment?Thebestwayisbyusingouronlinescheduling

website:http://fsu.mywconline.comTheDSdoesacceptwalk-ins,buttheDSgetsbooked

bylargegroupsandisverybusyattheendofthesemester,soitisbesttoplanahead.HowmuchtutoringcanIhave? YoucanusetheDSasmuchasyou’dlike!

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PlagiarismPlagiarismisgroundsforsuspensionfromtheuniversityaswellasforfailureinthis

course.Itwillnotbetolerated.AnyinstanceofplagiarismwillbereportedtotheDirector

ofUndergraduateStudies.Plagiarismisacounterproductive,non-writingbehaviorthatis

unacceptableinacourseintendedtoaidthegrowthofindividualwriters.PlagiarismisincludedamongtheviolationsdefinedintheAcademicHonorCode,sectionb),paragraph2,asfollows:“Regardingacademicassignments,violationsoftheAcademicHonorCode

shallincluderepresentinganother’sworkoranypartthereof,beitpublishedor

unpublished,asone’sown.”

Academic Honor PolicyTheFloridaStateUniversityAcademicHonorPolicyoutlinestheUniversity’sexpectationsfortheintegrityofstudents’academicwork,theproceduresforresolvingallegedviolations

ofthoseexpectations,andtherightsandresponsibilitiesofstudentsandfacultymembers

throughouttheprocess.StudentsareresponsibleforreadingtheAcademicHonorPolicy

andforlivinguptotheirpledgeto“...behonestandtruthfuland...[to]striveforpersonalandinstitutionalintegrityatFloridaStateUniversity.”(FloridaStateUniversityAcademicHonorPolicy,foundathttp://dof.fsu.edu/honorpolicy.htm.)

Americans with Disabilities ActStudentswithdisabilitiesneedingacademicaccommodationshould:(1)registerwithand

providedocumentationtotheStudentDisabilityResourceCenterand(2)bringaletterto

theinstructorindicatingtheneedforaccommodationandwhattype.Thisshouldbedoneduringthefirstweekofclass.

Thissyllabusandotherclassmaterialsareavailableinalternativeformatuponrequest.FormoreinformationaboutservicesavailabletoFSUstudentswithdisabilities,contact

the:

StudentDisabilityResourceCenter97WoodwardAvenue,South

108StudentServicesBuilding

FloridaStateUniversityTallahassee,FL32306-4167

(850)644-9566(voice)(850)644-8504(TDD)

sdrc@admin.fsu.edu

http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu/

 Final NoteAsyourinstructor,Iamcommittedtohelpingyouachievethecourseobjectives.Assuch,Iencourageyoutoseemeduringofficehours,toscheduleappointmentswithmewhen

needed,andtocontactmeviaemailwithanyquestionsyoumighthave.Iamheretohelp

yousucceed.Iamalsoheretofosteracollaborativelearningenvironmentwithintheclassroom,oneinwhichwewillworktogetherbothtolearntheprinciplesofrhetoric,

communication,anddesignandtousethoseprinciplestocreatetextsthatarereflectiveof

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yourindividualinterestsandpassions.Iwillbringmycuriosityandenthusiasmtothe

class,andIaskthatyoudothesame. Except for changes that substantially affect implementation of the

evaluation (grading) statement, this syllabus is a guide for the course andis subject to change with advance notice