Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...
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that day and then revise to eliminate clutter and tighten the language.<br />
Weekend assignment: Revise event pieces <strong>for</strong> clarity and conciseness, and hand in<br />
final draft <strong>for</strong> marking.<br />
Readings <strong>for</strong> Week 8: (1) Examples from local newspapers or magazines of writing<br />
with feeling, (2) Grammar.<br />
Week 8<br />
Two hour-class:<br />
(1) Lecture: Drafting and revising (to add feeling, tone, drama).<br />
(2) Grammar test.<br />
Weekly group discussion: Discuss last week’s draft-and-revise anecdotes.<br />
Daily assignment: Students choose a bland or predictable topic or event and write<br />
with feeling about it, e.g., waking up that day; that day’s breakfast; walking (or taking<br />
the bus) to school; etc.<br />
Weekend assignment: Students are given two pieces of writing on the same subject,<br />
one good, one not so good, and are asked to explain what makes the one piece<br />
better than the other (and how the lesser piece could be improved).<br />
Readings <strong>for</strong> Week 9: (1) An example from newspaper, magazine or anthology, of<br />
explanatory writing, (2) Grammar.<br />
Week 9<br />
Lecture: Explanatory writing.<br />
Grammar quiz (or review of grammar test).<br />
Weekly group discussion: Discuss (weekend) critiques.<br />
Daily assignment: “I wonder why/what/how/…” Students are given a picture, object,<br />
story from the local paper, set of facts, etc. <strong>for</strong> each day and asked to list all the<br />
things they wonder about it.<br />
Weekend assignment: Students are paired: choose something about each other that<br />
they wonder about; ask questions; write the story.<br />
Readings <strong>for</strong> Week 10: (1) Examples of explanatory writing about ideas and<br />
processes, (2) Grammar<br />
Week 10<br />
Lecture: Explaining ideas and processes.<br />
Grammar quiz.<br />
Weekly group discussion: Students discuss weekend’s pieces about each other.<br />
Daily assignment (Sunday to Thursday): a 100- to 150-word piece of explanatory<br />
writing (e.g., giving directions from university to their home; explaining how<br />
Facebook works); etc., written <strong>for</strong> adult readers not familiar with the idea or process<br />
being explained.<br />
Weekend assignment: Write a story <strong>for</strong> the general public explaining something
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