Week 1: Course Orientation
Week 2: Understanding Headlines and the Lead and Selecting an Article
Week 3: News Article 1—Analyzing the Headline and Lead and Predicting Content
Week 4: News Article 1—The Main Body and Vocabulary
Week 5: News Article 1—The Main Body and Common Sentence Patterns (Part 1)
Week 6: News Article 1—Common Sentence Patterns (Part 2)
Week 7: News Article 1—The Tail and Discussion
Week 8: Review and Selecting the Next Article
Week 9: Midterm Exam
Week 10: Midterm Exam Review, News Article 2—Analyzing the Headline and Lead and Predicting Content
Week 11: News Article 2—The Main Body and Vocabulary
Week 12: News Article 2—The Main Body and Common Sentence Patterns (Part 3)
Week 13: News Article 2—Common Sentence Patterns (Part 4)
Week 14: News Article 2—The Tail, Evaluating Credibility, and Discussion
Week 15: News Article 3—Analyzing the Headline and Lead, Predicting Content, and Vocabulary
Week 16: News Article 3—Vocabulary and The Main Body
Week 17: News Article 3—Review, In-Class Written Response, and Peer Feedback on Responses
Week 18: Final Exam