This is where we’ll talk about EM Journal’s first issue, which focuses on style manual remakes very much along the lines of what I’m asking you to do for the second part of the style assignment.  These are the products of my colleague Derek Mueller’s students.  Derek also teaches English 328 and I borrowed/imitated his version of this assignment.  So I think it’s fair to say these are pretty good examples.

I think they’re pretty straight-forward and fun to browse through.  All I’ll say is that a couple of these use “naughty” and/or “potty-mouthed” language and exmaples– probably nothing you haven’t heard before, but still, just to let you know.

This is where we’ll discuss E.B. Whipe/Marquis de Sade The Elements of Style. This is available on eReserves, btw.

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I finished up commenting on everyone’s Ancient Style and YouTube projects Friday night, which was a little later than I had planned but that should still give you plenty of time to complete the “part 1″ of the assignment, revising one of the first two essays.  What you’ll do for that is revise the Google Doc version of either of your first two projects, being sure to make changes right in that document.  This is important because viewing the document history will help me see what you decided to do in your revision.  Along with your revisions, you need to write a 750-1000 word essay where you explain those revisions as they relate to the style guides.  Take another look at “part 1″ of the assignment for a refresher.

Remember:  your “part 1″ revision is due at the end of the day on October 31!

But this is where we’ll start shifting into part 2 of the using style guides, and we’ll start by discussing  “‘Style’ Gets New Elements,” Jeremy Eichler in the New York Times, and listen to this NPR story, “‘Elements of Style’ Goes Beyond Words.”

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Here’s where we’ll talk about the last part of the Williams book.

But let me say first that I realize that there’s a lot of stuff going on right now with getting the ancient style and YouTube projects finished (remember– those are due on Monday by midnight!) so if this conversation doesn’t get going until Tuesday, I’m okay with that.

I’m glad that folks seem to like Williams for the most part, though I have to say that I am not as crazy about the last part, as you’ll see with some of my notes after the “continued” part.

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Here’s a place to discuss chapters 3, 4, and 5 of Joseph Williams’ Style:  Toward Clarity and Grace. By the way, let me remind everyone that in order to get the best grade for participation, you need to post at the beginning of the conversation, meaning that you should have posted about Williams first on Monday and now on this next section today.  This is on my mind in part because I’ll soon be calculating participation grades for the first half of the term.

My notes/thoughts after the “continued” part.

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