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Documents for editing practice

Internet resources for editors

Software tutorials and PowerPoint presentations

Course preparation materials

Use the sample syllabus and templates to customize your own course. Copy and paste from the syllabus or work from scratch. Templates are available for classes meeting 3 times a week and 2 times a week. All the files are in RTF format.

Download the sample syllabus here.

Download the template for three class meetings a week here.

Download the template for two class meetings a week here.

These files replicate the print version of the instructor's manual. To get a copy of that manual, please use our Rep Locator to contact your Allyn & Bacon/Longman representative or call 1-800-852-8024.

Instructor’s Manual, Parts 1 and 2: The Editing Course.
Chapter 1 discusses concepts and pedagogies. Chapter 2 provides a template for developing a course syllabus.

Instructor’s Manual, Part 3: Chapter Notes.
This section of the manual offers suggestions for teaching each chapter and possible responses to the Discussion and Application activities. Open the bookmarks in the pdf file to navigate this section of the manual.

Instructor’s Manual, Part 4: Class Materials.
This section of the manual provides original and marked copies of assignments and some of the substantial D&A activities. Many of the marked assignments in this section are duplicated as individual files listed in the next section of this page.

These materials include edited worksheets with graphic material and slides illustrating edited copy of longer documents for editing practice. The exams are available in rtf so that you can modify the instructions or sentences. The slides, in PDF, may be displayed in class. Also see the Instructor's Manual, Part 4, for print versions of these materials and other materials. See "Documents for Editing Practice" at this website for RTF or PDF versions of the unedited documents for editing practice, both the longer assignments and the daily work assignments.

A=Assignment  |  WS=Worksheet  |  D&A=Discussion and Application (chapter activities)
Numbers (e.g., A9.1) indicate the chapter for which the document is appropriate.

Chapter

Description

Title

Focus

WS#1, 2, marked

terms, nuclear power emergencies

copymarking symbols

4

D&A 4: 1, 2

terms, computer viruses

copymarking

4

A4.1, edited

Nitrogen Dioxide

copymarking

7

D&A 7.4, edited

car sign instructions

copyediting graphics

9

D&A 9.1

feasibility study

spelling, capitalization

9

D&A 9.6

sentences

spelling, capitalization

9

A9.1, edited

Stem Cells

page markup, consistency

9

A9.2, edited

Aviation Security

page markup, consistency

9

A9.2, comments on editing

Aviation Security

page markup, consistency

11

D&A11.8 Sentence Punctuation

Internal Sentence Punctuation

punctuation

11

A11.1, edited

Digital Divide

grammar, punctuation, consistency

11

A11.1, Table

Digital Divide, Edited Table

copyediting a table, consistency

11

A11.2, edited

A11.2, Nanotechnology

grammar, punctuation, consistency, hard copy editing

11

A11.3 Exam, original

SUVs (parts 1 and 2)

grammar, punctuation, consistency

11

A11.3 Exam, sentences, edited

SUVs, Part 1, edited

grammar, punctuation

11

A11.3 Exam, paragraphs, edited

SUVs, Part 2, edited

grammar, punctuation, consistency

11

A11.4 Exam, original

GIS (parts 1 and 2)

grammar, punctuation, consistency

11

A11.4 Exam, sentences, edited

GIS, Part 1, edited

grammar, punctuation

11

A11.4 Exam, paragraphs, edited

GIS, Part 2, edited

grammar, punctuation, consistency

13

D&A13.5 Proofreading

Ivory Trade

proofreading

13

A13.1 Proofreading assignment

BSE

proofreading

13

A13.1 Proofreading, BSE, edited

BSE, edited

proofreading