There are 18 classes, not counting the first day. Come on time or you will miss the news clip and lose ten points for tardiness. For each class you attend beyond the required fifteen you earn ten extra points. View at least 17 of the 18 videos on reserve in the Media Center in Green Library. For most of the features there will be help sheets with focus questions and vocabulary.
Some students prefer to watch the film once, rewinding as necessary to repeat difficult segments.
Others watch the film twice, taking notes for the outline during the second viewing. In addition to the features assigned for class discussion, watch a half-hour of news each week on your own for seven or eight weeks of the quarter. Since you have to have seen the video to be able to discuss it in class, ten points will be deducted for summaries handed in late. Fill out and hand in with each feature outline a feedback slip rating the video on degree of interest, level of difficulty, and the amount of time you spent on it. Note down why you liked it or didn't like it.