First, the bad news: we had a fatal. It was in this lede:
Despite being arrested for armed robbery and currently living under house arrest, Colonial High School football layer Larry Chavez competed in their most recent game.
A very nicely-structured lede, except for one thing: Larry Chavez is the name of the detective who arrested and noticed the kid.
And that's a fatal.
On a normal assignment, that would mean your assignment grade would automatically be a 1.0 on a 4.0 scale. We need to make sure that we give ourselves enough time on every assignment so that we can fact-check and make sure we haven't made some sort of obvious oversight, like this one.
Really, when you look at timed writing exercises, try to divide your allotted time into quarters. The first quarter is used to read and understand the information. The second and third quarters are used to write. The fourth quarter is used to double-check your work, using the fact checklist I passed out or whatever technique works best for you.
The good news is, this is the last assignment where I won't automatically assign a 1.0 for a fatal. So it's your one mulligan.
The better news is, fatals used to mean a zero on an assignment. So if you think you're having it rough, you'll get no sympathy from my past JRN 200 students.
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