Have Some Fun
Bad headlines, quizzes, Simon's humour
Simon was serious about craft and not serious about much else. These pieces are the lighter ones: bad headlines he collected, the quizzes, the pieces about why English is crazy, and the oddities he couldn't resist sharing.
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Time mangement skills
Republished and adapted with permission of the University of Perth (c) 2006 Time management in journalism studies Are you an organised...
Humor writing
Humour writing in journalism Writing humorous journalism is incredibly hard. Have you read the journalism of Maureen Dowd, Imre...
Australia Quiz
Your Australia Quiz SELF-SCORING QUIZ compiled by Simon Townsend Student's name ????????????????????? At The End, Please Score Yourself How...
Humor - English is crazy
Humour: ENGLISH IS CRAZY Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor...
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Australia Quiz
Your Australia Quiz SELF-SCORING QUIZ compiled by Simon Townsend Student's name ????????????????????? At The End, Please Score...
Euphemisms: A Quiz
Send Back To Simon . . . But Only With Your Next Assignment Euphemisms . . . the use of a mild, vague or over-polite word or...
How accurate are you quiz
SELF-SCORING QUIZ How accurate are you? You MUST send to Simon How much do you care about accuracy? Are you extremely determined...
How determined are you quiz
Student's name ?????????????????????? How determined are you? Send to Simon with next assignment How determined are you to GET...
Humor - Bad headlines
Humor: BAD HEADLINES Grandmother of eight makes hole in one Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing Police begin campaign to run...
Humor - English is crazy
Humour: ENGLISH IS CRAZY Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither...
Humor - Spell chequer
Humour: SPELL CHEQUER Eye halve a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It plainly marques four my revue Miss steaks eye kin...
Humor writing
Humour writing in journalism Writing humorous journalism is incredibly hard. Have you read the journalism of Maureen Dowd, Imre...
Language Quiz
You MUST SEND WITH NEXT ASSIGNMENT, NOT ON ITS OWN LANGUAGE QUIZ Student's Name: ?????????????????? Self-scoring quiz [Name] was...
Time mangement skills
Republished and adapted with permission of the University of Perth (c) 2006 Time management in journalism studies Are you an...
Your phone mannner quiz
Do not return this questionnaire separately: Your phone manner All journalists - fulltime, casual or freelancers - obtain most of...