Week 15 lesson

Dear students,
Today your portfolios will be returned to you. Then you will hand in your final paper. You must include the receipt of posting your file to the university database in order for me to accept it (see previous post). Finally you will have a writing test which will be an essay of a minimum of 250 words. You should write your essay without using a dictionary or cell phone.
Final paper - 50
Portfolio - 30
Test - 20
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 14 lesson

Dear students,
Today is the deadline for your portfolio so be sure to bring it to class. The deadline for your second draft closed recently and soon the third draft form will open. Please use this to post your final draft by your last lesson next week.

Academic Writing Final Paper Final Draft

Next week you will also hand in your final paper to me. First, however, you will need to upload your paper to Aoyama Gakuin database using the link below.
Your ID is “student” and the password “ tGpUU5Cv”.

Aoyama University Essay Database

Then print your receipt to prove that you uploaded and attach your receipt to the front page of your final paper.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 13 lesson

Dear students,
Today you should be finalizing your papers. It is also your second last chance to let your teacher see your work as the deadline is looming (late January). If you wish to bring a computer to class, please do, and  by all means let me see your work. Regardless, you must post what you have written so far using the form below in order for me to see how you are progressing.

Academic Writing Final Paper Second Draft

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 12

Dear students,
Today you will give your partner or group an update about your final paper progress. Then you will learn how to format your paper.


Academic Writing Workbook - Unit 10

Here is a Microsoft Word template which has been formatted in APA style:

https://omextemplates.content.office.net/support/templates/en-us/tf03982351.dotx

For homework, you must post the latest version of your essay using the form below at least one day before next class. (I would like to monitor your progress).

Academic Writing First Draft

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 11

Dear students,
Today you will give your partner or group an update about your final paper progress. Then you will learn about cohesion.

Advanced Academic Writing Workbook - Unit 9

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 10

Dear students,
Today you will start off giving your group an update about your final paper. Then you will learn about academic vocabulary.

Advanced Academic Writing Workbook - Unit 8

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
P.S. Some students have been asking about deadlines for the portfolio and essay so below is a rough guide to the remaining lessons of the course.

Week 11: Cohesion
Week 12: Formatting
Week 13: portfolio completing and final paper writing and editing in class
Week 14: Hand in portfolio if you want it returned to you  / final paper writing and editing in class
Week 15: Deadline for final paper digital version and hard copy / deadline for portfolio (not returned)

Week 9

Dear students,
Today you will show each other your concept maps and annotated bibliographies, and if they are complete, you may begin to start writing your final paper.
Our focus today will be about introductions.

Advanced Academic Writing Workbook - Unit 7

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 8

Dear students,
Today you will read your literary commentary of a theme or character in a book that you completed for homework to your partner. After that, you will learn about references.

Advanced Academic Writing - Unit 6

Some of you have asked about when you will begin to write your final paper. Well, I hope you have your idea already, and you should spend a long time working on your concept map, reading, and keeping your bibliography organized and up-to-date. Only after you have become well read in your specific research field should you begin to write.

I would like to keep track of your writing, so please use the form below to send me your work. You can edit the form any time, so you don`t have to send a complete essay.

Academic Writing Final Paper Form

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 7

Dear students,
Today you will read the summary of a book that you completed for homework with your partner. After that, you will learn about in-text citations.

Advanced Academic Writing - Unit 5

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 6

Dear students,
Today you will learn about one of the most important aspects of academic writing, integrity. Please download the print below and bring it to class.

Advanced Academic Writing Workbook - Unit 4

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 4

Dear students,
Today you will read your group essay homework assignment that you started in class last week. Then you will learn about thesis statements in Unit 3 of the workbook.

Advanced Academic Writing Workbook - Unit 3

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Library lesson

Dear students,
You will shortly learn how to use the library facilities.

Tuesday students, please go to room 15404 on Tuesday October 29th.
Thursday students, please go to room 15402 on Thursday November 7th.
Sorry - the Thursday library session was moved to Thursday October 17th, room 235.

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 3

Dear students,
Today you will study about how to find and evaluate sources as supporting evidence for your thesis.

Advanced Academic Workbook - Chapter 2

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 2

Dear students,
Today you will sign in, as always, then you will review the homework, and after that start Unit 1 of the textbook, so please download the prints and bring them to class.

attendance

Advanced Academic Writing Workbook - Unit 1

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 1

Dear students,
Today you will sign in (as you will do every class). 

attendance

Then, I would like to ask you to participate in a pre-course survey.

pre-course survey

After that, please write a two-paragraph essay about a novel that you have read recently. The first paragraph should be a summary and include an in-text citation. The second paragraph should be your opinion of the novel. Finally, write a reference for the book in APA format.

Summary of a novel


Kind regards,
Chris Elvin