Dear students,
Today is the penultimate lesson so your last chance to show me your essay assignment draft. If you have not already done so, please hand in homework B and C today, too.
On January 13th, you will hand in your final essay and take a final writing test. This test is worth 20 percent of your final grade. You may practice for the test today.
Please download the files below.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/ielts_writing_task_1A.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/ielts_writing_task_2A.pdf
Good luck!
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Tuesday 16 December 2014
December 23rd lesson
Dear students,
Today please hand in your first draft so that I can see your progress. If you have not already done so, I would also like to see your homework B and C assignments.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today please hand in your first draft so that I can see your progress. If you have not already done so, I would also like to see your homework B and C assignments.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Wednesday 10 December 2014
December 16th lesson
Dear students,
There are no downloads or activities for today other than to keep on working on your final paper. If you have not completed homework B or C yet, please also try to do so.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
There are no downloads or activities for today other than to keep on working on your final paper. If you have not completed homework B or C yet, please also try to do so.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Wednesday 3 December 2014
December 9th lesson
Dear students,
Today you will continue writing your final research paper, and work on homework assignments B and C if you have not finished them yet.
If you have not done homework B or C, please use the templates below.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/homeworkB.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/homeworkC.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will continue writing your final research paper, and work on homework assignments B and C if you have not finished them yet.
If you have not done homework B or C, please use the templates below.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/homeworkB.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/homeworkC.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 25 November 2014
December 2nd lesson
Dear students,
Today you will carry on writing and editing your 1500-word final paper original research paper. Please work on your papers outside of class, too, and if you have not done so already, hand in homework assignments B or C as soon as you can.
Homework B be requires definitions of a summary, paraphrase, direct quotation and indirect quotaion, with examples of each. You should also include intext markers in parentheses, and a "Works Cited".
Homework C requires intext citations and a "Works Cited" for several different types of media: a book, magazine, newspaper, website, journal, movie, and song.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will carry on writing and editing your 1500-word final paper original research paper. Please work on your papers outside of class, too, and if you have not done so already, hand in homework assignments B or C as soon as you can.
Homework B be requires definitions of a summary, paraphrase, direct quotation and indirect quotaion, with examples of each. You should also include intext markers in parentheses, and a "Works Cited".
Homework C requires intext citations and a "Works Cited" for several different types of media: a book, magazine, newspaper, website, journal, movie, and song.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 18 November 2014
November 25th lesson
Dear students,
Today you will carry on with writing your final paper or your homework assignments. Please show me them at any time during the lesson.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will carry on with writing your final paper or your homework assignments. Please show me them at any time during the lesson.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 11 November 2014
November 18th lesson
Dear students,
Today is your mid-term test. Part one of the test will be to explain a chart or graph. This should take about 20 minutes and you should write at least 150 words. The second part of the test will be to write an essay of over 250 words, and this should take about 40 minutes.
You have 70 minutes to complete this IETLS-style test. Unlike IELTS tests, however, you will be graded only on the best of your two essays, not on the average of your two scores. It is up to you, therefore, whether you wish to attempt both parts, or focus only on one.
Citations are unnecessary, and you may not use a dictionary.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today is your mid-term test. Part one of the test will be to explain a chart or graph. This should take about 20 minutes and you should write at least 150 words. The second part of the test will be to write an essay of over 250 words, and this should take about 40 minutes.
You have 70 minutes to complete this IETLS-style test. Unlike IELTS tests, however, you will be graded only on the best of your two essays, not on the average of your two scores. It is up to you, therefore, whether you wish to attempt both parts, or focus only on one.
Citations are unnecessary, and you may not use a dictionary.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 4 November 2014
November 11 lesson
Dear students,
Today you will review MLA in-text citations. Please download the file and bring it to class.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/MLA citation exercise.pdf
After that you will continue to work on your final paper (you may show me your outline or essay at any time).
If you have finished assignment C (MLA in-text citation and Works Cited exercise), please hand it in.
You should also do assignment B either for homework beforehand or in class today.
Assignment B
Demonstrate that you understand summary, paraphrase, direct quotation and indirect quotation. Give definitions and examples of each, and don`t forget to include these as in-text citations and as part of your Works Cited.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will review MLA in-text citations. Please download the file and bring it to class.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/MLA citation exercise.pdf
After that you will continue to work on your final paper (you may show me your outline or essay at any time).
If you have finished assignment C (MLA in-text citation and Works Cited exercise), please hand it in.
You should also do assignment B either for homework beforehand or in class today.
Assignment B
Demonstrate that you understand summary, paraphrase, direct quotation and indirect quotation. Give definitions and examples of each, and don`t forget to include these as in-text citations and as part of your Works Cited.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Sunday 2 November 2014
November 4th lesson
Dear students,
Today you will review MLA style for bibliographies / works cited.
Please download the links below:
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/MLA.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/MLAstyle.pdf
You will also review MLA style for in-text citations.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/In-text_citations.pdf
After that, you will work on your final paper so I would like to check your idea for your essay. Please make sure to write something original. You will need to research your topic thoroughly. You should not begin writing too soon; You should spend time working on your map / outline, and only when it is complete should you begin to write.
If you wish to download another outline, please do so freely.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/essayoutline.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will review MLA style for bibliographies / works cited.
Please download the links below:
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/MLA.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/MLAstyle.pdf
You will also review MLA style for in-text citations.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/In-text_citations.pdf
After that, you will work on your final paper so I would like to check your idea for your essay. Please make sure to write something original. You will need to research your topic thoroughly. You should not begin writing too soon; You should spend time working on your map / outline, and only when it is complete should you begin to write.
If you wish to download another outline, please do so freely.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/essayoutline.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 21 October 2014
October 28th lesson
Dear students,
Today you will meet in the multi-media room on the first floor of the main libary to learn about the library facilities at Aoyama and how to do research. Please be punctual and make yourself known to a member of staff.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will meet in the multi-media room on the first floor of the main libary to learn about the library facilities at Aoyama and how to do research. Please be punctual and make yourself known to a member of staff.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 14 October 2014
October 21st lesson
Dear students,
Today you will write an essay about your favorite things. In particular, you should include a book, magazine, newspaper, website, journal, movie, song and quotation. The purpose of this essay is to practice writing in-text citations and to compile a bibliography (works cited).
This assignment is worth 10 points (see part c of course outline).
If you would like to generate citations automatically, you may find the site below useful.
http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-book
If there is time, you may also start part b of the course (see course outline).
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will write an essay about your favorite things. In particular, you should include a book, magazine, newspaper, website, journal, movie, song and quotation. The purpose of this essay is to practice writing in-text citations and to compile a bibliography (works cited).
This assignment is worth 10 points (see part c of course outline).
If you would like to generate citations automatically, you may find the site below useful.
http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-book
If there is time, you may also start part b of the course (see course outline).
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday 7 October 2014
October 14th lesson
Dear students,
Today you will write an outline for an essay in groups. Please download and print the worksheet below.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/essayoutline.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will write an outline for an essay in groups. Please download and print the worksheet below.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/essayoutline.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
October 7th class
Dear students,
Today you will study one of the sample essays in the appendix of the textbook, and then practice mapping an academic topic in groups.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will study one of the sample essays in the appendix of the textbook, and then practice mapping an academic topic in groups.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Monday 6 October 2014
October 7th lesson
Dear students,
The course outline has been changed. Please download a copy of the new one below.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/academicwritingsyllabus2014Elvin
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
The course outline has been changed. Please download a copy of the new one below.
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/academicwritingsyllabus2014Elvin
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Thursday 2 October 2014
Welcome to Chris Elvin's Aoyama Gakuin Academic Writing Class
Dear students,
Welcome to Academic Writing. I will be posting to this blog regularly throughout the semester, so please either subscribe to it, or read it before coming to class.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Welcome to Academic Writing. I will be posting to this blog regularly throughout the semester, so please either subscribe to it, or read it before coming to class.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
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