Tuesday 26 September 2017

Week 3

Dear students,
Please download chapter 3 and bring it to class.

IMPORTANT
If you downloaded before October 4th, 9:30pm, please download again (your version is now too different from the current version above). I am sorry about that.

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Thursday 21 September 2017

Librarian visit

Dear students,
Soon you will have a visit by a librarian who will help you to prepare for your research. Please take note of the date and place for your class.

9/26  () 5  ELVIN,Christopher --- 15502 -------14 students (single class)

10/19()2  [Two classes together in 233教室(96名教室)]

ELVIN,Christopher (28 students)  &  COUGHLIN, Mark ( 26 students)

10/24 ()4 [Two classes paired in 15407 call (46 seats)]

ELVIN,Christopher  26 students & ESSEX,James   27 students


Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Tuesday 19 September 2017

Week 2

Dear students,
Your homework was to finish the prints handed out in the first week of the semester, and to review them. Today you will start Chapter 2, so please download the prints and bring them to class.

Download Chapter 2

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Week 1 - Welcome to Chris Elvin's Academic Writing Class - September 2017

Academic Writing
Autumn 2017

Instructor:                     Chris Elvin
Email:                            chriselvin@gmail.com
Blog:                              http://elvinaw.blogspot.jp

Course Description


Welcome to Academic Writing. This class is designed to accomplish the following:

1) Write a 1500-word research essay.
2) Write direct and indirect quotations.
3) Paraphrase and summarize.
4) Use APA style to cite sources and compile reference lists.

Course Assessment and Grading Criteria


50%     A 1500-word research essay, which should include a detailed map or outline, and at least seven APA formatted in-text citation markers together with their corresponding correctly formatted references.

30%     A portfolio of all the work that you downloaded and did in class or finished for homework.

10%     A mid-term in-class essay

10%     A final in-class essay

Attendance Policy

You are expected to attend ALL classes. Your absences may affect your final grade.
Two or three late arrivals count as one absence. If you are very late or wilfully late, you will be considered absent. There is a grade ceiling policy depending on the absences you have from class.

Good luck!

Chris Elvin

Download Course Outline

HOMEWORK

You should check this blog every week; homework, including downloading is your responsibility.

Download Chapter 1 of Advanced Academic Writing Workbook (AAWW).

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 posti...