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Week 3

Dear students, Today you will read homework 1 (summary of a novel) in groups of four. After that you will review Week 2 homework (in-text citations and references). Then you will learn about classification. If you were going to classify a topic, what language would you need to use? Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Week 2

Dear students, Hello again. Today you will look at APA formatted in-text citations and APA formatted references. Mostly we will focus on in-text citations. A couple of common mistakes for Homework One was; • not putting the in-text citation within a sentence ..... (Shakespeare, 2019) incorrect .... (Shakespeare, 2019). correct • not writing the reference in sentence case Flowers Of Algernon.  incorrect Flowers of Algernon. correct Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone.  incorrect Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. correct One other thing is not to copy from the Internet. If you do copy even a few words (five or more), you should cite it in APA format. Rule 1: Don't copy sentences. Rule 2: Don't copy sentences, then change the words. Rule 3: Strings of five words or more identical to the original may be construed as plagiarism. You will review  in-text citations  and  references  in APA format as you did last week. Please download the files f

Week 1

Dear students, Today you will review APA in-text citations and references. Then you will prepare a two-paragraph essay which is a summary and opinion of a novel. The deadline for every homework assignment will be midnight on the eve of your next lesson. Before submitting your essay this week, you should upload it to writable.com to have it reviewed by two classmates anonymously. Finally, before the midnight deadline, upload your essay below. You may access this form either on your teacher's blog or on Course Power. Homework Submission Form Kind regards, Chris Elvin Example Homework Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was written by J.K. Rowling. It is a story about Harry Potter, an orphan brought up by his aunt and uncle because his parents were killed when he was a baby. Harry is unloved by his uncle and aunt but everything changes when he is invited to join Hogwarts  School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and he fi

Welcome to Chris Elvin's IE3 writing class

COURSE OUTLINE Instructor: Chris Elvin Email:  t23536@aoyamagakuin.jp Welcome to Integrated English III. This class is designed to accomplish the following: i) Write classification essays. ii) Write persuasion essays. iii) Paraphrase and summarize. iv) Use APA style to cite sources and compile bibliographies. a) 40%  Homework assignments b) 20%  Classification essay c) 20%  Persuasion essay d) 10%  Mid-term assessment e) 10%  Final in-class essay Attendance & Participation : After you arrive in class, please sign in using the attendance form below. Do not abuse your attendance record. ATTENDANCE  (not taken 2020) Homework assignments : There will be ten homework assignments, some of which may be started during class. The deadline for these essays will be by next lesson as you will be asked to read your homework in class. HOMEWORK  (40) Classification and Persuasion Essays (40) : You will be required to write two homework assignments d

Week 15

Dear students, Today you will hand in your two final papers to me in person. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Week 14

Dear students, Today is your persuasion final test. You should write a persuasive letter to someone. This person will be revealed on the test day. The test will last 70 minutes. In order for the test to be fair, please do not recycle previous essays. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Week 13

Dear students, Today you will have the chance to edit either or both of your final papers. I can check them if you wish. For details of these assignments, please see the course outline . Kind regards, Chris Elvin