Aoyama Gakuin - IE3 Writing - Elvin

Dear students, Today you should come to class with your group homework finished. Your book classification essay should include a title, correctly formatted paragraphs, a map or outline, thesis statement, and have at least one summary, one paraphrase, and one quotation. Each of these intext citations should be MLA formatted (author only, or author and page number) and be referenced in your Works Cited. This should also be MLA formatted (family name, first name. title. publishing city: publisher. year.). You should also include a word count for each person (150-250 words each). After reading your essay to other groups, your teacher will check it. Remember to keep all classwork and homework in a folder for submission in July. In today`s lesson, you will classify an author`s works, so please come to class prepared. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, For homework, please write definitions of the following words or phrases: a) paraphrase; b) summary; c) in-text citation; What is the purpose of in-text citations? If you forget to use in-text citations in your essay, how might that cause a problem? d) works cited; Give an example in MLA style. On April 28th you will work in groups to classify books, or a genre or sub-genre of books. You will need to give examples in your essay. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read your classification essays in class. You will also paraphrase and summarise, so please bring an English book to class that you would like to use. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

IEIII – Integrated English – Writing Spring 2015 Instructor:               Chris Elvin Blog:                      www.ie3elvin.blogspot.jp Course Description Welcome to Integrated English III. This class is designed to accomplish the following: i) Write classification essays. ii) Write persuasion essays. iii) Use direct and indirect quotations. iv) Paraphrase and summarize. v) Use MLA style to cite sources and compile bibliographies. Your topics are i) relationships, ii) cross-cultural values, iii) the environment, and iv) media. Course Assessment and Grading Criteria a)         10%      Attendance b)         10%      Participation c)         20%      Mid-term assessment d)         20%      Classification essay e)         20%      Persuasion essay f)          20%      Final in-class essay Attendance : You are expected to attend ALL classes. Your first two absences will be penalized by one drop in grade. Your third and fourth absenc