Aoyama Gakuin - IE3 Writing - Elvin

Dear students, Today is your mid-term test, which is worth 20 points. Ten points will be awarded for map/outline, title, paragraph shape, thesis statment, three in-text citations in APA format, and three matching references in your "Works Cited". The other ten points will be for your writing. Remember, it is a classification essay, so you should be classifying clearly. You will have 20 minutes to look for references online, and 60 minutes to write your essay. You only need to write three intext citations and three matching references for this test, but a good essay may have more than three. Therefore, if you cite more than three sources, just put (4), (5), (6), etc. as in-text citation markers in your essay to suggest that you would need to cite these properly if you had the time. Your "Works Cited" only needs to have the three references which match your first three in-text citations. Is that clear? Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will practice for the mid-term test, which will be held the following week. You should write a five paragraph classification essay about an author's works. It should be at least 300 words, and have three in-text citations with matching references in your "Works Cited". You will have up to twenty minutes to search online for references. After that, you should stop using your cell phone. (Once you start writing, you should stop using any electronic device, nor may you use a dictionary). Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read your group classification of an author's works essay in class. Your essay should contain three APA formatted in-text citation markers together with three matching APA references in your "Works Cited." You should write about 150 words per person. Your teacher will check your essay after you have read it in class. After you have finished, you should start your 20-point classification assignment essay. First, choose something to classify. Then draw a map or make an outline. Have your teacher check your map. Then start writing. Your essay should be between 400 and 500 words and contain at least three references. Kind regards, Chris Elvin P.S. You may use an app, such as "easybib" to help you write APA formatted references. P.P.S. You may show me your draft as often as you wish up until the deadline, so please let me check it.