Aoyama Gakuin - IE3 Writing - Elvin

Dear students, Today you will sign in (as you will do every class). class attendance Then, I would like to ask you to participate in a pre-course survey that I ask of all my students. pre-course survey After that, you will write an essay about a book that you have read. Cite your source within the text in APA format, and provide a full APA style reference after the text. You may do this homework assignment alone, in pairs, or as a group so long as your word count is between 200 and 300 words. When you have finished, you should upload your writing to the class database (see "Welcome to IE3" blog post). Kind regards, Chris Elvin PS. For those of you who did your homework promptly and wrote more than 50 words, well done!

Instructor: Chris Elvin Email:  chriselvin@gmail.com 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) Paraphrase and summarize. iv) Use APA style to cite sources and compile bibliographies. Course Assessment and Grading Criteria a) 40%  Homework assignments b) 20%  Classification essay c) 20%  Persuasion essay d) 10%  Mid-term assessment e) 10%  Final in-class essay Homework assignments : There will be regular homework assignments, some of which may be started during class. The deadline for these essays is Sunday evening. Homework Assignment Submission Form  (classification) Homework assignment form for persuasion Classification and Persuasion Essays : You will be required to write two homework assignments during the semester.  Each essay will be worth twenty percentage points, a