Aoyama Gakuin - IE3 Writing - Elvin

Dear students, Today you will start persuasive writing. What are the pros and cons of school uniform? Imagine you are a parent of a kindergarten or elementary school child. You like the school but you are not happy with the school uniform policy. Your task is to write a persuasion letter to the principal asking her to consider making a change. As usual, you should write a between 150 and 250 words. Homework Assignment Form for Persuasion Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today is your mid-term test. You should classify the works of one of the following people: a) William Shakespeare b) Charles Dickens c) Virginia Woolf d) Charlotte Bronte e) Stanley Kubrick f) Steven Spielberg g) Johnny Depp h) Emma Stone You should do your research before coming to class. You may bring your concept map and APA formatted notes to class, but dictionaries or cell phones will not be allowed. Remember to cite your sources in APA format. You will have seventy minutes to write your essay. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read your pair / group homework to another group. After that you will start your assignment paper on classifying an author, director, or actor’s works. This is a solo exercise. You should write a minimum of 400 words. Please refer to the course outline for details. Let your teacher check your concept map, APA formatting and writing. The deadline for this paper is July, but you should start today. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read your group essays about an author’s works that you finished for homework. Then you will check each other’s APA formatting, and with the teacher if you are not sure. After that you will work in pairs or groups of three to classify an actor or director’s works. The APA format for in-text citations and references for movies is different to that of books, so please refer to the previous prints when citing  your sources. Kind regards, Chris Elvin