Aoyama Gakuin - IE3 Writing - Elvin

Dear students, The general APA guidelines are as follows: Your essay should be typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides. You should use a clear font that is highly readable. APA recommends using 12 pt. Times New Roman font. You may download an already formatted word document here: APA formatted Microsoft Word document Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today and next week's lesson have been reserved for portfolio assignment writing. You should write, edit, peer edit and have your teacher check your work as much as possible. For homework, you should type your assignments and show your teacher these drafts. This will save you time in the long run. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will start to write your second major assignment, persuasion. Your body paragraphs should include an opposing viewpoint paragraph, so probably this will mean a six-paragraph essay. As usual, you will need at least three references. This time, each reference should be that of an expert. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will read your group persuasion essays to each other. After that, please find three expert opinions to support your thesis. Cite these sources in APA and include them in your "Works Cited". The essay that you will show to your teacher should be a comletely finished essay, with a title, introduction, body paragraphs, a conclusion, and APA citations. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will correct your formatting mistakes in the mid-term test. After that, you will start to learn about persuasive essay writing. Please download the prints and bring them to class. http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/ie3/modelpersuasion.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/ie3/persuasionessay.pdf http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/ie3/persuasiontopics.pdf Some of you may also need to review APA formatting, so please download the prints below, too. APA article example APA review Kind regards, Chris 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