Writing Strategies II, Session #14: January 14th, 2011
Make sure you have correctly written the bibliographical data for the children’s story you read. You will need this in the exam (Jan. 21st). Here are two examples. Yours should be exactly like this: J.R.R. Tourukin. Hobbito no bouken. Trans. Teiji Seta. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2000. Print. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit. London: Harper Collins, 1979. Print. Check [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #13: January 7th, 2011
Happy New Year I took this photo over New Year while visiting Horyu-ji with my family. How did you spend the New Year’s holidays? We have two classes left, Jan. 7th and Jan. 14th, then a final exam. Here is the lesson plan for Jan. 7th: In groups, you will check your answers to the [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #12: December 24th, 2010
Today is presentation day. What should be in your presentation? Read the instructions here: Children’s story presentation outline. Thank you to all of you who presented today and last week. All these stories are classics of English-speaking culture. Homework: Finish reading “The Magician’s Nephew” and answer the Study Guide questions for chapters 13, 14 and [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #6: December 18th, 2010
Today is a make-up class instead of Nov. 5th. Thank you to those students who attended today. I hope you enjoyed the class. We read a short essay on children’s writing by C.S. Lewis. We listened to a couple of Christmas songs, one sung by Madonna. This song was first recorded by Eartha Kitt: Which [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #11: December 17th, 2010
Continue answering the Study Guide questions for Chapters 10-12 (pages 36-28). 1-to-1 interviews with students Children’s story presentations (if any) Being reading chapter 10. Homework: Finishe reading your children’s story and writing your report.
Makeup class announcement 補講のお知らせ
There will be a makeup class on Saturday, December 18th, 11 – 12:30. This is to make up for the class I missed on November 5th. We will not read “The Magician’s Nephew”, but we will study something about C.S. Lewis.
Writing Strategies II: Children’s Story Report
Book of Destiny Astrology Reports Originally uploaded by rnoel1 Children’s Story Reports. What should you write in your report? Here is my outline. Read it carefully. This will tell you how to write your report. Your report can be in either English or Japanese (English reports may get more points but they must be comprehensible). [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #10: December 10th, 2010
Mountain Japanese maple (momiji), by Sheffner Today, we began working on the Study Guide questions for chapters 10-12. Students worked in pairs or small groups. In addition, I talked to some of you individually about your work. Homework: Continue reading your children’s story. Presentations and papers are due Friday December 24th. That will the last chance. I [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #9: December 3rd, 2010
Update: Today, we continued reading chapters 8 and 9. Each student translated 1 or 2 paragraphs from the text. Homework: Please prepare the chapters 10, 11, 12. “Prepare” = read in English (and in Japanese if necessary to understand the meaning), look up words/expressions you do not know.
Writing Strategies II, Session #8: November 26th, 2010
Reports from students who did not present last time. What book did you choose from the list? (Many students chose “Robinson Crusoe”. I wonder why? Maybe it is a textbook in some other class…;0) Reading and translating chapter 8. Today, I used a slightly different technique. I asked questions about the text. These were not just comprehension [...]
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