Writing Strategies II, Session #7: November 12th, 2010
In today’s session: Student presentations on the following topics: Story structure Character study Theme: how we treat other people Theme: curiosity Some comments or questions raised about the presentations: Why does the Christian church say magic is bad? Digory is a protagonist, but doesn’t he also do some things which cause problems for himself and the [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Here is a list of suggested readings. This list is not yet complete. It will grow over the next few weeks as I add more titles. Please feel free to add titles in the comments. Click on the titles to read more about the book on Amazon Japan, and click on the [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #6: November 5th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia There was no class yesterday. 1 homework was to tell me the topic of your next week’s presentation by email. There are 22 students in this class. 13 students sent in their homework on time. 13 students can keep their promise. Well done. Those who did not keep their promise, please email [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #5: October 29th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Today in class: There is no class next week, November 5th. There will be a makeup class in December, either 4th or 18th (Saturdays). Please tell me when you are and are not available on those two days. Next class will be November 12th. Update: Saturday Dec. 18th, 2nd period (11-12:30) was [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #4: October 22nd, 2010
Today in class: Study Guide p. 5 questions 10 & 11 (about curiosity): translate the questions and write your answers. Vocabulary – study guide pages 16-18. I won’t test you on the vocabulary, but I expect you to know these words. Study Guide page 19-20, questions 1-4: translate the questions and write your answers on [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #3: October 15th, 2010
Image by Kamintra via Flickr Homework: (for October 22nd) Answer question 9, Study Guide page 14. Write your answer as a comment on this blog (in either Japanese or English). Deadline is Wednesday October 20th, 6 p.m. Read chapters 3, 4, 5. If you do not read these chapters, you will be unable to take [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #2: October 8th, 2010
Cover of The Story of the Creation Update: Homework 2, 2. Everyone, please just write a summary of what the Bible says about magic. Do not write your opinion. 皆さん、聖書には魔法に対しての考え方の要約だけを書いて下さい。魔法に対して、又は聖書に対してのあなたの意見を書かないでください。 Receive your copy of the Study Guide for this semester’s text. Deadline for all online assignments (blog comments, emailed reports, etc) is by Wednesday, 18:00. [...]
Writing Strategies II, Session #1: October 1st, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Update: I encourage you to read the Japanese translation of The Magician’s Nephew: 魔術師のおい―ナルニア国ものがたり〈6〉 (岩波少年文庫) Dear Writing Strategies students, October 1st was our first class. As most students had bought the textbook, we began reading the story. We read pages 1-4 We watched the first part of a movie about the love [...]
Writing Strategies session #13: Friday, July 16th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Checked answers to quiz questions for chapters 15, 16 and 17. The homework 2 weeks ago was to compare the deaths of Aslan and of Jesus. Out of 23 students, only 1 student answered this question correctly. Why? Personal interviews with students about their outstanding assignments. Homework questions: Why is “The Lion [...]
Writing Strategies session #12: Friday, July 9th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Final exam. In the final exam, on the last day, July 23rd, you will write a summary of the whole book, so prepare by gathering together all your chapter summaries N.B.: in the exam, you will not have time to simply copy out all your chapter summaries – you must write a [...]
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