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 [...]
Writing Strategies session #11: Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Writing. Summaries of chapters 8-11. Share the words and pictures that you researched for homework. Reading, writing. Questions for chapters 12-13. Homework: Finish writing the summaries for chapters 8-11. Answer the questions for chapters 14-15. Translate the passage below. “It goes beyond the expression of things we have already felt. It arouses [...]
Writing Strategies session #10: Friday, June 25th, 2010
Image by DaveBleasdale via Flickr There were no absences today. Well done! (The picture on the right is the cover of Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters”. My father had this book on his bookshelf when I was a child. He recommended it to me, but I was not interested in it. I am reading this book [...]
Writing Strategies session #9: Friday, June 18th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Oral reports: tell us about the C.S. Lewis book you read. Also, give me the reference for the book you read, using the MLA format. A big thank you to all of you who presented today. I especially want to thank those of you who read some more difficult books, e.g. Till [...]
Writing Strategies session #8: Friday, June 11th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Discuss your answers to chapter 8 and 9 discussion questions with your partner. Teacher’s comments on last week’s discussion questions. Checked the answers to chapters 8 and 9 quiz questions. Mini-lecture: the change in children’s reading. For about 2,500 years, until the late 17th century in England, there were no children’s books. [...]
Writing Strategies session #7: Friday, June 4th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Handout on Aristotle (A is A). Guidelines for book report #1 – in Japanese, because I want to encourage students to read other books about C.S. Lewis. presentations on June 18th. Presentations in Japanese, 2-4 minutes in length you must give me the title of the book you read using the MLA [...]
Writing Strategies session #6: Friday, May 28th, 2010
Image by law_keven via Flickr Returned last week’s homework. List of C.S. Lewis books in the DWC library – list ALL the books which are in English AND the books which are in Japanese in the library. If your homework has an X on it, please do the assignment again CORRECTLY. Chapter 4 and 5 [...]
Writing Strategies session #5: Friday, May 21st, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Returned quizzes on chapters 2 & 3. Returned homework from session #3. Comments: Read the instructions. The instructions were to write three paragraphs to answer the question, “What is a fairy tale?” Lucy Barfield is not Lewis’ daughter or granddaughter. Comparison. Which is the more useful comparison: Compare human beings with monkeys; [...]
Writing Strategies session #4: Friday, May 14th, 2010
C.S. Lewis via last.fm Discuss your homework answers with your neighbour. Hand in your homework. Chapter summaries. Your summaries are mostly too detailed. Give only the important information. Using the proper format, take in dictation sample summaries for chapters 1, 2 and 3. Chapter 4: read and translate. We read and translated up to page [...]
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