This blog is temporarily on hold. I used this blog to communicate with students about class content and assignments. However, I have now transferred this facility to DWC’s Learner Management system known as Manabi, so this blog is now superfluous.
There are some things which Manabi does not manage well, such as allowing students to comment or exchange messages, also contacting me directly seems easier just with regular email. Using Manabi is therefore an experiment and, depending on how it goes, I may, if necessary, resurrect this blog.
Using your notes from today’s presentations on ““Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers”, write a short paragraph (4~6 sentences) . You may need to do a little research before you write.
Choose another book from the Easy Reading list, borrow it from the library and start reading. (Download the list here: AS1_Easy_reading_library_list
Challenge – 15 books this semester!
Today’s class
Presentation on “Lord of the Rings part 2”.
Write some notes about the presentation content
Give some written feedback to the presenters.
Checked answers to MCQ chapter 7.
Topics, main ideas, supporting details.
Discussed the key words and wrote the main idea sentences for the first few paragraphs of chapter 7.
Example movie: “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”.
Key words –
Harry Potter, magic powers
starts studying at the school of wizards
makes friends
fights enemies
Main idea – “Harry Potter, a boy with magical powers, starts studying at a wizards’ school, where he makes 2 good friends who help him fight against evil enemies.”
For more information about the book-launch event in Kyoto on Oct. 11th featuring the man who inspired British-born Kyoto-resident Venetia Stanley-Smith, please visit the publisher’s website: http://premrawat-japan.com
The book is titled 穴のあいた桶 and has sold more than 10,000 copies in just 1 month in Japan.
These instructions are for students in both my Academic Skills and Writing Strategies classes. The online class library for each class is on a website called Zotero. To add your books to Zotero’s class clibrary, you will need to register. This is a simple 3-step process.
Send me an email ((I suggest you use your university email address).
I will then send you an email invitation to join the class library (either DWC_AS or DWC_WS). It will look like this (this is for the DWC_AS group)
When you receive the email, click on the (blue) link in the email. It will take you to the Zotero page which will look like this (click the image below to see a bigger version):click “Join”
You will see a page like this below. Click on “register” in the top right-hand corner (click the image below to see a bigger version).
Fill in the registration information. Choose your own password (and remember it or make a note).(click the image below to see a bigger version). When you’ve finished, click “Register”.
You will see a page like this (click the image below to see a bigger version). Do NOT type anything into this page. Instead, check your email.
Check your email. You should soon receive an email like this (click the image below to see a bigger version): Click on the (blue) link in the email. It will take you to the Zotero page which will look like this (click the image below to see a bigger version):
The login page (click the image below to see a bigger version). You can login with either your username or your email address.
Go to your library and input the English easy-reading books you have read so far this semester. First, click “groups” in the Zotero menu bar. You will see the group you have just joined (click the image below to see a bigger version).
Click on “Group Library” (click the image below to see a bigger version).
Click on the green circle to create a new item (click the image below to see a bigger version).
Choose “Book” from the drop-down menu (click the image below to see a bigger version).
Fill in as much information as you can. Remember, this is to help other people (e.g. your classmates) to find this book if they are interested (click the image below to see a bigger version).
Click “Save” when you’ve finished (click the image below to see a bigger version).
