1. Announcements
   • G-TELP Writing Test next week (概要, サンプル問題)
2. Unit 6: Cause-effect essays
   • Topic: Effects of eating too much junk food
   • First draft peer review (unit 6 peer editing sheet)
3. ビジネス英語科目について
4. Announcements/Homework
   • By Monday, January 27:
     • Second draft of the cause-effect essay @ Google Classroom.
   • By Friday, January 31:
     • Slack posts both in #topics and #journal

1. Announcements
   • グローバル人材育成セミナー on Thursday, December 26
2. Unit 6: Cause-effect essays
   • Working with language in a cause-effect essay
     • Activities 11, 12, & 13
   • Introductory paragraph peer review
     • Effects of eating too much junk food
3. First draft
4. Announcements/Homework
   • By Monday, January 20:
     • Unit 6 (cause-effect) essay first draft @ Google Classroom.
   • By Friday, January 31:
     • Slack posts.

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1. Announcements
2. Unit 6: Cause-effect essays
   • Choosing a topic:
     • Effects of eating too much junk food
   • Brainstorming
   • Working with language in a cause-effect essay
     • Activities 9 & 10
3. Announcements/Homework
   • By Monday, December 16:
     • Slack posts.
     • Unit 6 Activities 11, 12, & 13 (pp. 156-158).
     • Unit 6 (cause-effect) essay introductory paragraph @ Google Classroom. Introductory paragraph を完成させ、第2パラグラフ以降は topic sentences と最終パラグラフの concluding sentence のみ書いてください。

1. Announcements
2. Unit 5: Comparison essays
   • Writing a comparative essay
     • Second draft peer review
3. Unit 6: Cause-effect essays
   • Lecture and model essay analysis (cause-effect worksheet)
   • Choosing a topic:
     • TBA
4. Announcements/Homework
   • By Monday, December 09:
     • Slack posts.
     • Outline of the cause-effect essay. 提出できる形で用意してください。手書きでもOK。
     • Think of possible cause-effect (focus on effects) essay topics.

1. Announcements
2. Unit 5: Comparison essays
   • Writing a comparative essay
     • Topic: Hokkaido and Okinawa (comparison)
     • First draft peer review
   • Introducing free online grammar checkers:
     • 1Checker
     • Grammarly
   • Second draft
3. Announcements/Homework
   • By Monday, December 02:
     • Slack posts.
     • Unit 5 (comparison) essay second draft @ Google Classroom.

1. Announcements
2. Unit 5: Comparison essays
   • Writing a comparative essay
     • Topic: Hokkaido and Okinawa (comparison)
     • Introductory paragraph peer review
   • Grammar for writing
     • Word forms and common suffixes
     • Connectors and transitions
     • Comparative and superlative
     • Parallel structure
3.  Announcements/Homework
   • By Monday, November 18:
     • Slack posts.
     • Unit 5 (comparison) essay first draft @ Google Classroom.

1. Announcements
2. Unit 5: Comparison essays
   • Organization of a comparison essay
   • Grammar for writing (Activities 12 &13)
   • Model essay review (Activity 14)
   • Topic selection
     • Hokkaido and Okinawa (comparison)
   • Brainstorming
   • Outlining
3.  Announcements/Homework
   • By Monday, November 18:
     • Slack posts.
     • Unit 5 (comparison) essay introductory paragraph @ Google Classroom. 北海道と沖縄の共通点を3点扱うエッセイを書きます。Point-by-point organization と block organization のどちらを選択しても構いません。Introductory paragraph を完成させ、第2パラグラフ以降は topic sentences と最終パラグラフの concluding sentence のみ書いてください。