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- Announcements
- Unit 6: Cause-effect essays
- About 3rd-year courses
- Course review
- Homework
- ASAP(未提出文の宿題)
- By Wednesday, January 31:
- Announcements
- Make-up class on Tuesday, January 23 (10:40-12:10)
- G-TELP Writing Test (概要, サンプル問題)
- Homework
- ASAP(未提出文の宿題)
- By Wednesday, January 31:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- Announcements
- Unit 5: Comparison essays
- Writing a comparative essay
- Unit 6: Cause-effect essays
- Brainstorming (group work)
- Writing an outline
- Announcements/Homework
- Every week:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- By Monday, December 25:
- Before next class on January 16:
- Announcements
Unit 5: Comparison essays
Writing a comparative essay
- Unit 6: Cause-effect essays
- Announcements/Homework
- Every week:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- By Thursday, December 14:
- Before next class:
- Do brainstorming on the cause-effect essay on a blank sheet of paper. Bring it to the next class.
- Topic: Effects of lack of sleep
- Announcements
- グローバル人材育成セミナー on December 06 (17:45-19:30). 参加すると授業参加度のボーナス点を加算します。
- Unit 5: Comparison essays
- Writing a comparative essay
- Complete outline peer review
- Grammar for writing
- Word forms and common suffixes
- Connectors and transitions
- Comparative and superlative
Parallel structure
- Announcements/Homework
- Every week:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- Before next class:
- Announcements
- Class canceled today (November 28)
- トビタテカフェ on November 28 (17:45-19:45)
- グローバル人材育成セミナー on December 06 (17:45-19:00)
- Announcements/Homework
- Every week:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- Before next class:
- Before next class:
- Make a complete outline for your comparison essay @ Google Classroom, including:
- Paragraph One: Thesis statement (complete sentence)
- Paragraph Two: Topic sentence (complete sentence) + supporting ideas (key words)
- Paragraph Three: Topic sentence (complete sentence) + supporting ideas (key words)
- (Point-by-point の場合のみ)Paragraph Four: Topic sentence (complete sentence) + supporting ideas (key words)
- Paragraph Four/Five: Concluding sentence (complete sentence)
- Announcements
- グローバル人材育成セミナー on November 22 (17:45-19:00)
- Class canceled next week (November 28)
- トビタテカフェ on November 28 (17:45-19:45)
- グローバル人材育成セミナー on December 06 (17:45-19:00)
- Unit 5: Comparison essays
- Writing a comparative essay
- Brief outline peer review
- Essay 4 (Activities 11, 12, 13, & 14)
Grammar for writing
Word forms and common suffixes
Connectors and transitions
Comparative and superlative
Parallel structure
- Announcements/Homework
- Every week:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- Before next class:
- Make a complete outline for your comparison essay @ Google Classroom, including:
- Paragraph One: Thesis statement (complete sentence)
- Paragraph Two: Topic sentence (complete sentence) + supporting ideas (key words)
- Paragraph Three: Topic sentence (complete sentence) + supporting ideas (key words)
- (Point-by-point の場合のみ)Paragraph Four: Topic sentence (complete sentence) + supporting ideas (key words)
- Paragraph Four/Five: Concluding sentence (complete sentence)
- Announcements
- グローバル人材育成セミナー on November 22 (17:45-19:00).
- トビタテカフェ on November 28 (17:45-19:45).
- Unit 5: Comparison essays
- Writing a comparative essay
- Brainstorming continued
- Essay 4 (Activities 9, 10, 11)
Grammar for writing
Word forms and common suffixes
Connectors and transitions
Comparative and superlative
Parallel structure
- Announcements/Homework
- By Monday, November 20:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- Before next class:
- Activity 11 (p. 131)
- Make a brief outline for the next essay and submit it @ Google Classroom.
- Topic: Watching TV on time and watching recorded programs
- Choose comparison (focusing on similarities), contrast (focusing on differences), or a mix (discussing both similarities and differences).
- Choose three points of comparison.
- The outline should include:
- Thesis statement (complete sentence)
- Three points of comparison (key words)
- Announcements
- Unit 5: Comparison essays
- Comparison essays
- Organization of a comparison essay
- Topic selection
Grammar for writing
Word forms and common suffixes
Connectors and transitions
Comparative and superlative
Parallel structure
- Announcements/Homework
- By Monday, November 13:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- Before next class:
- Do brainstorming on the comparison essay on a blank sheet of paper. Bring it to the next class.
- Topic: Watching TV on time and watching recorded programs
- Announcements
- Slack topic proposal
- Unit 4: Descriptive essays: Moving from paragraph to essay
- Second draft peer review
- Introducing free online grammar checkers:
- Announcements/Homework
- By Monday, November 06:
- Slack posts both in #topics and #journal
- Before next class: