英語表現演習3 (土 2限): Mid-term writing assignment・中間作文

Hello!

How are you? Here are the themes & topics, deadline, & guidelines for our mid-term writing assignment (中間作文).

Before anything, here are the board notes from last week's (5/11) class: 

Now let's look at the mid-term writing assignment!

Themes & topics

Here are your choice of topics. They're based on the themes what we've done so far in class - about DNA, genetics, and language. You can choose one (1) of these topics: 

• Genetic origins of the Japanese people
• How children learn/acquire language
• Facts and/or applications about DNA
• Genetic facts and other characteristics of twins

Guidelines & how much to write

Because we have done some practice with summary writing, this may help you to be clear about what your topic is. So I recommend that you write a summary (要約) about the topic you want to present on. You do not have to write a summary - but if you do, let me look at it next week (来週).

There is no set length, but I would like you to write as much as you can, perhaps around 3-4 paragraphs' worth of writing, more if possible. But if you believe you can write more than that, go for it! I will recognize and reward writing that has had effort put into it for length. You may find that you will have to go longer if you have to.

Special notes: Here is where the vocabulary you have seen in the textbook units becomes important and valuable for you. 

Look at the vocabulary from the textbook units we've done so far in this class - Units 1, 2, 3, & 4 - plus any other words you may have found that were not on the vocabulary notes lists in the textbook. These would be the words that you could gather up and wrote on your worksheets. 

Whichever unit has the most meaningful vocabulary for you - review that vocabulary on your worksheets and use it in your writing!

Please type your paper up on Word. Next week (5/25), I will show you a format to follow about how to write your name, class, assignment, and date, plus title, on your assignment. 

Deadline (締め切り)

It will be June 8th (6/8), so you have three (3) weeks to research and write. Please hand in at the deadline.

While the syllabus shows a June 1st deadline, I have decided to give everyone one (1) extra week. So - hand in on June 8th.

I want you to bring in a rough draft (下書き) of a summary for the topic from the list you are most interested in next week (5/25). I'll give everyone time in class on 5/25 to do research and work on the rough drafts of the composition (作文). 

Then on June 1st (6/1), bring your rough drafts of the composition writing in your notebooks in pen or pencil. I will give some more details, and where I can, review your work. Then you can change things about the draft as you need to, then write to the finish and turn in your work on June 8th (6/8). 

Here are the board notes for today's (5/18) class:

Good luck! I’ll look forward to reading your great writing on these topics!

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