May 22 Lesson

  1. Warm-up exercise
  2. Announcements
  3. Paragraph writing one: part-time jobs for university students (writing one brainstorming)
    • homework review: brainstorming
    • topic sentence
    • making an outline
  4. Unit 6: Writing a concluding sentence (unit 06 worksheet)
    • homework review: exercise 3
  5. Announcements/Homework

By Sunday, May 27:
1. WW06 Peer Feedback
2. Weekly Writing 07

By Monday, May 28:
1. Using Microsoft Word, make an outline for a paragraph on the importance of part-time jobs for university students. Submit it @ GOALS. Supporting ideas は2つにしてください。書式は自由としますが、A4用紙1枚に収め、ページ左上に学生番号と氏名を明記することと、教科書 Unit 5 の内容に準ずることとします。ファイル名は ID LastName FirstName Paragraph One Outline (例: 1999999 Hokkai Taro Paragraph One Outline)。Word 97-2003文書で保存してください。

May 15 Lesson

  1. Warm-up exercise
  2. Announcements
  3. Unit 4: Topic sentence
    • homework review
  4. Unit 5: Oultine (unit 05 worksheet)
    • lecture & exercises
  5. Unit 6: Writing a concluding sentence (unit 06 worksheet)
    • lecture & exercises
  6. Paragraph writing one: part-time jobs for university students (writing one brainstorming)
    • brainstorming
    • topic sentence
  7. Announcements/Homework

By Sunday, May 20:
1. WW05 Peer Feedback
2. Weekly Writing 06

Before next class:
1. Do unit 06 exercise 3 on the unit 06 worksheet.
2. Brainstorm on the topic: (positive effect of) part-time jobs for university students, and make a topic sentence for your paragraph.  Write your answers on the writing one brainstorming worksheet.

May 8 Lesson

  1. Warm-up exercise
  2. Announcements
  3. Unit 3: Brainstorming and choosing a topic
  4. Unit 4: Topic sentence (unit 04 worksheet)
    • lecture & exercises
  5. Unit 5: Outline (unit 05 worksheet)
    • preview
  6. Announements/Homework

By Sunday, May 13:
1. WW04 Peer Feedback
2. Weekly Writing 05

Before next class:
1. Complete Unit 4 exercises on unit 04 worksheet.
2. Read Unit 5 and do exercise 1 on unit 05 worksheet.

May 1 Lesson

  1. Warm-up exercise
  2. Announcements
  3. Unit 2: Types of support
    • homework review
  4. Unit 3: Brainstorming and choosing a topic
  5. Unit 4: Topic sentence (unit 04 worksheet)
    • lecture & exercises
  6. Announements/Homework

By Sunday, May 6:
1. WW03 Peer Feedback
2. Weekly Writing 04

Before next class:
1. Redo the brainstorming exercise on unit 03 worksheet.
2. Complete Unit 4 exercises on unit 04 worksheet.

April 24 Lesson

  1. Warm-up exercise
  2. Announcements
  3. Unit 1: Paragraph structure
    • exercises 2 & 3
  4. Unit 2: Types of support
    • lecture and exercises
  5. Unit 3: Brainstorming and choosing a topic
    • preview
  6. Announcements/Homework

By Sunday, April 29th:
1. WW02 Peer Feedback
2. Weekly Writing 03

Before next class:
1. Do exercise 1 for Unit 2.
2. Read Unit 3 and do the brainstorming exercise on unit 03 worksheet.

April 17 Lesson

  1. Warm-up exercise
  2. Announcements
  3. Weekly writing
    • technical issues
    • peer feedback
  4. Unit 1: Paragraph structure (handout)
    • lecture and exercises
  5. Unit 2: Types of support
    • lecture and exercises
  6. Announcements/Homework

By Sunday, April 22:
1. WW01 Peer Feedback
2. Weekly Writing 02

Before next class:
1. Do exercises 2 & 3 for Unit 1.
2. Read Unit 2 (pp. 9-14), including the model paragraphs.

April 10 Lesson

  1. Instructor’s brief self-introduction
  2. Overview of the course (syllabus)
  3. Introducing the class web site
  4. Introducing the Weekly Writing page (instruction)
  5. G-Plus/GOALS
  6. Self-introduction
  7. Background survey
  8. Homework/Announcements

On Saturday, April 14:
A special lecture on study aboard by Ms. Ushimaru from Sapporo American Center Reference Service. 13:30-15:00 @ D30

By Sunday, April 15:
Log on to the Weekly Writing (WW) page and write a response to my question.

Before next class:
Buy the textbook at Seikyo, and read Unit 1. Complete the exercises in Unit 1.

About this page

This page is for students taking Writing Strategies B in 2012. I will post announcements and other course-related information here, so students are encouraged to visit this page frequently, at least one day before each class.