Category Archives: Lesson

Week 2-11 (November 29)

Posted on November 28, 2016 by urano

1. Announcements
2. 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
3.  Announcements/Homework
   • By Sunday, December 04:
     • Weekly Writing 2-07
   • Before next class:
     • Do brainstorming on the comparison essay and make an outline. Submit it @ GOALS.
       • Topic: Hokkaido and Okinawa as travel destinations
       • You can choose either the Block method or the Point-by-point method.
       • Choose either comparison (focusing on the similarities) or contrast (focusing on the differences).
       • Choose two points of comparison.
       • The outline should include:
         • Name and ID
           • Thesis statement
           • Topic sentence
             • Supporting ideas [key words]
           • Topic sentence
             • Supporting ideas [key words]
           • Concluding sentence

Week 2-10 (November 22)

Posted on November 21, 2016 by urano

1. Announcements
2. Unit 4: Descriptive essays: Moving from paragraph to essay
   • Third draft peer review
3. Unit 5: Comparison essays
   • Comparison essays
   • Organization of a comparison essay
   • Grammar for writing
     • Word forms and common suffixes
     • Connectors and transitions
     • Comparative and superlative
     • Parallel structure
4.  Announcements/Homework
   • By Sunday, November 27:
     • Weekly Writing 2-06
   • Before next class:
     • Descriptive essay fourth draft. Use the template, and submit it @ GOALS. 今日の話し合いを参考にしてください。

Week 2-09 (November 15)

Posted on November 14, 2016 by urano

1. Announcements
   • My Style 留学個別相談会 by ベネッセ on Friday, November 18（PDF資料）
2. Weekly writing topic proposal (2)
3. Unit 4: Descriptive essays: Moving from paragraph to essay
   • Second draft peer review
   • Introducing free online grammar checkers:
     • 1Checker
     • Grammarly
     • PaperRater
4. Announcements/Homework
   • By Sunday, November 20:
     • Weekly Writing 2-05
   • Before next class:
     • Descriptive essay third draft. Use the template, and submit it @ GOALS. 今日のフィードバック（PDF）を参考にしてください。

Week 2-08 (November 08)

Posted on November 7, 2016 by urano

1. Announcements
2. Unit 4: Descriptive essays: Moving from paragraph to essay
   • First draft review
   • Writing the second draft
3. Weekly writing topic proposal (2)
4. Announcements/Homework
   • By Sunday, November 13:
     • Weekly Writing 2-04
   • Before next class:
     • Descriptive essay second draft. Use the template, and submit it @ GOALS. 最後まで完成させてください。これが評価の対象となります。

Week 2-07 (November 01)

Posted on October 31, 2016 by urano

1. Announcements
   • グローバル人材育成セミナー today
2. Unit 4: Descriptive essays: Moving from paragraph to essay
   • Outline peer review
   • Thesis statement
   • First draft
3. Announcements/Homework
   • By Sunday, November 06:
     • Weekly Writing 2-04
     • WW peer feedback は投稿数が少ないのでおやすみします
   • Before next class:
     • Descriptive essay first draft. Use the template, and submit it @ GOALS.
       • Paragraph 1 & Paragraph 2 を完成させてください。
       • Paragraph 3 以降はアウトラインのままでOKです。