Dear students,
A librarian will come to talk to you soon. Please take note of the date, time, and room where you should go to learn about the library resources.
Tuesday Period 4 students - October11th - classroom 15-606
Tuesday Period 5 students - October11th - classroom 15-404 (our regular classroom)
Thursday Period 2 students - October 27th - classroom 15-403
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Week 3
Dear students,
Today you will start by reading your group essays within your groups. After that you will study or review APA format in-text citations and references so please download the prints and bring them to class.
APA formatted article example
APA in-text citations
APA in-text citation matching exercise
Finally, you will practice summarizing by writing a paragraph about a book that you have read. You should include an APA formatted in-text citation after your summary, and a full APA formatted reference in the Works Cited. You should also write what you found interesting about the book, perhaps in a new paragraph.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will start by reading your group essays within your groups. After that you will study or review APA format in-text citations and references so please download the prints and bring them to class.
APA formatted article example
APA in-text citations
APA in-text citation matching exercise
Finally, you will practice summarizing by writing a paragraph about a book that you have read. You should include an APA formatted in-text citation after your summary, and a full APA formatted reference in the Works Cited. You should also write what you found interesting about the book, perhaps in a new paragraph.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Week 2
Dear students,
Today you will analyze a student essay before attempting to write one of your own in groups. Please bring the academic writing student's booklet to class.
For homework you should complete your part of the group essay (for example; introduction, part A, part B, part C, or summary). Please write at least 150 words in one or two paragraphs (or possibly more). You should also include an APA formatted in-text citation together with its APA formatted full reference in the `Works Cited`.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Today you will analyze a student essay before attempting to write one of your own in groups. Please bring the academic writing student's booklet to class.
For homework you should complete your part of the group essay (for example; introduction, part A, part B, part C, or summary). Please write at least 150 words in one or two paragraphs (or possibly more). You should also include an APA formatted in-text citation together with its APA formatted full reference in the `Works Cited`.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Week 1
Dear students,
Do you remember the essays you wrote for IE3? Today you will write an essay and show it to your teacher.
Some people say that everyone should retire at age sixty-five, whereas others argue that this should not be the case. Discuss both points of view before concluding with your opinion.
You should first draw a map, or write an outline. Then you may begin writing your 250-word essay. You should also include at least one APA intext citation together with its full APA formatted reference in the `Works cited`. This should take about one hour to complete.
After you have finished writing, please try to estimate your score using the bandscale criteria below. Once you have done this, you may show your teacher.
IELTS writing task 2 bandscale criteria
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Do you remember the essays you wrote for IE3? Today you will write an essay and show it to your teacher.
Some people say that everyone should retire at age sixty-five, whereas others argue that this should not be the case. Discuss both points of view before concluding with your opinion.
You should first draw a map, or write an outline. Then you may begin writing your 250-word essay. You should also include at least one APA intext citation together with its full APA formatted reference in the `Works cited`. This should take about one hour to complete.
After you have finished writing, please try to estimate your score using the bandscale criteria below. Once you have done this, you may show your teacher.
IELTS writing task 2 bandscale criteria
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
Academic Writing - Autumn 2016
Dear students,
Welcome to the course. We will be using the textbook at least some of the time, so please consider buying a copy for yourself. Alternatively, you may find one to download below:
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/2016-NEW-AW-Student-Guide.pdf
COURSE OUTLINE
Course Description
Course Assessment and
Grading Criteria
Welcome to the course. We will be using the textbook at least some of the time, so please consider buying a copy for yourself. Alternatively, you may find one to download below:
http://www.eflclub.com/aogaku/aw/2016-NEW-AW-Student-Guide.pdf
COURSE OUTLINE
Academic
Writing
Autumn 2016
Instructor: Chris Elvin
Email: chriselvin@gmail.com
Course Description
Welcome
to Academic Writing. This class is designed to
accomplish the following:
1) Write a 1500-word research essay.
2) Write direct and indirect quotations.
3) Paraphrase and summarize.
4) Use APA style to cite sources and compile bibliographies.
Course Assessment and
Grading Criteria
30% A portfolio of all the work that you did in class. This will
include single and multiple paragraph essays, direct and indirect quotations, paraphrasing,
summarizing, APA in-text citations, and works cited reference compilation
exercises.
10% A mid-term in-class essay
10% A final in-class essay
50% A 1500-word research essay, which should include a detailed map /
outline, and at least seven APA formatted in-text citations together with
their corresponding “Works Cited” references.
It will take you most of the semester to write a 1500-word
original research essay. Your essay will be graded according to four criteria:
thesis, organization (cohesion and coherence), grammar (range and accuracy),
and vocabulary.
Attendance Policy
You are
expected to attend ALL classes.
Plagiarism
Please
don’t copy! (Even one sentence that is not your own is too much).
Good luck!
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