November in EW II

Nov. 6 - Character Analysis Essay - Drafting
Activities
1) review completion of Theme Motif Symbol Outlines
2) demonstrate drafting from example Phantom of the Opera Outline
3) create, share and begin drafting Theme Motif Symbol Essays
4) discuss and assign HW, set deadline for completion of essays

Homework
1) draft the Theme Motif Symbol Essay


Nov. 13 - Character Analysis Essay - Revising / Setting Analysis Essay - Outlining
Activities
1) check citations, Works Cited lists
2) review progress on drafts
3) do peer Essay Checks
4) begin revising Theme Motif Symbol Essay
5) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) complete revision Theme Motif Symbol Essay


Nov. 20 - Setting Analysis Essay - Drafting
Activities
1) review Setting Analysis Outlines
2) begin drafting Setting Analysis Essay
3) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) complete outline of Setting Analysis Essay

Nov. 27 - Setting Analysis Essay - Revising / Theme-Motif-Symbol Analysis Essay - Outlining
Activities
1) use EW Essay Self-Check Checklist to evaluate Setting Analysis draft

• identify recurring error types

2) do short lecture on writing about characters

• types of characters
• types of character arcs
• types of character traits

3) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) complete work on Character Analysis Outline (締め切り：12月3日)

September & October in EW II

Sep. 25 - Fall Term Preview / Review Spring Term

Activities
1) confirm Chap. 11 exercises
2) assign choosing a graded reader
3) preview 後期 Essays

• Novel Summary Essay
• Character Essay
• Novel Setting Essay
• Symbol-Motif-Theme Essay
• Author - Genre Essay

5) explain writing process
6) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) obtain a graded reader (refer to EW List of Fiction and Authors)
2) complete text Chapter 12 exercises

Oct. 2 - Novel Summary Essay - Prewriting

Activities
1) check and discuss text Chapter 12 HW
2) list Ss' graded readers, do timed reading
3) discuss and show Novel Summary Outline

• see Example Novel Summary Outline

4) do prewriting - start work on Novel Summary Outline
5) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) completely read graded reader novel
2) finish writing Novel Summary Outline

Oct. 9 - Novel Summary Essay - Drafting
Activities
1) discuss and revise Novel Summary Outlines
2) review Thesis Statement - how to develop one (with examples)
3) start drafting of Novel Summary Essay
4) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) complete drafting of Novel Summary Essay（締め切り：月曜日の10月15日）

Oct. 16 - Novel Summary Essay - Self-Check & Rewrite
Activities
1) review progress on Novel Summary Essay
2) explain using cited（引用）material in outlines and essays
3) discuss and do Self-Check with EW Self-Check Checklist
4) rewrite according to Self-Check
5) discuss and assign HW - set deadlines

Homework
1) rewrite Novel Summary Essay according to teacher comments and Self-Check
2) start next Outline

Oct. 23 - No class - School Festival


 Oct. 30 - Character Analysis Essay - Prewriting

Activities
1) check to see if graded readers have been read to end
2) discuss and show Theme Motif Symbol Outline

• see Example Theme Motif Symbol Outline

2) revise Theme Motif Symbol Outline
3) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) finish revising Theme Motif Symbol Outline
2) write draft of Theme Motif Symbol Essay

EW 締め切りスケジュル

全ての宿題や課題の締め切りは、2月2日でした。この日の後に、アウトライン、又は、エッセイ等を受けられません。

前期ー宿題の締め切り

前期の採点が、8月4日で終わります。

Class Annoucements

Deadlines
締め切りを超えてから、未完成作文に点数をつけないこと。
1) Comparison & Contrast Paragraph（締め切りー8月30日）
2) Novel Summary Essay（締め切りー10月4日）
3) Character Analysis Essay（締め切りー10月25日）
4) Setting Analysis Outline（締め切りー11月8日）
5) Setting Analysis Essay - 1st Draft（締め切りー11月15日）
6) Setting Analysis Essay - 2nd Draft（締め切りー11月22日）
7) Symbol, Motif & Theme Outline （締め切りー12月6日）
8) Symbol, Motif & Theme Essay - 1st Draft （締め切りー12月13日）
9) Symbol, Motif & Theme Essay - 2nd Draft （締め切りー12月20日）

September in EW II

Sep. 27 - Summer Review / Chap. 11-12

Activities
1) check summer HW assignments, confirm completion of reading - graded readers
2) check sharing of 後期 Error Logs
3) confirm Chap. 11 exercises, go through Chap. 12
4) preview 後期 Essays

• Character Essay
• Symbol-Motif-Theme Essay
• Author Essay

5) view and discuss presentation: Writing about Characters
6) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) review assigned summer novel - choose a character to write about
2) make notes about the character - use Character Checklist (make this worksheet)

Oct. 28 - Character Essay

Activities
1) check HW
2) discuss Character-Based Writing Assignments
3) 
4) 
5) discuss and assign HW

Homework
1) Chap. 13 exercises
2) 

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Alternate Activities (Optional)
discuss and assign Character Essay

• read through outline as class, highlight types of information
• look at Works Cited entries
• practice writing Introduction and 1st Body (maybe 2nd also) paragraphs together
• review and improve outlines

look at and work with examples

utilize （見・引・定・説・ま）

discuss 5 Point Paragraphs (Top-QP-Def-Exp-Sum)

Top       1. State the Topic Sentence point

Def       3. Define the terms in the quote or paraphrase.
QP        2. Quote or paraphrase an fact, statistic or expert opinion
Exp       4. Explain how the idea relates to the topic you’re writing about.
Sum      5. Summarize the paragraph

November in EW

Nov. 2 - Comparison Essay 1 - Discussion of Assignment
Activities
1) review students' use of Error Log to correct Classification Essay 2
2) discuss and assign Unit 9 Comparison - Contrast (Introduction to Academic Writing)
3) discuss and work with Comparison Essay 1
4) discuss and assign HW - set deadlines

Homework
1) outline Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
2) TBD


Nov. 9 - Comparison Essay 1 - Outlining
Activities
1) discuss performance on previous essay

• overuse of source material - impose limits (20%)
• review use of Error Log - set up Error Logs for students not yet sharing one
• update Error Logs according to Instructor's corrections

2) start outlining Comparison Essay 1 - Differences between Character Types
3) review use of comparative language from Spring Term
4) discuss and assign HW - set deadlines

Homework
1) complete the outline for Comparison Essay 1
2) do additional writing exercise?

Nov. 16 - Comparison Essay 1 - Drafting Body Paragraphs

Activities
1) discuss performance on previous essay

• overuse of source material - impose limits (20%)
• review use of Error Log - set up Error Logs for students not yet sharing one

2) do review exercises for contrast structure and comparative adjectives and adverbs
3) brainstorm for outlining Comparison Essay 1 - Differences between Character Types
4) discuss and assign HW - set deadlines

Homework

1) complete the outline for Comparison Essay 1

2) TBD

Nov. 23 - Public Holiday - No class held

Nov. 30 - Comparison Essay 1 - Drafting Introductions

Activities

1) discuss performance on previous essay

• overuse of source material - impose limits (20%)
• review use of Error Log - set up Error Logs for students not yet sharing one

2) start outlining Comparison Essay 1 - Differences between Character Types

3) review use of comparative language from Spring Term

4) discuss and assign HW - set deadlines

Homework

1) draft Introduction paragraph from outline

2) draft Body paragraphs A, B and C from outline