This class is done 100% in English (and with cheap jokes). Normally, this class is about half Japanese students and half students from other countries. However, because of the Corona virus, it will be mostly Japanese people this term. Sorry!
(1) There will be TWO papers submitted for scores this term. One is an interview (you will interview another student in class), and the other is a "narrative" in which you tell a story. Both papers are one to two pages total.
(2) Of course, we will write the papers in a step by step process. When you do a little at a time, the writing process becomes easier.
(3) Your final score in class comes about 50% from the papers you write, and the other 50% comes from doing the homework and in class participation.
FINALLY, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, YOU WILL NEED:
GET THE TEXTBOOK!!!!! "Writers at Work: The Short Composition" by Ann Strauch, ISBN-13: 978-0521544962
You don't need an "online pack", just the textbook. The bookstore had it. Buy it, borrow it or steal it. I don't care. Just get it.
- Teacher: MCDANIEL FLOYD