Progress Update

Summer vacation is coming soon ...

We are almost finished with the first semester. After today, there are only two classes before summer vacation. You must finish all drafts of the first semester essays by the end of the semester. Please finish any 2nd or 3rd drafts of your essays. 

In Essay Writing, it's important that you notice your own mistakes!
Do you do the following?
1) Check your own essay before passing it in? You should notice capitalization errors, spelling errors, and spacing problems yourself.
2) When Kevin returns your corrected essays, do you think about the changes he suggests? If you just change the sentences without thinking about them, are you really learning anything?
3) Do you re-read your corrected essays? Reading your own final corrected essay will help you get a feel for how correct sentences and paragraphs should sound. This is your essay, right? Do you really know what the final version means?

In connection with the above, after you finish submitting your final copy of your Opinion Essay, please find one sentence that Kevin changed for you. Look at the original version and at the corrected version. What did Kevin change? Why did he make the change? Send Kevin an email with the two versions of the sentence and explain in your own words why the second version is better.

Example: 
Original sentence:    Please do, if an uninterested men addresses.
Corrected version:    Please try this if an uninteresting man addresses you.

First, Men should be man because of "an". We don't use plural nouns after "an". Next, uninterested is the wrong form of the adjective. It should be uninteresting, because the man is not interesting to me. Finally, we don't need a comma after "please do" and we need "you" after addresses. If we don't have "you", we don't know who the man is addressing.
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To Do List for Today (July 5, 2012)
1) Send Kevin email as explained above re. one of your sentences from Opinion Essay.
2) Expressions with GET handout - do in class
3) If you finish everything, read one of the following articles and tell me if you agree or disagree in the comment box below, and why.
'Have Babies': Not Wise Advice
New Taxes Are Not the Answer
Negotiating with Russia
Romantically Active Japanese Elementary School Children


Progress Update

Finished Special Thing:
Taki, Kanami, Yukiko, Daiki, Mikako, Kazunari, Nao, Yui, Maki, Goh, Daichi, Hana, Mina, Akira, Hiroki, Takayuki, Kenta, Masae, Akane, Yumi, Miya, Hiroharu, Sena, Yuya, Kouji, Shoichi, Tae, Takeshi, Taihei, Haruka (30 of 30)

Finished Comparison:
Kanami, Yukiko, Kazunari, Nao, Takayuki, Maki, Yui, Daiki, Goh, Taki, Hiroki, Masae, Yumi, Daichi, Mikako, Mina, Kouji, Tae, Yuya, Hana, Akane, Akira, Sena, Hiroharu, Taihei, Takeshi, Shoichi, Haruka, Kenta, Miya (30 of 30)


Finished "How to ...":
Kanami, Daichi, Kazunari, Yui, Nao, Yukiko, Taki, Mina, Mikako, Takayuki, Daiki, Kouji, Akane, Hiroharu, Taihei, Masae, Yumi, Hana, Goh, Miya, Takeshi, Hiroki, Haruka, Shoichi, Akira, Maki, Yuya, Sena, Tae, Kenta (30 of 30)


Finished Opinion
Kanami, Masae, Akane, Hana, Mikako, Taki, Goh, Yukiko, Daiki, Hiroki, Akira, Kazunari, Yui, Takayuki, Kouji, Nao, Takeshi, Daichi, Tae, Yuya, Shoichi, Yumi, Haruka, Taihei, Maki, Sena, Mina (27)
Not yet: Miya, Hiroharu, Kenta