Hi Students,
Click on comments below for this week's question.
Thanks!
Enjoy the weekend.
Josh
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
HW for Monday, Oct. 31st and Tuesday, Nov. 1st
Monday's HW:
1. Bring questions about Paragraph 3, Draft 3
2. Ex. 8 (#5-6) (P. 167)(collected)
3. Ex. 9 (choose 2) (p. 167)(collected)
-Write thesis statements with specific controlling ideas.
Tuesday's HW:
1. Ex. 55 (p. 238)
2. Paragraph 3, Draft 3 Portfolio
3. Read Article (letters) (p. 111-112) + Answer Questions 1-8 (p. 112-113)
1. Bring questions about Paragraph 3, Draft 3
2. Ex. 8 (#5-6) (P. 167)(collected)
3. Ex. 9 (choose 2) (p. 167)(collected)
-Write thesis statements with specific controlling ideas.
Tuesday's HW:
1. Ex. 55 (p. 238)
2. Paragraph 3, Draft 3 Portfolio
3. Read Article (letters) (p. 111-112) + Answer Questions 1-8 (p. 112-113)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
HW for Thursday, Oct. 27th
1. Ex. 8, #1-4 (p. 167)
-rewrite as thesis statements with specific controlling ideas (including main points)
-rewrite as thesis statements with specific controlling ideas (including main points)
Friday, October 21, 2011
Journal #8 (Week 9)
Hi!
While putting together the mid-term grades, I re-read your previous journal responses. There were tons of insightful comments,and the diversity of responses was exactly what I had hoped for. Keep up the good work!
This week's question is from Ramadan; here it is:
WHO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN?AND WHY?
Happy writing!
While putting together the mid-term grades, I re-read your previous journal responses. There were tons of insightful comments,and the diversity of responses was exactly what I had hoped for. Keep up the good work!
This week's question is from Ramadan; here it is:
WHO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN?AND WHY?
Happy writing!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Journal #7 (Week 8)
Hi!
Please take the time to read some of the responses that students posted for last week's questions. This week's question is from Tastuya, and the topic is a little similar to last week's question in that it has to do with your future. However, this time, the question is not about your personal life but rather your professional life. Here is the question:
What's your dream of future?
What do you want to be/do in future?
Happy writing!
Josh
Please take the time to read some of the responses that students posted for last week's questions. This week's question is from Tastuya, and the topic is a little similar to last week's question in that it has to do with your future. However, this time, the question is not about your personal life but rather your professional life. Here is the question:
What's your dream of future?
What do you want to be/do in future?
Happy writing!
Josh
HW for Monday, Oct. 17th
1. Paragraph 3, Draft 1 (Analyzing Reasons Paragraph)
2. Journal #7 (see blog post above)
3. Present Perfect Handout, Part 2 (Tuesday)
4. Read p. 235 (top)(Tuesday)
2. Journal #7 (see blog post above)
3. Present Perfect Handout, Part 2 (Tuesday)
4. Read p. 235 (top)(Tuesday)
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
HW for Thursday, Oct. 13th
1. Ex. 9 (p. 82)
2. Groupwork: Add connecting words to in-class paragraphs; email paragraphs to me by Thursday.
2. Groupwork: Add connecting words to in-class paragraphs; email paragraphs to me by Thursday.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Journal #6 (Week 7)
Hi!
Last week's question generated some interesting and varied responses. I enjoyed seeing that everyone was able to express their sometimes differing persectives in such a respectful and objective way. Nice work!
This week's question is also an interesting personal question. Here is Shiki's question:
Do you want to get married in the future?
Why or why not?
Happy writing and enjoy the weekend (despite the weather)!
Josh
Here are student responses:
Leslie's Response:
I don’t yearn for the wedlock due to two reasons. First, it is economy pressure, once you have marriage with someone. You have to buy a new house to live. But in my country, it is not easy to purchase a new apartment due to low pay. Generally speaking, the annual salary of teen is $14,400. People should save the money for forty years to afford their home because the property in the center is becoming more expensive. Besides, once you have a babe before marriage. Raising the baby is one of the most expensive things. According to the statistics from the center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (2010), the report indicated that if you want to raise one, you should have the bundle of money on hand, because you will spend an enormous $222,360 to raise a second child born in 2009 through age 17, but the typical families make from $56,670 to $98,120 per year. Second, I enjoy the single life. I would like to the freedom in my whole life. The marriage is legal contract between two people. If I got marry, I have a responsibility as a father or husband very seriously. I have to give up the leisure time to take care of my family. For instance, I need to do some overtime or work the graveyard shift to make some extra money. I think it is a terrifying nightmare for me. I don’t want to this kind of life in my lifestyle. In short, the marriage life is not suiting me. I look forward to having liberty and achieving financial freedom in the future.
Lino, Mark. (2010). Expenditures on Children by Families, 2009. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Miscellaneous Publication No. 1528-2009.
Yu's Response:
I want to get married in the future because it's one of my dream. I like children, so I want to have them. However I think it is not necessary for me to do it. I want to do my best anytime in my life. When I get married someome and have children, I don't want to stop to my job for it. I have another dream. I want to be a career woman and succeed in my job in the future. If I give up to work and I knoe I regret. I want to manege to work and keep house. It is hard for me to choice job or marrige.
Shiki's Response
I really want to get married in the future. There are three reasons for it. First, I do not want to die alone. When I will be on my deathbed, I will be happy if I am surrounded by my family such as my husband and children. If my husband’s death is earlier than mine, I’m sure my children will be with me. Second reason is that I really want to have my children. I would like to raise my children as my parents brought up me. I would like my children to experience various things such as playing the piano, swimming, dancing, playing sports or etc. In addition, I think they will be able to find things that they are good at through these experiences. Besides, I would like to take my children to a lot of places because I think it is important to see many places and to talk with a lot of people. Through these experiences, they will be able to understand that there are a lot of beautiful places in the world and many people who have various personalities. Finally, I really want to stay with the person I love very much. I think I will be able to live happily with my husband because we will be able to encourage each other when we will be disappointed. Moreover, we will be aim same or almost same goal together, and we will be able to help each other when we will face something difficult. However, I would like to say strongly that I also want to do what I really want to do. I want to work and achieve something I can be proud of, because I think my life is only one time and very precious things. Therefore, I would like to get marry when I will be 27 or 28 years old.
Satsuki's Response:
I want to get married in the future, because I want to spend my life with the person who I really love and I want to get child in the future. Firstly, I want to get job in the future before get married. To work is very important for me, because I am studying now to get job in the future and I want to work that I am interested in or only for me. Also, working is very important to get money for me and family in the future, so I want to get married after worked. I love my family and thankful to my parents, so I want to make family like my family and I want to be a parent like my parents. Then, I want to get child and I want my child to do anything that I couldn’t do that. Also, I want my parents to see my child in the future. When I meet with my grandparents, they are very kind and taught many things for me. I like the time that I can see my grandparents, so I want my parents to see my child of future. If I can do, I want to continue to work after get married. Someone thinks all man (husband) have to work for family. Generally, wife is do housework at house, and husband is work for family, but I want to continue working after get married. I don’t think that wife has to do house work and only husband has to work for family, so I think working both wife and husband is good. Therefore, if I can get married, I can spend my life with the person who I really love, get child and I can continue to work or things that I am interested in. So, I want to get married.
Last week's question generated some interesting and varied responses. I enjoyed seeing that everyone was able to express their sometimes differing persectives in such a respectful and objective way. Nice work!
This week's question is also an interesting personal question. Here is Shiki's question:
Do you want to get married in the future?
Why or why not?
Happy writing and enjoy the weekend (despite the weather)!
Josh
Here are student responses:
Leslie's Response:
I don’t yearn for the wedlock due to two reasons. First, it is economy pressure, once you have marriage with someone. You have to buy a new house to live. But in my country, it is not easy to purchase a new apartment due to low pay. Generally speaking, the annual salary of teen is $14,400. People should save the money for forty years to afford their home because the property in the center is becoming more expensive. Besides, once you have a babe before marriage. Raising the baby is one of the most expensive things. According to the statistics from the center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (2010), the report indicated that if you want to raise one, you should have the bundle of money on hand, because you will spend an enormous $222,360 to raise a second child born in 2009 through age 17, but the typical families make from $56,670 to $98,120 per year. Second, I enjoy the single life. I would like to the freedom in my whole life. The marriage is legal contract between two people. If I got marry, I have a responsibility as a father or husband very seriously. I have to give up the leisure time to take care of my family. For instance, I need to do some overtime or work the graveyard shift to make some extra money. I think it is a terrifying nightmare for me. I don’t want to this kind of life in my lifestyle. In short, the marriage life is not suiting me. I look forward to having liberty and achieving financial freedom in the future.
Lino, Mark. (2010). Expenditures on Children by Families, 2009. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Miscellaneous Publication No. 1528-2009.
Yu's Response:
I want to get married in the future because it's one of my dream. I like children, so I want to have them. However I think it is not necessary for me to do it. I want to do my best anytime in my life. When I get married someome and have children, I don't want to stop to my job for it. I have another dream. I want to be a career woman and succeed in my job in the future. If I give up to work and I knoe I regret. I want to manege to work and keep house. It is hard for me to choice job or marrige.
Shiki's Response
I really want to get married in the future. There are three reasons for it. First, I do not want to die alone. When I will be on my deathbed, I will be happy if I am surrounded by my family such as my husband and children. If my husband’s death is earlier than mine, I’m sure my children will be with me. Second reason is that I really want to have my children. I would like to raise my children as my parents brought up me. I would like my children to experience various things such as playing the piano, swimming, dancing, playing sports or etc. In addition, I think they will be able to find things that they are good at through these experiences. Besides, I would like to take my children to a lot of places because I think it is important to see many places and to talk with a lot of people. Through these experiences, they will be able to understand that there are a lot of beautiful places in the world and many people who have various personalities. Finally, I really want to stay with the person I love very much. I think I will be able to live happily with my husband because we will be able to encourage each other when we will be disappointed. Moreover, we will be aim same or almost same goal together, and we will be able to help each other when we will face something difficult. However, I would like to say strongly that I also want to do what I really want to do. I want to work and achieve something I can be proud of, because I think my life is only one time and very precious things. Therefore, I would like to get marry when I will be 27 or 28 years old.
Satsuki's Response:
I want to get married in the future, because I want to spend my life with the person who I really love and I want to get child in the future. Firstly, I want to get job in the future before get married. To work is very important for me, because I am studying now to get job in the future and I want to work that I am interested in or only for me. Also, working is very important to get money for me and family in the future, so I want to get married after worked. I love my family and thankful to my parents, so I want to make family like my family and I want to be a parent like my parents. Then, I want to get child and I want my child to do anything that I couldn’t do that. Also, I want my parents to see my child in the future. When I meet with my grandparents, they are very kind and taught many things for me. I like the time that I can see my grandparents, so I want my parents to see my child of future. If I can do, I want to continue to work after get married. Someone thinks all man (husband) have to work for family. Generally, wife is do housework at house, and husband is work for family, but I want to continue working after get married. I don’t think that wife has to do house work and only husband has to work for family, so I think working both wife and husband is good. Therefore, if I can get married, I can spend my life with the person who I really love, get child and I can continue to work or things that I am interested in. So, I want to get married.
HW for Monday, Oct. 10th and Tuesday, Oct. 11th
Monday, Oct. 10th
1. Journal #6 (see blog post above)
2. Read p. 85 (outlines)
3. Read p. 86 (topics--#1 under Prewriting)
4. Bring narrative draft 2 grammar questions
Tuesday, Oct. 11th
1. Final Narrative Portfolio (including draft 1, 2, and final draft)
2. Ex. 7 (p. 81)
3. Outline (for paragraph 3)
1. Journal #6 (see blog post above)
2. Read p. 85 (outlines)
3. Read p. 86 (topics--#1 under Prewriting)
4. Bring narrative draft 2 grammar questions
Tuesday, Oct. 11th
1. Final Narrative Portfolio (including draft 1, 2, and final draft)
2. Ex. 7 (p. 81)
3. Outline (for paragraph 3)
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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