http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120929a1.html
This is a fascinating example of a piece including an interview and introduction of the life and art of one person, published in the Japan Times on September 29, Sat, 2012.
Hope you'll check it out and consider creating a piece like this based on interviewing somebody--a friend, family member, professor, boss at your part-time or anybody you are interested in!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Class Summary and Homework 9/24 M & 9/26 W
Week 3:
Getting Started on the Writing/Publishing Process
1. How is your blogging? You should have 6 blog articles by the end of this week and 8 by the end of next week. I will ask for a Half-Way Self-evaluation and Reflection, which will be due 10/10 Wed. By then, you need 10 articles or more with 100 words or more and meaningful content (6 fixed topics, 4 or more free/open topics).
Also, you should write comments on all blog postings of all partners (See below). Even short comments! Make sure you do it week by week.
Blog Comment partner groups (in alphabetical order of names):
1. Haruka, Jun, Kayano, Kumiko, Madoka
2. Mariko, Masaaki, Megumi, Moro
3. Nozomi, Rinako, Risa, Ryo
4. Ryoko, Saaya, Saya, Shoto
5. Shun, Tsubasa, Yohei, Yumi
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2. Be an Author!
What do YOU want to write??
Liberate yourself! Don't limit yourself. No theme is too small, or too big!
Fundamentally...what is good writing? Let's brainstorm together a bit.
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3. What is the Writing Process? 7 Steps of Authors
Step 1: Brainstorm possible territories and themes (in notebook)
Step 2: Choose a theme and genre. Learn genres from mentor texts.
Step 3: Develop ideas and start a draft
Step 4: Get feedback in or out of class
Step 5: Revise the draft and get more feedback
Step 6: Edit the piece and submit to editor (me)
Step 7: Publish on our website or another medium!
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4. One Possible Pace/Schedule for Publishing 3 Pieces of 3 Genres
Piece #1 A Personal Narrative (Samples)
Draft by 10/1 M, Revise/Edit and Publish by 10/8 M
Piece #2 A Poem (Samples) or Haiku (Samples)
Draft by 10/15 M, Revise/Edit and Publish by 10/22 M
Piece #3 A Short Story (Short samples, longer samples) or Essay (Sample)
Draft by 10/29 M, Revise/Edit and Publish by 11/5 M
Note: This is only one image of a steady pace. Different writers have different preferences and paces, and we will respect that. The pacing and genres are up to you, and how much content you write is up to you, too! This is one of the challenges of being a real author. I am not going to force you to keep the pace above or to follow those three genres. Each of you will work on your OWN themes and genres at your OWN best pace. Be original and make it work for yourself, but if you are not sure, try to follow the above pace.
But please remember that our final class is 11/12 M and that is the last possible day for publishing. Also, please note that it may be difficult to get feedback from classmates or myself if you don't give us sufficient time to respond to drafts in class or by email etc.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, produced in video on YouTube. Or just text.
A Man by Nina Cassian.
Getting Started on the Writing/Publishing Process
1. How is your blogging? You should have 6 blog articles by the end of this week and 8 by the end of next week. I will ask for a Half-Way Self-evaluation and Reflection, which will be due 10/10 Wed. By then, you need 10 articles or more with 100 words or more and meaningful content (6 fixed topics, 4 or more free/open topics).
Also, you should write comments on all blog postings of all partners (See below). Even short comments! Make sure you do it week by week.
Blog Comment partner groups (in alphabetical order of names):
1. Haruka, Jun, Kayano, Kumiko, Madoka
2. Mariko, Masaaki, Megumi, Moro
3. Nozomi, Rinako, Risa, Ryo
4. Ryoko, Saaya, Saya, Shoto
5. Shun, Tsubasa, Yohei, Yumi
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2. Be an Author!
What do YOU want to write??
Liberate yourself! Don't limit yourself. No theme is too small, or too big!
Fundamentally...what is good writing? Let's brainstorm together a bit.
-----------
3. What is the Writing Process? 7 Steps of Authors
Step 1: Brainstorm possible territories and themes (in notebook)
Step 2: Choose a theme and genre. Learn genres from mentor texts.
Step 3: Develop ideas and start a draft
Step 4: Get feedback in or out of class
Step 5: Revise the draft and get more feedback
Step 6: Edit the piece and submit to editor (me)
Step 7: Publish on our website or another medium!
-----------
4. One Possible Pace/Schedule for Publishing 3 Pieces of 3 Genres
Piece #1 A Personal Narrative (Samples)
Draft by 10/1 M, Revise/Edit and Publish by 10/8 M
Piece #2 A Poem (Samples) or Haiku (Samples)
Draft by 10/15 M, Revise/Edit and Publish by 10/22 M
Piece #3 A Short Story (Short samples, longer samples) or Essay (Sample)
Draft by 10/29 M, Revise/Edit and Publish by 11/5 M
Note: This is only one image of a steady pace. Different writers have different preferences and paces, and we will respect that. The pacing and genres are up to you, and how much content you write is up to you, too! This is one of the challenges of being a real author. I am not going to force you to keep the pace above or to follow those three genres. Each of you will work on your OWN themes and genres at your OWN best pace. Be original and make it work for yourself, but if you are not sure, try to follow the above pace.
But please remember that our final class is 11/12 M and that is the last possible day for publishing. Also, please note that it may be difficult to get feedback from classmates or myself if you don't give us sufficient time to respond to drafts in class or by email etc.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, produced in video on YouTube. Or just text.
A Man by Nina Cassian.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Class Summary and Homework 9/12 W and 9/17, 19
Today we will create and practice our "Who am I?" presentations.
The purpose of the Who am I? presentations is to give each class member a chance to visually show what they want to show about themselves so we can get to know them. Also, it is fun to think "Who am I?" and what you will show within a limited time and space. Feel free to be creative and original in the approach you take!
If possible, consider this slide show something that you can post on your blog too. It won't be required, but it is a nice visual element to spice up your personal writing blog. To upload the slides and embed them, just use SlideShare.com and copy the embed code into the HTML window of blogger.
1) Confirm blogging topics - Which topics have you finished? What did/will you write about "Are you a writer?" What open topic did/will you blog on?
2) Mark's demo of 10x10 "Who am I?" presentation?
3) Brainstorm 10x10 content on paper + Share with a partner.
4) Download 10x10 PowerPoint template (click here) and practice adding images (from the Internet) and key words. Note: If you need a scanner, the ILC Helpdesk has one, and it is quite easy to use.
5) If possible, let's do a very rough rehearsal at the end of class, and also decide order of presentations on Monday/Wednesday.
Monday=
6) How to practice/do rehearsals = You need to practice at least 10 times with your VOICE out loud, standing in front of a computer, to be ready. Manage your time and don't spend all of your time for creating the visuals. Plan 30 minutes for purely practicing your delivery. The visuals can be rough, and some slides can just be a key word with text only.
7) On your presentation day, make sure you bring your PowerPoint file on a USB. Make sure it is ready to go because there will be no time for final changes!
The purpose of the Who am I? presentations is to give each class member a chance to visually show what they want to show about themselves so we can get to know them. Also, it is fun to think "Who am I?" and what you will show within a limited time and space. Feel free to be creative and original in the approach you take!
If possible, consider this slide show something that you can post on your blog too. It won't be required, but it is a nice visual element to spice up your personal writing blog. To upload the slides and embed them, just use SlideShare.com and copy the embed code into the HTML window of blogger.
1) Confirm blogging topics - Which topics have you finished? What did/will you write about "Are you a writer?" What open topic did/will you blog on?
2) Mark's demo of 10x10 "Who am I?" presentation?
3) Brainstorm 10x10 content on paper + Share with a partner.
4) Download 10x10 PowerPoint template (click here) and practice adding images (from the Internet) and key words. Note: If you need a scanner, the ILC Helpdesk has one, and it is quite easy to use.
5) If possible, let's do a very rough rehearsal at the end of class, and also decide order of presentations on Monday/Wednesday.
Monday=
１．Tsubasa
２．Masaaki
３．Madoka
４．Shoto
５．Nozomi
６．Saaya
７．Ryo
８．Yumi
９．Kumiko
１０．
Mariko
Wed = ABC order of first name
6) How to practice/do rehearsals = You need to practice at least 10 times with your VOICE out loud, standing in front of a computer, to be ready. Manage your time and don't spend all of your time for creating the visuals. Plan 30 minutes for purely practicing your delivery. The visuals can be rough, and some slides can just be a key word with text only.
7) On your presentation day, make sure you bring your PowerPoint file on a USB. Make sure it is ready to go because there will be no time for final changes!
Welcome 2012 Writers!
I want to welcome the new members of the YOU 2012 class.
You're joining the 2011 students on this site, and are welcome to see the pieces they published, and the personal writings they did on their blogs.
Your names and blog sites will be added step by step.
You're joining the 2011 students on this site, and are welcome to see the pieces they published, and the personal writings they did on their blogs.
Your names and blog sites will be added step by step.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Class Summary and Assigned Homework 9/10 M
Class Activities:
1. Welcome! Mingle and learn classmate names (10 minutes)
-What's your name? Why did you decide to take this class?
2. Learn more about a partner: Non-verbal communication
3. Overview of this course: Tentative schedule etc.
4. Interview a partner and introduce him/her
a) Name, Please call him/her..., ELP section
b) Why did you take this class?
c) Do you like writing? Why or why not? If yes, what kind?
Homework (for the next class)
First, please create your OWN blog on Blogger.com or another blog site so that you can start writing. Please send me your blog address, too, preferably in the same email as above. Feel free to start blogging on this week's topics right away!
Second, please send me your Gmail address so that I can add you as an editor of this blog.
See you on Wed!
1. Welcome! Mingle and learn classmate names (10 minutes)
-What's your name? Why did you decide to take this class?
2. Learn more about a partner: Non-verbal communication
3. Overview of this course: Tentative schedule etc.
4. Interview a partner and introduce him/her
a) Name, Please call him/her..., ELP section
b) Why did you take this class?
c) Do you like writing? Why or why not? If yes, what kind?
Homework (for the next class)
First, please create your OWN blog on Blogger.com or another blog site so that you can start writing. Please send me your blog address, too, preferably in the same email as above. Feel free to start blogging on this week's topics right away!
Second, please send me your Gmail address so that I can add you as an editor of this blog.
See you on Wed!
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