Hello!
How are you? Here is our mid-term (spring final) writing assignment (中間「前学期」作文) - comparing and
contrasting (比較対照している) different
people or places.
While I have already given you the handout for this assignment, I am
posting it here as another way to help you know what you can do.
Topic choices
You have two (2) choices for topics. Choose one
(1) of them.
1. Compare (比べる) two
(2) different people to each other.
In this topic, compare two
different people – it could be the personalities of some people you know, such
as a brother to a sister, or our mother and your father.
It could also be about two
different people you know outside your family who may have the same jobs, or
have had the same impact on your lives, like two teachers who had an
impact on you, or two friends, coaches, or other people who have been big in
your lives. But it could also be two famous people you think are
unique, interesting, or special, like two singers, musicians, actors,
athletes, writers, artists, or scientists. But
remember – how similar are they? How different are they?
I
will gather your writing on this topic into The Small Book of Big People book I have talked about
before in class.
2. Compare two (2) places to
each other.
In this topic, compare two
different places that you know about, and may mean a lot to you – two different
schools, or other kinds of places from your childhood. It could also be about
two different cities or towns – maybe places you know, but also places you have
never been to but would like to go to, maybe even
live in someday.
I am gathering writing on this
topic into the Places & Traces book I have also talked about in class.
For this topic, you can use the
pictures from my blog that I posted about places and homes, or you
can find your own pictures.
How much to write
I would like you to write at
least four (4) paragraphs – but if you can go longer that would
be great! I would like you to write as much as you
can, because your work may be published (出版した) on both this blog and in The Small Book of Big People and Places
& Traces books.
Deadline (締め切り)
It will be next week (来週) on July 31st (7/31), and it will be a final version (完成版). This
means you must begin writing now – do not
wait until the day or night before!
To help you, I will give you a draft
sheet (下書きシート) that you can write ideas, notes, topic sentences,
and supporting sentences on. You will then write your final version on a
separate sheet of notebook paper. On 7/31,
you will hand in both the draft sheet and the final version.
Good luck! I will look forward to reading your great writing – and
please relax over the summer for a job well done!
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