東京理科大学 A英3: Mid-term (spring final) writing assignment・中間「前学期」作文

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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