東京理科大学 A英3: Writing assignment 6・作文6

Hello!

How are you? Today I will show you our 6th writing assignment (作文6) - your ideas on what you see as the best kind of working life and lifestyle for you. 

While I have already given you all the handout about the assignment, I will post about it here as well to help remind you on what you can do for this assignment. 

Topic

Write about your view of an ideal working life and lifestyle.

Think about the kind of working situations you would like to have. Would it be working in a company or laboratory? Or would you maybe prefer to work more independently – for example, in a company that would allow you to work on your own, perhaps in your own small laboratory - perhaps even in a situation where you make your own working hours and so long as you meet deadlines, you could even work anytime you wanted?

Would you like to even have a different kind of schedule – for example, working at night or even on weekends, and sleeping and resting during the daytime? Would you prefer working freelance, or even starting your own business, either with another person in your field – or on your own?

I would like you to cover these points in your writing:

The kind of working situation you would like (research for a company or laboratory, or perhaps as part of a university, or even your own business)

The kind of place you would like to live in (such as in Tokyo or another major city, or perhaps in a small city or even a town somewhere in the country)

The kind of life you envision for yourself (married, staying single, living in a large house or mansion, or some other kind of living arrangement)

While this assignment deals with only one topic, you have a lot of freedom to write about the kind of working life and lifestyle you wish for in your future.

How much to write

I would like you to write as much as you can, around 4-5 paragraphs' worth of writing. 

Deadline (締め切り)

It will be December 18th (12/18), so I want you to work on your first draft (下書き) in class today in your notebooks in pencil. I would recommend as well to work on this outside of class.

Next week, I will try to get us into a computer room, where we can then work on the final versions in Word. I will try to talk to as many of you as I can to review your drafts, and you can change things about the draft as you need to, then write to the finish in class, print the final version out, and turn in your work. 

Good luck with this! I hope you can have fun with this, and enjoy writing about your ideal working life and lifestyle. 

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