IE3 Writing: Lesson 13

1/14/2016

Hi everyone,

Just one more week! We'll be finished with our course and our persuasion essay next week.

Revising and Editing:
In today's class, we learned about revising and editing. When you revise, you correct the content and structure of your research paper. When you edit, you correct grammar and style mistakes.

You then have some time to work on your peer editing task. For this task, you will revise/edit your partner's concluding paragraph. You need to complete the following for this task:

complete the Peer Editing Worksheet
make revision corrections (using blue pen) on your partner's paragraph
make editing corrections (using red pen) on your partner's paragraph
make a copy of the worksheet and your partner's concluding paragraph (with your corrections)

In next week's class, you will give the original copies to your partner, and the copies to me. The worksheet is attached at the end of today's blog summary.

Conferences:
For the last part of our lesson, you work on your peer editing activities and I had conferences with the first group of students. We will continue our conferences in next week's lesson in Room 217.

Homework:

Peer Editing Task (=10%)
Edit/Revise First Draft
Blog Comment #10
Complete Conference Preparation Worksheet (conference group 2)

Blog Question #10:

What are your feelings about our IE3 Writing class?
Do you think you're prepared for the Academic Writing course? Why or why not?

Write 10-12 sentences.
Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
Submit by Tuesday, January 19 by 6:00pm

16 Comments

IE3W-Ryoma

1/14/2016 08:19:36 pm

I feel IE3 class was a very good class in regard to the attitude of the classmates and the work that we did. In the first Nicole's class, I first thought it was hard to pass and I felt that I might give up, but when time passes the skills that I earned this semester was a big one.
Firstly, the attitude of the classmates were fantastic because everyone had the chance to speak up in class. Also, Nicole was a nice teacher to make the student speak on behalf of the class.
Secondly, Nicole was strict in a good way.That made us focus more on the class. For example, she gave me a great deal of homework, and the severe comments on the writings.
Like I said previously, I learned a lot of writing skills, so now I have a big confidence on challenging the academic wring course. Also, the word that I wrote in my essays were far beyond 500 words.Therefore, I am not worried about the words that we will write.
If I have a chance to take Nicole's class I will do so.
Thank you Nicole for teaching us this semester.

IE3W-Hideaki

1/16/2016 05:58:01 pm

I am feeling very happy that I could take this class. I could learn variety of things.
Especially, about essay structure. Before taking this course, I tried to write essays in examination such as toefl ibt. However I had in trouble, when I was writing my essays, since I could not conprehend well about essay structure. But after taking this course, I have a confidence that I could write essays logially.
Beggining in the class, I thought that there were too many rules in essay and it was too strict. However, now I am glad to have studied these rules since I could know how to become a better writer.
I think I am prepared to take academic writing course.
Since I could learn the basic structure, how to cite, how to paraphrase and so on. I think that continuing the things that I learned form this course will boost me to do well in the academic writing course.
Thank you for the fruitful classes.

IE3W-Ryosuke

1/17/2016 01:14:20 pm

I think that our IE3 Writing class is very fruitful. In this class, I was able to know how to write essay, classification essay and persuasion essay systematically for the first time. Moreover, your correction and advice enabled me to improve my essay. Furthermore, I enjoyed peer editing tasks, which gave me the chance to see a style of language of others. I am sure that all things that I have done in our IE3 Writing class must help me to be a good writer of English in the future.
I think I’m prepared for the Academic Writing course. Although I do not know what it is like in detail, I already learned how to write essay and essay structure. So, I believe that I can apply things which I studied in IE3 Writing class to the Academic Writing course. I hope that I can write better English writing in the next course. I cannot thank you enough for your painstaking guidance.

IE3W-Takumi

1/17/2016 10:45:29 pm

I am really glad to be a member of this writing class. This is because course contents are informative to improve my writing skill. Also, I like the atmosphere of this class. It was so friendly, and a good circumstance to study. In the circumstance, I was able to concentrate on the class. The assignments Nicole gives us every week improve my writing skill too. Because of this class, I think I am ready for the Academic writing class. Although I am not perfectly sure whether I will not have any trouble in the class, I think I did my best in this writing class. I will do my best too in the Academic writing class. Thank you for your helpful guidance.

Momona

1/18/2016 03:33:54 am

I think this IE3 writing class was very hard. To be particular, It was very hard to manage homework to finish every week until the due while i had other 14 classes. I wish I could have less tasks to do in this class. However, I could imrove my writing skills a lot. The explanation of writing structure was very helpful. I am very happy that I know how to write an essay. Besides, students in this class were very friendly and kind. All in all, it was very nice opportunity to have this class.

I am taking acdemic writing course in this term. I find my class is meaning less. I think he actually teach us nothing though I like him. I wrote my essay, "Marijuana should not be legalized", using what I learned in IE3 writing class.

Thank you for teaching us many writing skills, Nicole.

IE3W-Mizuki

1/18/2016 09:57:19 pm

I felt that IE3 writing class was so hard. This is because there were a lot of home works to do every week and I sometimes couldn't finish them. However, I wrote a lot in this class and gradually I felt my English skills improved. I am sure that this class had too many works to do but all of them were very helpful. I am now glad to take this class and want to say thank you to Nicole.

I'm prepared for academic writing class. I am not sure that my English skill is enough to study academic writing. However, now I think writing is not so hard, so I want to try various ways of writing. Since Nicole teached me a lot about writing skills, I can think positively about writing. Thank you for all you did for us, Nicole.

IE3-Misaki

1/18/2016 11:16:54 pm

I could learn a lot of writing skills in this class. I am ashamed to say that this was the first time that I understood the structure of the writing. I was troubled to be not able to write an essay. However, I became able to write it smoothly to follow the steps. And, Your revision corrections for my essay was very helpful. I take academic in this term. The skills which I got in this class is helpful in academic writing.
I was happy that I know how to write an essay. And, I was happy that the teacher of IE3 writing was Nicole. Thank you.

IE3W-Iyona

1/18/2016 11:46:35 pm

I felt this class was really hard. This writing class was very different from IE2 writing. This class had a lot of homework every week. Sometimes the homework's deadline was bit short so it was hard to manage. However, having a lot of homework, having checked my writing, and reading and editing classmates writing improved my English skills. The materials you gave us every week was really helpful for me. This is because I got to learn not only how to write but also creation symbols and the essay's structure. I am really glad that you were my writing teacher.
I think I am prepared for the academic writing class. This is because I learned many things from this class, so I can do better than before. My English is not perfect but I will do my best and learn more through academic writing.

Thank you so much for teaching us writing skills.

IE3W-Sae

1/19/2016 12:02:04 am

I am so glad that I could take your IE3 writing class. This class was actually the first time for me to write a full essays. Before I took your class, I did not know anything about essay structures. You taught us so many important things such as a hook statement, how to cite sources, bibliography, a final thought and a counter arguement. I am a little bit confident about my writing skills now. You always gave me usuful comments, and I really appreciate your help. Also, I think that was a great idea that you did not allow us to use our smartphones during the class. It made me concentrate on my essays. Thanks to this class, I think I am prepared for the Academic writing course. It is because this class made me realize that I really enjoy writing essays. I think it is hard to write perfect essays, but if you never give up, the essays will be surely improved.

IE3W-Shoko

1/19/2016 12:05:48 am

I'm very satisfied with this IE3 Writing class. I want to say thank you to the teacher and to all my wonderful classmates. It was good to let us know how we should write essays in detail. Until I take this class, I had never written such an essay that I can feel perfect after finishing writing. Peer editing was also awesome for me. To know others' writings made me think again about my style.
I don't know exactly how hard academic writing class is, but through your class, I can feel a little confident with my writing skills. I'm sure I can keep on trying with my essays.
Thank you again for your support!

IE3W-Kanta

1/19/2016 12:09:35 am

I thought this class was really hard. I took a lot of Nicole's class, and knew how hard it was, but still wasn't prepared enough for it. I always tried to finish essays in good time, but after all, I found my self facing the computer right before the deadline. Now that I realized this, I'd like to prepare myself for IE seminar, and get working as soon as possible. I guess if I could have these tasks prepared on time, I'd be ready to move up to seminar. In all, this class was tough, but was worth it and enjoyed my time a lot. I gained many things though Nicole's lessons and am sure that these skills will be useful someday.

IE3W-Kana

1/19/2016 12:16:12 am

I think IE3 writing class was very hard. It was really hard to follow the class. But now I'm glad to taking your writing class. I finally understood the essay structure. Also your collection made me to improve the English writing skill. Everything was very helpful me.

I'm taking academic writing class now. I could write the essay premeditatedly. I firstly made outline, and it wasn't hard to write essay because of outline.

Thank you so much for teaching us many things.

IE3W-Miki

1/19/2016 12:45:29 am

I feel that IE3 Writing class was great. Everyone was so nice and I'm so glad that I could take this class. I had no confidence in my writing skill, however I learned a lot through this writing class. I think that I could improve my writing skill. The materials you gave us were very helpful. Your corrections were also helpful for me to improve my writing skills.
As I said before, I learned a lot from this class and could improve my writing skill, so I think I'm prepared for the Academic Writing course. I'm little nervous of Academic Writing class. However, I'll do my best like I did in this class.
Thank you Nicole for teaching us.

IE3W-Yu

1/19/2016 12:54:23 am

I think this class was too difficult . Every week I had to do homework of this class. Sometimes I did not finish my homework. However l am satisfied that I have learned many writing skills because you taught me hard. This ability will help me study in other classes. I am glad to take your class. Thank you.

I am taking academic writing and skill now. I often use what I learned in your class to write my essay. I think the contents of this class is wonderful. I can write my essay without much difficulty.i am grateful to you for your class.

IE3W-William

1/19/2016 12:55:30 am

I didn't think IE3 writing would be this difficult. I didn't had any confidence from the start, but it was hard than I expected. I was always bad at writing. I started writing English when I was in the first grade in junior high school. My listening abilities were little good. But I didn't know how to spell anything. I hope my last essay will be a little better than the last one.
I don't know if I'm ready for the academic writing class. If a can make it to the next level, I'll do my best. This half year was very fun for me.

IE3W-Saki.N

1/19/2016 05:05:57 pm

At first I thought that the level might be a little hard in Nicole's class. But as I attend the class I kind of got how to write properly. There was some works that I had trouble with but the handouts we received in class was very helpful. Some of the students were from the same class as me in IE2 so I was able to get to know them deeply. I also had fun because each students have an amazing personalties.
I'm not sure in ready for the academic writing but I think I can do it because of the things you taught me. You taught us all kinds of thing that maybe other teachers might not teach to us. I'd like to make use of those skills.
Thank you for teaching us all kinds of things and I really had an awesome time in IE3 writing. I will miss this class.

IE3 Writing: Lesson 13

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