Summary: First, we settled in and continued to work on the Academic Essay Writing Survey (attached) to make sure you knew more about the key concepts and terms. To help visualize the terms, you also viewed a final draft of an APA paper a former student wrote after five drafts with my feedback. We also carefully considered and followed the activities of Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 4 -6.

Then, you got into groups and pairs and discussed the homework that you took notes on about your issue that you will write a paper. When the other student spoke about their issue, the teacher reminded you to keep asking questions. Lastly, we discussed the homework a second time for the next class. 

A Writer’s Quote to Consider:

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

-Steven King

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 04 – Parts of your essay

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 05 – Now you can read

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 06 – Balance

Homework due at 1 pm the day before Session 04 by taking photos of your notes and inserting all the photos in your Google Document under the titles Research Articles #3 and #4 (on the same issue to write your paper) in your shared Google document. Other students get to see your work and share it with you. These articles should provide general information or be wide-ranging reads with notes.

Instructions for Homework Content:

1. Researching and taking notes on one issue: Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic that you are passionate about writing. There are five search engine links below, featuring a variety of materials and themes.

Then, take two pages of notes for each article using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. Try to summarize your work. Could you please add the pictures of your notes to your shared Google Document under ‘Research Articles #3 and #4’ in your shared file so I can edit your APA References?

2. Typing the APA reference of your research: As best you can, please try to type the American Psychological Association (APA) formatted references typed in the document above your notes for Research Articles #3 and #4. You can download an APA quick guide below for your reference.

Attachments for Class and Homework:

Finding Research: Successful Paper

Sample Student APA Essay

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Last name, initial. (20??). Title of the article. Publisher. https//:…..

Note-taking Sample on Racism and Discrimination:

Levine Einstein, K, Glick, D., Palmer, M., & Lusk, K. (2018, September). Mayoral views on racism and discrimination. Boston University. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31304 

Note-taking Sample on the Educational Crisis:

The World Bank. (2019). The education crisis: Being in school is not the same as learning. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2019/01/22/pass-or-fail-how-can-the-world-do-its-homework

Free Database Engines off-campus to collect research for your APA Paper: 

New! Zenbird Media: Topics & Issues: Do you often think about researching issues related to your local community, or Japan in general, but find the data in the Japanese language? Then, Zenbird Media is for you!

Carrot 2: Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term and clicking on ‘Search,’ you can choose to view the results as a list, treemap, or pie chart, which helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search at the same time.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community-designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open-access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent and free, and it is indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidence for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focuses on high-quality applications and submissions.

Google Scholar: Google Scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also enables you to cite your “references” for APA and “work cited” for MLA!

CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world, providing free access to informative and easy-to-understand information, where you can find research on your specific issue.

Learning About Global Issues–Specifically in relation to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses. The team hopes that this website will be helpful for students and others in Japan (and other countries) to develop their knowledge and critical understanding of various global issues.

3. An option to do Write & Improve practice essay:

 Please follow the instructions as best you can, following one of the five essays you chose to write this quarter. You can write again and again, following the guidance to improve your score. All essays are due at 1 pm before Session 15 in January.