Summary: Our class struggled a little with understanding what to do and, for some students, doing the homework on time, so we reflected a little bit. Some students presented on Zoom, and then I went to Haneda Airport. I hope you have a wonderful summer break.

Presentation Checklist

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Summary: There were interesting presentations! Please watch your personal on-demand video, which has your name in the title, to get feedback on your presentation drafts, learn from the content, and revise your slides. Make sure to use the corrected version of the slides.

Guidelines for your Presentation, in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document.

1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes, and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.

 
2. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.

3. You’ll have a Reference page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.

4. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations such as (Miller 5, Why Climate Change Matters sec. par. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (5, Food Loss Solutions sec. par. 3) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize in keywords. 

5. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:

Pixabay

Creative Commons

6. Samples of Chuo Students’ PowerPoint Presentations

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Homework is due by 1:00 pm on Tuesday for presenters on Day 1, Day 2, or Day 3. Please email your PowerPoint or share your Google Slides as an attachment, not as a Google Document, due to formatting issues. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation. Please use the show that I sent back to you.

Presentation Checklist

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Presentation Samples (MLA formatting, but not always correct)

Presentation 1: Vertical Farming

Presentation 2: Learn from Costa Rica

Presentation 3: How to Protect All Passengers

Summary: There were interesting presentations! Please watch your personal on-demand video with your name in the title to get feedback on your presentation drafts, learn from the content, and revise your slides. Make sure to use the corrected version of the slides.

Guidelines for your Presentation, in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document.

1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes, and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.

 
2. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.

3. You’ll have a Reference page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.

4. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations such as (Miller 5, Why Climate Change Matters sec. par. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (5, Food Loss Solutions sec. par. 3) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize in keywords. 

5. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:

Pixabay

Creative Commons

6. Samples of Chuo Students’ PowerPoint Presentations

ACS1a_MLA_Presentation-ChecklistDownload

Homework is due by 1:00 pm on Tuesday for presenters on Day 1, Day 2, or Day 3. Please email your PowerPoint or share your Google Slides as an attachment, not as a Google Document, due to formatting issues. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation. Please use the show that I sent back to you.

Presentation Checklist

ACS1a_MLA_Presentation-ChecklistDownload

Presentation Samples (MLA formatting, but not always correct)

Presentation 1: Vertical Farming

Presentation 2: Learn from Costa Rica

Presentation 3: How to Protect All Passengers

Summary: This is the make-up presentation day for students who have not presented their Cycle 4 research and a celebration of identity, language, and culture, held in a live Zoom session. The Zoom link will be provided on Manaba, so please go there to find it.

Summary: There were engaging Cycle 4 individual presentations. I was glad that there were a bit more discussions and a little less silence than in previous discussion sessions. Students who did not present during Classes_11 & 12 can present during Class-13.

Summary: You discussed your synthesized notes for your Cycle 4 Presentation in pairs and then planned your slides as well.

I would like to remind everyone that each slide should include an introduction, conclusion, references, and in-text citations. Also, I emailed your presentation back to you with corrections and feedback.

Please do not use your old draft PowerPoints while presenting. Please download the attachment with feedback, as I am trying to help you improve your presentations!

Cycle 4 Presentations on 12/14/2026: (Order decided in class today:)

I recommend that before you start to create your slideshow, restate your five research questions based on the five sections below and then categorize your notes based on your references:

1. Basic Information
2. Causes
3. Cases or Further Examples
4. Effects
5. Solutions

* Students who present in Class 12 can share their presentation via email attachment by Sunday at 7 p.m. before Class 12, and I can make edits and recommendations and send them back to you.

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Summary: Guidelines for your Presentation, in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document:

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1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes, and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.

2. It is good to practice your presentation several times (even recorded on ZOOM) so you can focus on your timing and gain confidence. 

3. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.

4. You’ll have a References or Works Cited page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.

5. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations for APA, such as (Miller, 2020, para. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations, such as Suzuki (2020, p. 5) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize the keywords. 

6. Here are three free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:

Creative Commons

Irasutoya

Pixabay

7. Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations

Homework due on Sunday at 7 p. m. for students before Class 12 for absent students: Please share your presentation via email attachment. I will then make edits and recommendations and send them back to you.

Summary: In the class, students spoke about their research pairs in pairs by focusing on discussing actions and solutions, but you also spoke and reflected on your past work on your issue, including the basics, historical information, data, the causes, and then the effects, and possible solutions, or at least some relief to the situation that is your close reading. Afterward, you learned about strategies to synthesize your notes into a template and an outline for your upcoming MLA-formatted presentation.

You discussed possible actions and solutions to your issue in pairs. Then, we discussed ways to prepare for your presentation for the next three classes.

Guidelines for your Presentation, in addition to the information in the presentation of your issue document.

1. Your talk should be about 7-8 minutes, and then 2-3 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.

 
2. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.

3. You’ll have a Reference page to show where you got your work from. Please include the author’s name, date published, the organization or publisher, and the URL link.

4. In the slideshow, please write and say where you got the information from in the form of in-text citations such as (Miller 5, Why Climate Change Matters sec. par. 3). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (5, Food Loss Solutions sec. par. 3) suggested that… If you use the author’s exact words, you need to use “quotation marks,” but you do not need quotes if you summarize in keywords. 

5. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:

Pixabay

Creative Commons

6. Samples of Chuo Students’ PowerPoint Presentations

Homework is due on Tuesday by 1:00 pm for presenters on their Day 1, Day 2, or Day 3. Please email your PowerPoint or share your Google Slides as an attachment in your sales document due to formatting. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation. Please use the show that I sent back to you.

Presentation Checklist

Presentation Samples (MLA formatting, but not always correct)

Presentation 1: Vertical Farming

Presentation 2: Learn from Costa Rica

Presentation 3: How to Protect all PAllengers

Session_10: The MLA Academic Essay -Synthesizing Research

MLA Style Center

Summary: First, you shared your research with your pair. Then, there was a discussion about making helpful research questions and categorizing notes for your upcoming presentation. Then, I shared the synthesis of your notes.

Afterward, you learned about strategies for synthesizing your notes by finalizing your structure map as a template and outline for your upcoming MLA-formatted presentation. Finally, you shared your research and gave feedback, and your pair asked questions and provided useful comments.

Note: So many of you are doing the homework incorrectly that I worry that you are not understanding what I am communicating. Is everything alright?

“Research is something that everyone can do, and everyone ought to do. It is simply collecting information and thinking systematically about it.”-Raewyn Connell

Documents and Links:

Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9th Edition

MLA 9th Quick Guide

Session_10_Synthesizing-Your-Issue-Structure Map-on-4-A4-PapersDownload

Synthesizing-Your-Issue-on-4-A4-Papers Download

Dictioanry.com

Thesaurus.com

Homework due at 1:00 p.m. a day before Communication Session_11 by uploading your Synthesized Notes in your shared online document:

1. Please write your four or five questions related to your topic that you are researching and categorize your notes on AT LEAST 5 articles on three pages in your shared online document, as shown in the sample images and the downloadable “Synthesizing Your Issue on 4 A4 Papers” PowerPoint below.

2. Then, use your research questions to categorize your notes into four or five sections in three pages of notes. The research questions become your paragraph topic thesis statements in your paper. Each section should have at least two citations. Note the paragraph numbers and pages, especially your quoted material, so you can remember where you got the information from to make the paper easier to write with the necessary in-text citations. Please take photos and place them in your Google Document under the Synthesized Notes section.

3. Please include your Works Cited in the document in MLA style on the fourth page and insert the corrected, clean copy of your Works Cited in alphabetical order in your shared online document at the end of your Synthesized Notes section. Please provide the details of the author’s name, date published, the title, pages (if needed), and the publisher (or organization). We have already formatted many of your Works Cited citations, so refer to the edited format provided and use that content.

Note: Your Works Cited section should be in alphabetical order based on the author’s last name or the organization if there is no author. You can make them single- or double-spaced for your presentation.

Summary: The students learned more about formatting the Modern Language Association (MLA) Works Cited. Then, collaboratively, we made sure you understood the steps of the research process, how to narrow down a research topic, how to find reliable, solid research material, and how to take valuable notes. 

Review of the Outline of Our Research Process:

1. Basic Information
2. Causes
3. Further Examples or Case Studies
4. Effects
5. Solutions

Documents:

Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9th Edition

MLA 9th Quick Guide

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” ~Albert Einstein

MLA Note Taking Sample:

Wong, Yu, Hussey Freeland, Deborah M., and Kari C. Nadeau. “Food Allergy: Immune  Mechanisms, Diagnosis and

Immunotherapy”, Nature Reviews Immunology 16, 31 October, 2016, pp. 751–765.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nri.2016.111

Homework is due by 1:00 p.m. the day before Communication Session_09. Please take photos of your notes and insert them in your shared online document under Research Articles #6 & #7. If you are behind, upload them to your shared online document. Then, your teacher can edit your MLA Works Cited if needed.

MLA Quick Guide

Free Database Engines for research on your MLA Presentation: 

Carrot 2 Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term you enter and then clicking on ‘search,’ you can see the results as a list, treemap, or pie chart that helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search simultaneously.

CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the world’s largest open-access research database, offering free access.

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

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

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

Learning About Global Issues—This explicitly relates to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses and provides 18 core global issues. I got permission. Thank you, Chuo U, for the Sadai students.

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 Japanese? Then, Zenbird Media is for you!