Workshop_12: The MLA Presentation Design
Summary: In class, we worked on the presentation guidelines and designed your slideshow so that you could be successful.
Guidelines for your MLA Proposal Presentation Draft that are not included in the document.
1. Your talk should last 8-10 minutes, followed by 3-5 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.
2. It is good to practice your presentation several times by videoing yourself to see how you are doing and make improvements.
3. There are usually 16 to 20 slides.
4. Your Reference page is single-spaced with MLA formatting.
5. The MLA in-text citation guide is provided, and the parenthetical in-text citations look like this (Miller “Fairtrade Possibilities” sec. par. 2) or Sakamoto (45). You can also do narrative in-text citations, such as Suzuki (par. 3) or Tanaka (Ecotourism Explained sec. par. 1) suggested that…
6. Here are two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
Homework due by 1 p.m. before class. All five revised essays are due!
1. Do your best to prepare a draft for your presentation slideshow. The Word document of the presentation guidelines is helpful to follow while adding content and your script in notes in the PowerPoint based on synthesizing your notes. Please check your inbox for my feedback
Documents:
AEW2b-MLA-Presentation-Assessment
Hattaway (n.d.). TED case studies
2. Please choose and complete one new Write & Improve essay and improve it by several submissions as part of the five essays for the quarter by 1 p.m. before Workshop_14 by the end of the evening (later new time) with improvements in your scores. This is your last week to edit your writing.
Workshop_11: The MLA Presentation Orientation
Summary: Guidelines for your MLA Proposal Presentation Draft that are not included in the document.
1. Your talk should last 8-10 minutes, followed by 3-5 minutes for questions, comments, and answers.
2. It is good to practice your presentation several times on Zoom, listen to it, and try to make adjustments to your talk that you think will work well.
3. There are usually 16 to 20 slides.
4. Your Works Cited page is single-spaced with MLA formatting.
5. The MLA in-text citation guide is provided, and the parenthetical in-text citations look like this (Miller “Fairtrade Possibilities” sec. par. 2) or Sakamoto (45). You can also do narrative in-text citations such as Suzuki (par. 3) or Tanaka (“Ecotourism Explained” sec. par. 1) suggested that…
6. Here are three free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
Homework due via email attachment by 1 p.m. before class. Prepare a presentation draft and one Write & Improve essay checked three times.
1. Do your best to prepare a draft for your presentation slideshow. The presentation guidelines’ Word document is helpful to follow while adding content and your script in notes in PowerPoint, based on synthesizing your notes.
If you have not written all 5 Write & Improve essays and resubmitted them at least three times, please complete them before Workshop_14 so I can check them. You can choose the essays and the time of writing freely, and you can try to improve your score by accepting the suggestions in the program.
Important Document:
Workshop_10: MLA -The Final Draft
Summary: I showed a good example of a paper and its sources. Also, how to edit your third draft in-text citations.
Homework due via email (Sending earlier than the deadline is great for quick feedback to you!):
Do WAVE for your essay before emailing your final MLA draft!
W = Put your paper through MLA Essay Write & Improve
V = Veritus Certify! Check against Plagiarism -Leander Hughes
E = Check all Explanations attachments, download “Instructions-for-MLA-Writing_AEW2,” and type your paper directly in the document. Once you finish your draft, please email it to me.
“Explanations” Attachments:
Instructions-for-MLA-Writing_AEW2-2Download
AEW2__MLA-Midterm-Assessment-GuidelinesDownload
OWL-Purdue-MLA-9th_PPt-3Download
MLA Sample Paper on Propaganda (Same as the Synthesized Notes Sample)
The final draft is due by 1 p.m. before class:
1. Please use the correct draft I sent you and accept the track changes.
2. If you are referring to your readings and it is not your original idea, please do an in-text citation of the author’s last name and page or paragraph number like this (Suzuki 22) or (Tanaka, This is a pen sec. par. 3) at the end of the sentence before the period.
3. Your paper needs to be typed with double-spaced lines, and at least 1,100 words and no more than 1,500, so please use the word count tool in Microsoft Word and type the word count number at the end of your paper before the Works Cited section, like this:
Word Count: 1,235
4. Please make sure that your name, draft number, AEW course name, date, and title are in the attachment file like this:
‘Your Name’_AEW2_Final Draft
5. Please do a new Write & Improve practice essay and resubmit it at least three times:
ICR Class 14: Supter Book Talk Day 2, class survey, and review of the semester
Summary: Everyone did the Faculty Survey in Manaba at the top of “My Page” under 大学からの課題・アンケート / Specific Assignments/ Surveys, and you also wrote your 3-question self-reflections.
For Online English Practice Resources for this Summer!
Freerice: is an amazing learning app of many subjects and languages you can learn from and grow. The more correct answers you get, the faster you can feed children in need, and make groups with your friends to get high scores. The educational tutorial about being safe during COVID-19 is informative. And the English vocabulary sections have so many levels that you can challenge yourself. Thank you, United Nations, and the World Food Programme
Rachel’s English: This website is an excellent fluency resource bank for English learners and their teachers. There are over 500 free videos available on English pronunciation and spoken English. Rachel’s videos, t have received over 70 million views, and way over 1 million subscribers are particularly useful because she not only explains the pronunciation and and supportive position of your mouth to speak well, she also shows the phonetic spelling and that help improve listening comprehension. She has helped me teach English US pronunciation and provides courses at Rachel’s Academy. Rachel also seems to love learning other languages, which adds to her immense knowledge as a teacher and a learner, too. She can help you immediately.
I hope you have a wonderful summer break!
ICR Class 13: Cycle 2 Super Book Talk 2
Summary: We had Super Book Talk Day.
Please complete your three-question reflections about your Google Document for the last class on your own time.
ICR Class 12: Super Book Day 1
Summary: We are almost finished with your shared listening to news stories (10) and graded readers (8).
When you have time this week, please write reflections in your Google Doc to think about your English learning progress. The questions are:
1. How did you participate in class today? Please describe as best you can.
2. What did you learn about your issue? Your speaking pairs issues?
3. What are your next SMART (simple, manageable, attainable, reasonable, timely) learning goals?
Sample Super Book Talk Slide Shows:
Presenters’ Homework for Class 13 due by Sunday 5 p.m.:
1. Choose the best graded reader that you have already taken notes on to make your Super Book Talk presentation.
2. Review these loose Super Book Talk Guidelines. The goals are to:
-Do the Super Book Talk task
-Use a variety of sentences with some challenging vocabulary summarized by you
-Use of relevant and accurate details that show you read the book
-Demonstrate a complete understanding of the book you read
-Make inferences (guessing about the text) from the book and have a clear focus
-Easy to listen to with a sense of voice and explore the acting of characters’ voices.
3. Digital sharing is best like PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Prezzie.
4. Please email me with your attachment, or put your file in our shared Google file, and I will be notified.
5. There are some examples of Super Book Talk presentations from another university.
6. Please do not copy/paste the words from the book. It is better to summarize as best you can in your own words. However, if there are some really cool phrases or sentences from the book you would like to share, please use “quotation marks.”
8. The title of the book, the author’s name, and your name need to be included.
9. Usually, each Super Book talk should last five to seven minutes, with time for questions and answers from the audience.
10. Also, could you remember to make a thank you, question, and answer page at the end.
If your listening and reading homework entries are not finished, please upload them to your Google Drive Shared file before Class 13 on Friday at 1 p.m.: Please upload pictures of your notes in your Shared Google file under the section “第 12回 Cycle 2 Sharing News Stories & Graded Readers 8.”
In the Spring Semester, you do out-of-class listening (10 times, about two pages each time) and read and talk about a minimum of 8 graded readers from the Chuo Library’s Maruzen eBook Library of graded readers. Please see the links and instructions below. The main thing is to do some homeworkin every class. You can do it little by little at your own pace.
By note-taking, please feel free to use charts, diagrams, and colors as you like. Then, can you take pictures of them and put them in your shared drive file with me?
The Steps for the Graded Readers in The Maruzen eBook Library “6 Spring Semester: Downloading and reading e-books” in the links above and below are very important to follow. Please download your book quickly and save it because we can only download one book at Chuo University at a time.
You can also read online here and one with old-fashioned hard copies of the books:
- The online selection of stories at A2 level (for pre-intermediate students) in the Reading Zone on the British Council website for ICR students: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/graded-reading/a2-graded-reading
- Series also in the Maruzen eBooks Library
- Macmillan Readers – Starter & Beginner levels
- Cengage Page Turners – levels 2, 3, 4 & 5
- Cambridge Discovery Readers – levels A1, A1+ & A2
- Other series
- Oxford Bookworms – Stages 1 & 2
- Penguin Readers – 1 (Beginner) and 2 (Elementary) levels
- Scholastic Readers – Starter Level and Level 1
And here is are the ICR links and docs for your homework below for your convenience:
Different Ways of Listening 英語の説明
Downloading and Reading e-books: Maruzen eBook Downloading Service
第 14回 Class survey and review of the semester -01/16/2023
Summary: Happy New Year!!
Everyone did the Faculty Survey in Manaba at the top of “My Page” under 大学からの課題・アンケート / Specific Assignments/ Surveys, and you also wrote your 3 question self-reflections.
For Online English Practice Resources for this Winter!
Freerice: is an amazing learning app of many subjects and languages that you can learn from and grow. The more correct answers you get, you can feed children in need faster, and make groups with your friends to get high scores. The educational tutorial about being safe during COVID-19 is informative. And the English vocabulary sections have so many levels that you can challenge. Thank you, United Nations and the World Food Programme
Rachel’s English: This website is an excellent fluency resource bank for learners of English and their teachers. There are over 500 free videos available on English pronunciation and spoken English. Rachel’s videos, t have received over 70 million views, and way over 1 million subscribers are particularly useful because she not only explains the pronunciation and and supportive position of your mouth to speak well, she also shows the phonetic spelling and that help improve listening comprehension. She has helped me teach English US pronunciation and provides courses on at Rachel’s Academy. Rachel also seems to love learning other languages, which adds to her immense knowledge as a teacher and a learner too. She can help you immediately.
I hope you have a wonderful winter break!
第 13回 Cycle 4 small-group presentations, reflection and self-evaluation/assessment -12/19/2022
Summary: We had Cycle 4 small-group presentations today. Finally, you reflected on the three questions in your Google Doc.
I would like to remind everyone that you need an introduction, conclusion, references, and in-text citations on each slide so you can say where you got your work from. Also, I email your presentation back to you with corrections and feedback.
Please do not use your old draft PowerPoints while presenting. Please download my attachment with feedback because as I am trying to help you improve your presentations!
Cycle 4 Presentations on 12/12/2022 (Order decided in class on 12/05/2022):
Cycle 4 Presentations on 12/19/2022 (Order decided in class on 12/04/2022):
Presentation Outline Recommendations:
I recommend before you start to create your slideshow restate your five research questions based the five sections below and then categorize your notes based on your references. This action is not required as homework, but it helps to organize your presentation:
- Basic Information
- Causes
- Cases or Further Examples
- Effects
- Solutions
Presentation Content and Design if you need to join by Zoom:
Stratvert, K. (2020, July 24). How to properly present PowerPoint slides in Zoom [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOZRa089-U
Summary: 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. It is good to practice your presentation several times even on ZOOM so you can focus on your content while speaking.
3. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.
4. You’ll have a References page for APA and Works Cited for MLA 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 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 two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
7. Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations
Homework due on Friday, 12/16/2022 by 12 PM Cycle 4 pair and small-group presentations (for the students that will present on 12/19/2022)
Please email your presentation to my Chuo Gmail via attachment and not in your Google Document due to formatting. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation and use this version and not the old draft. Please use the slide show that I send back to you.
第 12回 Cycle 4 small-group presentations and preparing your research -12/12/2022
Summary: We had six lovely Cycle 4 small-group presentations today. Finally, you reflected on the three questions in your Google Doc.
I would like to remind everyone that you need an introduction, conclusion, references, and in-text citations on each slide so you can say where you got your work from. Also, I emailed your presentation back to you with corrections and feedback, so check your Chuo Gmail inboxes.
Please do not use your old draft PowerPoints while presenting. Please download my attachment with feedback because as I am trying to help you improve your presentations!
Cycle 4 Presentations on 012/12/2022: (Order Decided in class on 12/05/2022)
Cycle 4 Presentations on 12/19/2022 (Order decided in class on 12/05/2022):
Presentation Outline Recommendations:
I recommend before you start to create your slideshow restate your five research questions based the five sections below and then categorize your notes based on your references. This action is not required as homework, but it helps to organize your presentation:
- Basic Information
- Causes
- Cases or Further Examples
- Effects
- Solutions
Presentation Content and Design if you need to join by Zoom:
Stratvert, K. (2020, July 24). How to properly present PowerPoint slides in Zoom [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNOZRa089-U
Summary: 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. It is good to practice your presentation several times even on ZOOM so you can focus on your content while speaking.
3. There are usually 12 to 16 slides.
4. You’ll have a References page for APA and Works Cited for MLA 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 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 two free websites where you can download free and beautiful images and pictures:
7. Samples of Chuo Students’ IRD PowerPoint Presentations
Homework due on Friday for those who have not presented today, which is 12/16/2022 by 12 PM Cycle 4 pair and small-group presentations.
Please email your presentation to my Chuo Gmail via attachment and not in your Google Document due to formatting. Please look for the email I will send you with feedback on your presentation and use this version and not the old draft. Please use the slide show that I send back to you.
Session_12: MLA Formatting -The 1st Draft
Summary: We worked on specific academic writing issues for the MLA introduction of two paragraphs and the entire paper.
Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 10 – Revising
Homework due via email (Sending earlier than the deadline is great for quick feedback to you!):
Do WAVE for your essay before emailing your first MLA draft!
W = Put your paper through MLA Essay Write & Improve
V = Veritus Certify! Check against Plagiarism -Leander Hughes
E = Check all Explanations attachments, download “Instructions-for-MLA-Writing_AEW1,” and type your paper directly in the document. Once finished your draft, please email it to me.
“Explanations” Attachments:
Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9th Edition
OWL-Purdue-MLA-9th_PPtDownload
MLA Sample Paper on Propaganda (Same as the Synthesized Notes Sample)
Student Sample MLA Paper on Brexit
Due via email attachment or OneDrive with email notification by 1:00 p.m. the day before Session_13:
‘Your Name’_AEW1_2nd Draft
1. Please download the ‘MLA and Works Cited’ MS Word document attached below and type directly into the paper.
2. Using your ideas from the five questions you have made and the five articles you have taken notes on. Please refer to the formatting guidelines and the MLA Sample Paper, also attached below. It is important to write all of the five sections after your introduction and the conclusion, so all of your essay. Please use your time wisely.
3. If you are referring to your readings and it is not your original idea, please do an in-text citation of the author’s last name and page or paragraph number like this (Suzuki 22) or (Tanaka par. 3) at the end of the sentence before the period.
4. In the first paragraph of the introduction, you write about why you are doing this research, and in the last sentence, you write your topic thesis statement: This essay discusses ______, __________, ________, ________, and _________.
5. In the second paragraph of the introduction, you will write your paper in one paragraph using each of the five sections of your paper. This paper describes ___________ (the issue, which is similar wording to the title). Then, you will write using vocabulary like, “In the first section, _______. Then, in the second section, _______ . Next, in the third section,” or “firstly, secondly, thirdly” for all five of your sections.
6. Your paper needs to be typed with double-spaced lines, and at least 900 words and no more than 1,200, so please use the word count tool in Microsoft Word and type the word count number at the end of your paper before the Sources Cited section, like this:
Word Count: 1,135
7. Please make sure that your name, draft number, AEW course name, date, and title are in the attachment file like this:
‘Your Name ’_AEW1_2nd Draft_Introduction
8. Please put your paper through Write & Improve in the “MLA Essay Paper Checker” entry. It should take two or three tries to do this because Write & Improve only takes about 600 words at a time.