Writing English 1A: Spring semester final writing assignment・前学期期末作文

Hello!

How are you? Here is our spring semester final writing assignment (前学期期末作文) - comparing

and contrasting (比較対照している) different people or places. 

I have already given all of you the handout for this, but I will post it here as another way to help you know what you can do for this final assignment.

Topic choices

You have two (2) choices for topics. Choose one (1) of them.

1. Compare and contrast (比較対照) two (2) different people to each other.

In this topic, compare two different people – it could be the personalities of some people you know, such as a brother to a sister, or our mother and your father. How similar are they? How different are they? 

It could also be about two different people you know outside your family who may have the same jobs, or have had the same impact on your lives, like two teachers who had an impact on you, or two friends, coaches, or other people who have been big in your lives. But it could also be two famous people you think are unique, interesting, or special, like two singers, musicians, actors, athletes, writers, artists, or scientists. But remember - how similar are they? How different are they? 

I will gather your writing on this topic into The Small Book of Big People book I have talked about before in class. 

2. Compare and contrast two (2) places to each other.

In this topic, compare two different places that you know about, and may mean a lot to you – two different schools, or other kinds of places from your childhood. It could also be about two different cities or towns – maybe places you know, but also places you have never been to but would like to go to, maybe even live in someday. But remember - how similar are they? How different are they? 

I am gathering writing on this topic into the Places & Traces book I have also talked about in class. 

For this topic, you can use the pictures from my blog that I posted about places and homes, or you can find your own pictures.

How much to write

I would like you to write at least four (4) paragraphs – but if you can go longer that would be great! I would like you to write as much as you can, because your work may be published (出版した) on both this blog and in The Small Book of Big People and Places & Traces books. 

Deadline (締め切り)

It will be July 26th (7/26), so I want you to bring in a first draft (下書き) next week (7/19) in your notebooks in pencil. You will peer edit each other’s work, then I will review it and give you advice, hints, and other comments on it. You can then change things about the draft as you need to, then write to the finish and turn in your final version (完成版) on 7/26. 


Good luck with this! I hope you can have fun with this, and enjoy writing about people who are special and unique to you, or places that you have great feelings for. 

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