TW Information: Final Papers available

Dear TWers,

Papers are now available for pick up. Each paper is in its own envelope in a box outside my office. I should only leave papers there for a few days, so please drop by as soon as you can. After that, I will keep them in my office and you should come by first week of next semester.

Take care & have fun over the break.

Best,

Owen.

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ELP, International Christian University,
3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8585.
Office ph: +81-(0)422-33-3371
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TW Information: What the end of tutorials means.

Dear Class,

Today was the last day of tutorials, which officially also marks the end of writing support. This means that students should not send last minute email requests for me to check papers. 

It regularly happens that one or two students will make a desperate effort to write a paper on the last weekend and then ask me to check it. A paper is whole term task and should reflect the quality of 9 weeks consistent effort. A TW paper cannot be written in 2 days.

Class support so far has included 52 separate tutorials, 20 Office Hours, 6 classes, and in total, more than 100 email messages. Ideally, this weekend, papers should be receiving finishing touches only.

Thank you for your understanding.

See you on Monday,

Owen.

TW Information: Submission of Final Paper

Dear TW Class,

As a gentle reminder, here is the relevant information from Course Information concerning submission of your Final Paper:

1. Submission Details

2/16 Monday. Class 7: Final Paper due. Everybody must attend class. 

You will submit two copies of your Final Paper:

1) e-Portfolio color coded version

2) Print version. Bring to class

2. Basic Requirements (in other words, not optional)

*Main Assignment - Final Paper (75%). A documented research essay (1500 words, MLA style, color coded) on a topic of strongly connected to your personal interests and experiences. Eight (8) sources (mix articles, WWW, books), the majority must be English sources.

Final Paper format is:

• Times New Roman, text size 12, 1.5 spacing
  

• Header, Outline, Student Information, Title (size 14)

• Final Paper (incl. in-text citations, " .." for quotes), sub-headings for each section, and Works Cited. Please see the 8 sample papers and the LBH sample paper. (Click the link to open the file in your browser, or click "Download" to save a copy to your computer.)
  

3. General Advice

Final formatting of your Final Paper should be done in MS Word. When your Final Paper is complete, copy it, open MS Word, and paste into a blank document. Complete the formatting of your Final Paper. Check off each each basic requirement above when it is done.

It is a good idea to use MS Word for final formatting, because currently it provides a little more control than Google Docs over formatting details like the header, font, spacing, hanging indents in Works Cited, etc.

General Comments

Your e-Portfolio & printed versions of your Final Paper are essentially the same. I will refer to both versions when grading your paper. I will refer to the color coding in the e-Portfolio version for information regarding structure. The paper version will be black text on white background and colors will be lost. I will make comments on and return your paper version.

Thank you, that is all. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Owen.

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ELP, International Christian University,
3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8585.
Office ph: +81-(0)422-33-3371
Home 0.5: http://okoj.net/james/
Skype ID: owen_james
Delicious ID: okoj