Form 6 A G S English 2006-2007
Freestyle writing with an academic vocabulary edge....
Starting with the month of October, 2006, to and through June, 2007, in this class you are obliged to write and submit a Journal entry of at least 300 words in English (a thousand words is O.K. too), in batches of two (2) assignments, to be handed in to me , through the homework monitor (with defaulters listed), on the 7th and 21st day of each month (if that is not a school day, then the next school day thereafter).
The entries may be printed or neatly handwritten. No whiteout, thank you. Use paper from the two ring binder, or if you really insist, and can't yet wean yourself from the bound scribbler, then it may be submitted that way as well, at least for now.
Clearly identify yourself on each separate page you hand in. Number the pages, and staple them. Include enough blank paper for comments to be written.
Give each piece of writing a title.
For now, you choose the topic.
Consciously try to exercise your imagination in the choice of topic and when assembling the message you wish to communicate.
Cognitively organize and proofread your piece before you write it.
Consciously try to reduce reader strain.
Seriously consider obtaining a peer review by a classmate before writing the draft that will be handed in.
The more you write, the the more you grow.
Don't copy from any other source.
One Proviso:
Each piece of writing must correctly employ at least eight (8) words taken from the Academic Family Vocabulary List handed out in September (e.g. the spelling used for each chosen word must correctly signal the grammatical function intended for that word). The words so selected and used must be underlined. No word so chosen may be used again in any subsequent piece of writing submitted as a journal entry.
At the end of the writing, the Academic words chosen should be listed, and beside each entry should be written the intended grammatical function of the word, i.e. the part of speech intended, together with a simple definition taken from the WordNet dictionary server at Princeton University.
Your Journal entries will not be proofread by me. There will be no marking of grammar, usage, mechanics, style, coherence, unity or any other variable. The Journals will be read by me, and some general comments made that may guide some of your future writing outputs.
No marks will be added to nor detracted from your term mark as a result of these pieces of writing.
The gain you achieve through serious effort will be to extend your writing skills and confidence. That will be your reward, not marks. The penalty for superficial, shallow efforts, will be the loss of precious time available to you to extend your writing abilities before your final HKALE examinations assess the level of those abilities.
Some of the purposes of this exercise are to extend your capacity to produce more writing each week, provide additional practice in cognitive proofreading, create further opportunities for you to apply your imagination to the needs of a communicative task ,and finally, to promote the exercise and extension of your overall written communicative skills in English.
These instructions may be amended later as experience with this assignment develops.
I look forward to reading your journals... Have fun....
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