IF YOU WERE NOT IN CLASS ON FIRST DAY...

Hello new students,

If you weren't in class on the first day, please do the following:

1) in a quiet place write for 30 minutes on the following topic:

Do you agree or disagree that teachers should make learning fun and interesting? Please support your answer with specific details and examples.

2) After you have done the timed writing, please type your essay out into an electronic format and submit it to the POSTING on this BLOG (above) that says:

SUBMIT YOUR TYPED VERSION OF TIMED WRITING #1 HERE

3) Then, for class on October 5th, please look at the two sheets I gave you in class on September 21st with the TOEFL essays on them ranked from 0 - 6. After reading over the sample essays, please write a 2-3 paged paper in which you address the following questions in any arrangement/order you want (i.e., not necessarily a... b.... c... d...):

a) What score would you give your essay
b) Why? What makes it qualify for that score?
c) How is it similar or different from the other essays on the two sheets?
d) Generally, what have you learned about the format and a "good" score for a TOEFL essay? OR What have you learned from this assignment?

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR SCORE ON THE TIMED WRITING AND HOW WELL YOU WROTE ON THE TIMED WRITING... HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR GRADE. SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE EXTRA TIME OR CORRECT ANY ERRORS. WE WANT AUTHENTIC WORK!