JPN113composition

Composition 1

Due date: Friday, April 30

Topic: My Family

Length: Mimimum 3 pages (double-spaced)

Overall Organization:

I. Introduction: Briefly introduce yourself and your family members

II. Your family members' hobbies and leisure activities:

Talk about their hobbies and special skills. Then, describe what your family like doing in free time (traveling, shopping, fishing, etc). Enrich your composition with examples or personal story. (e.g. My family likes traveling. We have been to Europe. Last summer, We went to Italy. We ate lots of pizzas in Italy. The pizza that we ate in Italy was much better than the pizza we eat in Athens.)

III. Conclusion/Summary: Give a short summary with comments.

Requirements: Make sure to include the following:

* The Ta-form of verbs + ARIMASU (e.g. I have been to Taiwan.)
* Potential form (e.g. I can play the guitar.)
* The Te-form of verbs + IMASU (e.g. I am taking a Spanish class.)
* Relative Clauses (e.g. The sports that I play the most often is golf.)
* Expressing an opinion (~OMOIMASU) (e.g. I think our family is fun.)

You can also include the following targets:

* Describing Abilities & Nominalizers (e.g. My older sister is good at playing the piano.)
* Comparatives and Superatives (e.g. In my family, my younger brother eats the most.)
* The Te-form of adjectives and the copula (e.g. My mother is pretty and kind.)
* The Te-form of verbs (e.g. I sometimes go to Ping Center and work out.)

NAME: _____________________ Score: _________ / 40

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Composition #2

Duedate: Friday, May 28

Topic: Restaurants and/or Bars in My Hometown

Length: Mimimum 3 pages (double-spaced)

Overall Organization:

I. Introduction: Introduce your hometown.

II. Introduce Restaurants and/or Bars:

Discuss the restaurants and/or bars in your hometown. What kind of food and beverages do they serve? What kind of restaurants/bars do you like, or don't like, and why? What kind of restaurants/bars do your family members like, or don't like, and why? Talk about the restaurants/bars to which you have been, or haven't been. And more!

III. Conclusion/Summary: Give a short summary with comments.

Requirements: Make sure to include the following:

* The Te-form of verbs + IMASU (e.g. My family lives in Columbus.)
* Relative Clauses (e.g. The restaurant that our family always goes to is "Olive Garden".)
* Expressing an opinion (~OMOIMASU) (e.g. I think deserts in Bob Evans are good.)
* Excessiveness (e.g. Japanese restaurants are too expensive.)
* Expressing a desire (e.g. I want to go to a Thai restaurant.)
* Quoting speech (e.g. A bar called "Casa Cantina" is popular.)
* Expressing intention (e.g. My friend and I intend to go to a French restaurant.)
* The te-form of verbs + MIRU (e.g. I'll eat an Indian dish to see how it is.)
* Expressing simultaneous actions (e.g. My family listens to music while they eat.)
* When something happens with TOKI (e.g. When I go to a nice restaurant, I dress up.)

You can also include the following targets:

* Comparatives and Superatives (e.g. In restaurants, I like McDonald the best.)
* The Te-form of adjectives and the copula (e.g. "7-sauces" is quiet and clean.)
* The Te-form of verbs (e.g. I sometimes go to Bob Evans and eat steak.)
* The Ta-form of verbs + ARIMASU (e.g. I have been to a Japanese restaurant.)
* Potential form (e.g. I can't eat meat.)

NAME: _____________________ Score: _________ / 50

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Evaluation: ( 50 points)

1. Due Date (5): -1 point per day

2. Length (6): minimum 3 double-spaced pages

3. Requirements (8): Fulfillment of the requirements

4. Correctness and Neatness (8): Hiragana, Kanji, Katakata

5. Coverage of Topics (8): Amount/Detail of Information, Order of Presentation,
Cohesion/Coherence

6. Accuracy of Grammar (8): Particles, Word Order, Verb/Adjective Forms,
Sentence Structure (simple vs. complex sentences)

7. Variety (7): Variety of Vocabulary and Grammatical Structure