Adv-Comp / 2005-11-11


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FALL Syllabus

Adv-Comp Syllabus-FALL?

Comparison and Contrast

We shall closely examine a few pargraphs in the main textbook to appreciate a rather elegant or unique logical flow or style of writing 'comparision and contrasts." 大学祭で休講になれば、「順延」

11/4 -->11/11, etc.

Assignments - one of the following choices:

You can either pick up an exercise in the main textbook or compare election systems in the US and in Japan, as you are a student in political sciences!, or pick other choices listed below. Start with a mindmap, notes, sort out things you do need and what you do not, write an outline with a thesis statement or a topic sentece for an approval by the instructor! Upon getting an approval on the outline, will you be ready to start writing a pararaph. You do not need to write an essay of 5 to 6 paragraphs. One paragraph is enough!

Political election systems

Ditto of memo on Adv-Comp/2005-09-30 page - 11/4/05

Assignment Name : 
Notes / Instructions : Discuss the differences

a) between 'Electoral College votes,' and 'Popular Votes.'
b) US Presidential and Japanese Prime Minister election systems
For details visit NY Times Lesson Plan sites listed: here/below, either (i) Yahoo eGroup site (syllabus.f) or
(ii) Alternate/mirror site @infoseek (tentative).
For final counts of US Presidential Election: you can search on your own or vist Yahoo! News sites (one is listed below for your convenience.)
Type Component Name

  1. Research Paper USElection110204 -Yahoo! Group (members ONLY)
  2. Research Paper Alternate site - USElection110204 - infoseek
  3. Research Paper Yahoo! News - Result of 2005 Votes

Unit 6 - Comparison and Contrast

Ditto of memo on Adv-Comp/2005-09-30 page - 11/4/05

Assignment Name : main textbook

Notes / Instructions : p. 47 #9 and p. 48 #11


Other choices/topics:

No.item Avs./anditem BNo.Item Avs./anditem B
a)EnglishandJapaneseb)Britishvs.American English
c)Chemistryvs.Cookingd)baseballvs.cricket
e)soccervs.rugby, footballf)tennisvs.table tennis (ping pong)
g)judovs.other marshal arts (e.g. Sumo, fencing, etc.)h)irisvs.菖蒲 ayame, 杜若 kakitubata? (flowers)

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