Good morning, historians of East Asia!
Many of you are embarking on writing projects towards the end of the semester, so here’s some fun writing advice:
If you are tempted to use “expensive words”, think again: are you trying to impress your teacher? Rarely worth it. Do you really understand what those words mean? Have a dictionary open while writing, and a thesaurus as well! Would your classmate understand it? Think of them as one of your readers. Is this after some consideration just a good word that covers a lot of things in succinct manner? Proceed to use with caution. Write to express ideas, not to impress others. Spare a thought for your readers!
Schedule for today:
- HST107: (anytime before midnight): Two responses to other students’ posts due, on the Canvas discussion board.
- HST259:
- Zoom session 11.30am (pink header link on Canvas Homepage): “regular class”: we will go into more detail about the course materials for the week, based on the discussions.
- (anytime before midnight): Final project bite: Annotated bibliography (step 4)
- HST267: (anytime before midnight) : Two responses to other students’ posts due, on the Canvas discussion board.