1210 Tema Composición 4 C7-C8
Read the guidelines for essays on the webpage under Información: Skills & Assignments-Writing.
Write approximately 150-160 words in 2 or 3 paragraphs in a letter format.
Write an interesting essay and use your imagination!
Print the “Evaluación del ensayo” from the webpage and staple it to your first copy.
Include several of the following ideas but don’t try to include them all.
Write a title. Only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized in Spanish.
Choose A or B
Either in essay format or in a letter to your best friend….
Querido/a……
Un abrazo fuerte,
…(tu nombre)…
A. Write a description of your best trip or vacation. Describe where you went, with whom, how long, the activities, special experiences, things you bought, gifts you gave or received, how you traveled, problems with the transportation or place you stayed, an anecdote, what you especially liked or didn’t like, etc. Would you like to go there again in the future? [(No) me gustaría…]
B. Describe a holiday or celebration that was special for you: (your Birthday, Mother’s Day, a religious ceremony, a wedding, Graduation, etc.) the name of the holiday, date, event, place, gifts you gave or received, special clothing, foods, music, people, ceremonies, what you especially liked or didn’t like, tell an anecdote. Would you like to live that day over again? [(No) me gustaría…]
Use the PRETERIT TENSE and as much vocabulary as appropriate from C7–C8.
Use appropriate words to connect the ideas:
como (since) porque por eso pero y
además o… antes de después de aunque (although)
primero, después, luego…
Due: el viernes 12 de noviembre, 2010.
If your teacher suspects you asked a native speaker or someone else for assistance or you used an electronic translator, you will NOT be given the opportunity to write another essay. See the guidelines.
C7: de viaje, de vacaciones, dar/decir, el pronombre del objeto indirecto, gustar y verbos similares, el pretérito.
C8: las fiestas, las emociones y los estados afectivos, “ísimo”, el pretérito irregular, el pretérito con cambio de vocal, los pronombres dobles