Transcript Writing style workshop

Writing
style workshop
• Keep it (fairly!) simple!
• *Use the Spanish that you know and feel
confident about.
• And so…*do not try to translate what you would
say in English when writing in Spanish.
• Make sure that you cover all the points that you
asked to cover!
• Use different paragraphs to cover the different
points that you are making!
misssimmonds style workshop
octubre 2007 :)
Cómo escribir una carta/Letterwriting conventions
• Don’t forget to put your town and date on the right-hand
side of your letter (e.g. Londres, el ocho de octubre)
• You need to write the correct salutation:
 Querido (male friend)
 Querida (female friend)
 Muy señor mío
 Muy señora mía
• …and the correct ending…
 Un abrazo de/hasta pronto/con el afectuoso
saludo/saludos
 Escribe pronto/escríbeme pronto
misssimmonds style workshop
octubre 2007 :)
Presentation, presentation,
presentation!
• Take care with your
work!
• Be neat!
• Be accurate!
• Avoid crossings out and
use of
• If you must cross out, e.g.
under controlled
conditions, you should do
one neat line. If you have
time, copy up your rough
version.
What are the examiners looking for when
they are marking?
Content
 Have you completed all the required parts of the
task?
 Is the content relevant to the title/what it is
supposed to be about?
 Is it well presented (see left )?
 Is it interesting? E.g. Express personal
opinionsUsing a range/variety of structures (i.e. not
using the same-old same-old type of sentence
throughout your piece) and vocabulary. Describe,
use adjectives and adverbs.
Quality of language
•
Referring to past, present and future events (do this
more than once)
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Use range of structures and vocab (see above)
•
Does it read like you’ve translated from English into
Spanish? Also see below…
Accuracy
 Will show how much you understand how the
language works…do your sentences make
sense? Have you got correct spellings and
accents in the right places?
 Are your verbs formed correctly? Have you used
the right tense for what you want to say?
 Check genders of nouns! Use a dictionary for this.
misssimmonds style workshop
octubre 2007 :)
Check!
• Spellings – the only double consonants that appear in Spanish are
the ones in the word ‘CaRoLiNa’, i.e. ___ ___ ___ ___
• Agreement of nouns and adjectives! Your nouns and adjectives
need to ‘get on’, in terms of number (sing./pl.) and gender (m./f.)
e.g. Mi hermana tiene dos gatos preciosos que se llaman Paf y Pif.
• Remember that adjectives mainly go AFTER the noun…
• Have you used the right ending of the verb for the
person(s )/thing(s) that you are talking about?
• Did you mean to refer to present, past or future events?
• A + EL= AL (Ayer mis amigos y yo fuimos al cine…)
and DE + EL = DEL (¿A qué hora saliste del instituto el
viernes…? 
• USE YOUR GRADE C/GRADE A CHECKLIST (get into the habit of
using this and aim to tick ALL boxes) and REFERENCE SHEET
FOR MAKING LONGER SENTENCES (go beyond the minimum for
higher level work!)!
misssimmonds style workshop
octubre 2007 :)
¿Y tú? Questions for letters
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¿Hay…?
¿A qué hora…?
¿Cómo es…?
¿Cómo se
llama…?
• ¿Cuál es/qué
es…?
• ¿Por qué…?
misssimmonds style workshop
octubre 2007 :)
‘Ave it!’
Quick ways in which to impress the examiner with
your phenomenal coursework writing skills…
• Al/antes de/después de*
+ infinitive. P.ej. Al salir
del cole, fui directamente
a casa.
• ¡Qué bien/interesante
/pena! Et cetera…
• (Up)on/before/after –ing.
E.g. On leaving school, I
went straight home.
• Give opinions and
reasons
• Use linking words
• Use expressions with
‘qué’… meaning
‘How/What a ____!
• Use idioms!
*reference to a past event! As is hace when you use it to talk about how long ago something
happened. E.g. Hace cinco meses = five months ago
misssimmonds style workshop
octubre 2007 :)