Guide 2

Dear students,

Here you will find the second guide to be working on class next week.


http://1drv.ms/1BNEh4a

Sincerely,

Maura Díaz

Kim's Choice - Guide 1

Dear students,

Can you try to solve the following questions based on the reading on Kim's Choice.

1. What is the beginning of the reading?
2. Is competition important to you? why or why not?
3. Are you in any competitions right now?
4. Is Kim's choice right? why or why not?
5. Are parents´ decision important in everyday life?
6. Are you athletic? why or why not?
7. What is another end for the story?


On the other hand can you check guide 1 and try to solve it. Remeber to hand it.

http://1drv.ms/1L8qZ17


Sincerely yours,

Maura Imelda Díaz

Paul and Pierre in Paris

 Dear students,

The first reading is ready at Buenos Aires copying machine; it is Paul and Pierre in Paris; I hope you can enjoy it and be ready for the first reading comprehension next Wednesday February 11th, 2015.

Here you will find the needed questions; good luck

Maura Díaz

Graphic Organizers

Dear students,

Every week we are going to watch a movie and we will write a summary based on some hints, so please take a copy of graphic organizer 1 for next class.

 http://1drv.ms/1Fb4qrf

Sincerely yours,

Maura Díaz

Symbols Correction

Dear students,


Here you will find the symbols used to correct papers; please take a copy and carry them when needed.

CORRECTION SYMBOLS USED

SERIOUS ERRORS (global errors)

RO                 run-on sentence

INC                incomplete (fragment) sentence

AUX               auxiliary verb

T                   verb tense

AG                 subject-verb agreement

WO                word order: adverb, adjective + noun, questions,etc.

Ag                 modifier-noun agreement

?                   not understandable

AWK               awkward construction

Ref                reference word, pronoun error

vt                  incorrect verb tense

vf                  verb incorrectly formed

modal              incorrect use or formation of a modal

cond               incorrect use or formation of conditional sentence

pass                incorrect use or formation of passive voice

ss                  incorrect sentence structure

conn                incorrect or missing connecting words

LOCAL ERRORS

com                comparisons

                    missing word

//                  non parallel construction

wp                  wrong preposition

art                 article

x                   not needed

wc/ww              incorrect word choice/ wrong word

s/pl                problem with the singular or plural noun

 

MECHANICS

p                   punctuation

sp                  spelling

cap                 capitalization

ind                 indentation of paragraphs

mar                margins

l                    every-other-line

div                 division of words by syllables on different lines

/                   divide words

                    close up space

coh                 coherence- one idea does not lead to the text

cs                  comma splice- two independent clauses joined by a comma

dm                 dangling modifier-phrase or clause with no word(s) to modify in a sentence

frag                fragment incomplete sentence

nonidiom            nonidiomatic-not expressed this way in English

unclear             unclear-message not clear          

MAURA DIAZ

M.A in Applied Linguistics

                           

ERROR AWARENESS SHEET

Directions: this error sheet will help you discover what your sentence level error are and prioritize them. Put a chechk in the second column for each error marked on your returned paper. From the most frequent errors in the second column, select two or three that you can begin working first and put a check next to them on the third column. Global errors first.

TYPE OF ERROR SERIOUS ERRORS (global errors)	TOTAL NUMBER OF ERRORS	TOP-PRIORITY ERRORS TO WORK ON
RO    run-on sentence
INC   incomplete (fragment) sentence
AUX  auxiliary verb
T     verb tense
AG    subject-verb agreement
WO   word order: adverb, adjective + noun, questions,etc.
Ag    modifier-noun agreement
?     not understandable
AWK  awkward construction
Ref   reference word, pronoun error
vt     incorrect verb tense
vf     verb incorrectly formed
modal incorrect use or formation of a modal
cond  incorrect use or formation of conditional sente
pass  incorrect use or formation of passive voice
ss     incorrect sentence structure
conn  incorrect or missing connecting words
LOCAL ERRORS com   comparisons
missing word
//    non parallel construction
wp    wrong preposition
art    article
x     not needed
wc/ww       incorrect word choice/ wrong word
s/pl   problem with the singular or plural noun
MECHANICS p      punctuation
sp     spelling
cap   capitalization
ind    indentation of paragraphs
mar   margins
l      every-other-line
div    division of words by syllables on different lines
/      divide words
close up space
coh   coherence- one idea does not lead to the text
cs     comma splice- two independent clauses joined by a comma
dm    dangling modifier-phrase or clause with no word(s) to modify in a sentence
frag  fragment incomplete sentence
Nonidiom nonidiomatic-not expressed this way English		MAURA DIAZ M.A in Applied Lin
Unclear unclear-message not clear