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ACTIVITY 1: Organize the body paragraph below. In the ( ) place the number that corresponds to the correct order of
a body paragraph. Fill in the gaps using appropriate connectors.
( ). _______________ the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) could create a program where the
agents or polices in borders can give account of all the money they get periodically.
( ). _______________ El Universal newspaper, reported that, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the
agents of the Border Patrol and other U.S. agencies, are under investigation for receiving bribes in exchange for
protection, spy on enemies and trafficking drugs to Mexican cartels in Mexico border and American soil.
( ). _______________, corruption by bribing won’t be an option to polices and authorities because they would be
penalized.
ACTIVITY 2:
Mind Map 1: Complete the mind map shown in the video you will find in Virtual Sabana with the components of the
conclusion Then, highlight the phrases used to begin each part of the conclusion with different colors in the sample
below.
Conclusion
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Sample:
Taking everything into account, some of the main problems caused by inappropiate waste management have to
do with health issues, extinction of our fauna and flora and environmental pollution. All of them could be
diminished by raising awareness of responsible consumption, reducing the amount of industrial waste and setting
up controls to avoid over-consumption. These actions can be carried out by joint efforts from local people,
industries and governmental entities .This way, the harmful effects of inappropriate waste management would be
alleviated.
REFLECTION TIME : It is time to review your work so far. To do so, follow these instructions:
1. Review your outline proposal in workshop 1. Are you going to keep problems 2 and 3 or are you going to
change them?.
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2. Your teacher will give you your writing exam today. What do you need to improve in terms of structure? What
about the use of complex grammar and vocabulary?
ACTIVITY 3: Continue writing the third paragraph of your essay, it means the second problem and solution.
Highlight sentences in different colors as indicated below:
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Teacher’s feedback:
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ACTIVITY 4: Move on to your fourth paragraph of which will explain the third problem and its solution. Do not forget
to use the paragraph structure and highlight its parts as follows:
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Teacher’s feedback:
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ACTIVITY 5:
Mind Map 2: Now that you have watched the video and you know the components of the conclusion make a map showing
the information for your conclusion.
Conclusion
1. __________________
4. _____________
3. ___________________
2. _____________
ACTIVITY 6:
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NAME: _________________________________________ CODE: ____________________
ACTIVITY 7: Based on your teacher’s comments on the structure, write the draft of your second and third body
paragraphs as well as the conclusion. You should write 200-250 words.
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USEFUL EXPRESSIONS AND VOCABULARY
…is resulting in… …is due to… …which causes… …leads to…
…which contributes to… …caused by… …as a result of…
…has a detrimental effect on…
LINKING WORDS
Connectors of addition Connectors of cause Connectors of order and others
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RUBRIC FOR SECOND AND THIRD PROBLEM SOLUTION PARAGRAPHS AND CONCLUSION
LEGEND MEANING MISTAKE (examples) CORRECTION (examples)
SS Sentence Structure I want that you open the door (ss) I want you to open the door.
He said me hello. (ss) He said hello to me.
SP Spelling Beatifull (sp) beautiful
^ Missing Word ^ Is important. It is important.
The only important ^ was to work. The only important thing was to work.
WP Wrong Pronoun María is my sister. He (wp) is 20 years old. María is my sister. She is 20 years old.
SVA Subject Verb He walk (sva) to school everyday. He walks to school everyday.
Agreement
Agreement Colombian people is (sva) nice. Colombian people are nice.
WPR Wrong Preposition In (wpr) the other hand… On the other hand…
He was in (wpr) the beach. He was at the beach.
WC Wrong Connector She is tall. However, (WC) she is intelligent. She is tall and intelligent.
or^C insert
?? connector Idea
Nonsense Comment: The teacher is not able to understand what the student is trying to communicate.
Isolated Idea Mary had an excellent time in NY. //The traffic signals are easy to handle in NY\\. There she Mary had an excellent time in NY. There she visited a lot of tourist places.
//…// visited a lot of tourist places.
VF Verb Form She has been wait (vf) for 2 hours. She has been waiting (vf) for 2 hours.
This is a way to protect herself and to avoid show (vf) what she really feels. This is a way to protect herself and to avoid showing what she really feels.
Rep Repetition Marvel’s new film is very interesting (Rep) because it has an interesting (Rep) starring and a very Marvel’s new film is very interesting because it has a great starring and script.
interesting (Rep) script.
Cap Capitalization Many people visit madrid (Cap) every year. it (Cap) has become the driving force of the(Cap) Many people visit Madrid every year. It has become the driving force of the Spanish
spanish economy nowadays. economy nowadays.
PUN Punctuation Crepes staff are helpful (pun) friendly and polite (pun) Crepes staff are helpful, friendly and polite.
FCG False Cognate Actually (fcg) I am assisting (fcg) English classes. Currently I am attending English classes.
WExp Wrong Expression I could care less (WExp) if you bought a car. I couldn’t care less if you bought a car.
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CATEGORY MEETS EXPECTATIONS MEETS MOST EXPECTATIONS SHOWS CONSISTENT PROGRESS NEEDS IMPROVEMENT SHOWS MINIMAL PROGRESS
Grade: 5 Grade: 4 Grade: 3 Grade: 2 Grade: 1
* Addresses all the requirements of the task *Addresses most the requirements of the task * Some of the requirements are generally *Addresses very few of the *Addresses none of the requirements.
accurately (Problems 2 and 3 with their accurately (Problems 2 and 3 with their addressed accurately.( Problems 2 and 3 with requirements (Problems 2 and 3 with *Word count is not reached.
corresponding solution and the conclusion) corresponding solution and the conclusion) their corresponding solution and the their corresponding solution and the *Shows no knowledge and the paper is
conclusion) conclusion) off topic. THEREFORE, YOUR FINAL
* Shows high knowledge of sounding research *Shows enough knowledge of research supported * Shows some knowledge of research and fair GRADE IS 1.0.
TASK FULFILLMENT supported by two or more academic by at least one academic reference In English command of the subject/topic. *Shows limited knowledge and
20% references In English which are cited. which are cited. Some references were not cited. command of the subject/topic. *There is evidence of plagiarism in
* Word count is mostly reached. * Word count is approximately reached. *Word count is poorly reached. one or more paragraphs. THEREFORE
* Word count is outstandingly reached. YOUR FINAL GRADE IS 0.0
1 0.8 0.6
0.2
0.4
*Develops well-framed, coherent and * Develops sufficient, coherent and organized * Develops partially coherent paragraphs with *Provides paragraphs which lack *Paragraph structure is not evident
organized paragraphs based on the task paragraphs based on the task requirements. somewhat loose organization. appropriate structure and confusing and the ideas are mostly
requirements. *Makes proper use of connective devices and * Makes fair use of connective and discourse ideas that are repetitive and lack disconnected.
COHERENCE AND *Makes outstanding use of connective devices discourse markers . markers, but organization may be somewhat coherence. *Lacks basic connective devices.
COHESION and discourse markers . *The result sentences usually the issue loose. *Makes ineffective use and/or * There is no a logical connection
20% *The result sentences always address the mentioned in the topic sentence s *The result sentences sometimes address the overuse of basic connective devices. between the resulting sentences and
issue mentioned in the topic sentence s. issue mentioned in the topic sentences * The result sentences do not address the topic sentences.
the issue mentioned in the topic
sentences.
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