CONTENT: Have you answered the essay statement? Is the reader fully informed? Are all your comments relevant? Is the word count about right?
COMMUNICATIVE ACHIEVEMENT: Have you used the P.E.E.L. structure? Are your ideas easy to follow? Have you used the correct tone? Is your essay interesting to read?
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How is your essay graded?
ORGANISATION: Layout- have you used three paragraphs? Have you used markers such as Firstly, .. In conclusion,…. Is the ESSAY STATEMENT included in the last sentence of the introduction?
Language: Correct use of vocabulary and grammar that we have learnt since September. Past tense verbs/ S.H.IT rule used correctly?
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Common Bloopers
Than en Then
Than en Then betekenen allebei ‘dan’ in het Nederlands. Than en then worden door Nederlanders vaak door elkaar gehaald, omdat we nauwelijks verschil horen in de uitspraak.
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Common Bloopers
of and off: What is the difference
Pronunciation. of (ov).
Use: of is a preposition that shows the connection between two words
bottle of water
King of England
Pronunciation off (off)
Use: opposite of ON
adverb/adjective
he fell off the boat
take off your shoes
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Common Bloopers
alot a lot
wich /which/witch
english English
i I = always a capital I for first person even in the middle of a sentence!
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Main errors - Layout
Not copying the Essay Statement as the last line of the introduction.
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Main errors - vocabulary
In Kensuke's Kingdom fromby / written by Michael Morpurgo
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Main errors - grammar
PAST TENSE IRREGULAR VERBS
took / bought / brought/ thought/
PAST TENSE IREGULAR VERBS
happened
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Main errors - General essay
Keep it simple!
Keep it simple! Don't use too many different ideas -
Main errors - General essay task
IT SIMPLE
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TIP:
keep your essay and the feedback carefully, along with the Literary Essay Booklet, you will have to write many of these sorts of essays while you are school.