Advanced and Proficiency Writing Correction Activity
Click to view the .ppt Can you see the pros and cons of the various extracts? Feedback will be added here soon. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
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Editing and Proofing
Everyone's done some homework now, so you might find your teacher recommending more checking. Try this page for some editing and proofreading practice. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
First & Advanced: Checking for Mistakes
From BBC Learning, here's a letter to study and look for mistakes. Click on "View Answersheet" to see page 2 and the answers. Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Proficiency - Proofreading Practice
Friday becomes Tuesday - Our apologies for the delay! Check your writing! If you're doing h/w soon, see if you're proofing skills are up to scratch: http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students/writing/proofreading/index.htm Tweet Follow @bclasrozas
Error Checklist for First
Error Checklist for FCE Writing: Compiled in S6 on Monday 19 Dec Some examples of things you might be able to see before you hand in your work to the teacher: Contractions in formal English? Exclamation marks in formal English. Eliminate them. Check double consonants . Much and many on countable/uncountable nouns. Avoid direct questions in formal letters. Word order in non-questions. Example Fred asked what time it was vs Fred asked what time was it. Confused plurals Examples Life >>>> lives. person >>> people child >>> children Prepositions Does it sound or look good to you? Repitition Have you avoided the same word in adjacent sentences? Describe differently Synonym if you can Use pronouns Word Order Put your adverbs in the right places - usually at the end. Follow us on
Things to Remember: Exam Writing Checklist
Six months work have got us to the point where many of you can give advice from your own work on how to check work, so here's what three groups put together: TPS/TPP = third person singlular/plural Some more points that didn't get on the board: 10. Avoid repeating words, especially within sentences - look for pronouns. 11. Becareful of those deadly three dots! 12. Do everything you can to avoid mistakes in your first and last sentences - "Dear Alan, I am writting.. ." And finally... 13. Read over our Things to Remember thread!
Avoidable Error Checklist
Here's another whiteboard image. It's a checklist to help you try to stop your teacher getting to your mistakes before you do. Click on the photo to enlarge, and ask us if you have questions about the whiteboard.