WRITING TASK #2

Adults Communicative Program - Level 1

Guidelines

Write an email.

1. Write an email to the owner of a home-share.

2. Choose your writing style; formal or informal.
3. Use the examples in exercise 3A on page 29 as examples.

Read the following instructions before doing the task:

a) Start your email with This email is about…

b) Ask questions about the house and the people.
c) Your email must contain 50 words or more.
d) Your email must include salutation, closing, house vocabulary, questions about the house,
questions about the people, and adjectives to describe furniture (Check exercise 2 on page 24).
e) Use Capitalization and punctuation where necessary.
f) Check the spelling of words before submitting your task.
g) Use information questions with the verb be in the correct form.
 Writing a profile Rubric

CATEGORY 25 20 15 10 Score
Exceeds Meets Approaches Does not meet
expectations expectations expectations expectation.

Salutation and Salutation and Salutation and Salutation and Salutation and/or
Closing closing have no closing have 1-2 closing have 3 or closing are
errors in errors in more errors in missing.
capitalization and capitalization and capitalization and
punctuation. punctuation. punctuation.
Grammar & Learner makes no Learner makes 1-2 Learner makes 3-4 Learner makes
spelling errors in grammar errors in grammar errors in grammar more than 4
(information or spelling. and/or spelling. and/or spelling errors in grammar
questions with and/or spelling.
verb be)
Length The email The email The email The email
contains 50 or contains 30 to 40 contains 20 to 30 contains less than
more words. words. words. 20 words.

Content Accuracy The email The email The email The email
contains all the (6) contains 4 to 5 of contains 2 to 3 of contains only 1 of
elements the elements the elements the elements
required. required. required. required.

TOTAL