Writing the Perfect Advanced Spanish EssayMr. Chad E. Allan
Bishop England High SchoolCertain criteria are a must in order to create the perfect essay in Intermediate and Advanced Spanish language study (Levels III to AP). The following list is meant to be a guide for creating such an essay but does not include all requirements. Based on the theme and main idea of such an essay, new requirements may be necessary. ALL good essays will include the following:
· Main idea is stated in the first sentence and is worded to reflect what the content of the body will include
· Flow of the wording and content is linked and relevant to the topic
· "Fluff" is minimal if at all present
· Includes examples of PERO, SINO, and SINO QUE
· Includes justified statements of opinion (para que plus subjunctive, para plus infinitive etc.)
· If clauses are evident including the proper use of the subjunctive and related tenses in the sequence of tenses
· Verb tenses used are similar to the theme's statement or question
· Use of impersonal statements of CERTAINTY and STATEMENTS REQUIRING THE SUBJUNCTIVE
· Factual statements are made relating to the topic (Es evidente que. . .., Es justo decir que. . .., Es verdad que. . .ETC)
· NON-OVERUSED vocabulary is used
· Variance of verbs and vocabulary are used
· No English or "Quoted" English words- use circunlocución
· A well-constructed conclusion sentence that combines the body and the main idea
Correction key:VC- verb choice
WC- word choice
VT- verb tense
VS- verb structure
VCON - conjugation error
SS/SO- sentence structure/sentence order
VAL- sentence value or purpose
PR- preposition choice error/ or not needed
CON- connection or relevance within the essay
SP- spelling error
USE- direct/indirect/relative etc. pronoun error
PUNC- accent mark or punctuation error
MI- missing word / needed for correctness
?- statement/structure/order does not make sense
EXP- expression error
OR- order is incorrect
GEN- gender (and/or number) is incorrect
AGR- agreement error
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