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Ie II Academic File 2 Blended Task

The document provides instructions for an assignment in an Intermediate English II class to write a three-paragraph opinion essay proposing a change in the student's neighborhood. Students are asked to complete pre-writing tasks such as brainstorming, outlining, and organizing their ideas before drafting the essay. The essay should follow APA format and be properly labeled and submitted. Assessment criteria address task achievement, organization, lexical resource, grammatical accuracy, and mechanics.

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Ie II Academic File 2 Blended Task

The document provides instructions for an assignment in an Intermediate English II class to write a three-paragraph opinion essay proposing a change in the student's neighborhood. Students are asked to complete pre-writing tasks such as brainstorming, outlining, and organizing their ideas before drafting the essay. The essay should follow APA format and be properly labeled and submitted. Assessment criteria address task achievement, organization, lexical resource, grammatical accuracy, and mechanics.

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INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH II

2022-1

ACADEMIC FILE IE II 2

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT: WRITING 2

PROPOSING A CHANGE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

BLENDED TASK

Name: Vera Sánchez. Date:

Teacher: Class:

Learning outcomes:

✔ Applies writing strategies

✔ Elaborates a one paragraph essay proposing a change in a neighborhood

✔ Develops the argument of an academic essay in a cohesive and coherent way

✔ Employs language and vocabulary from Units 4 and 5

✔ Develops critical thinking skills

✔ Develops self-regulation skills to achieve a writing task

BLENDED INTERACTIVE TASK:

WRITING TASK: DUE: A day before your class in week 10

Write an opinion essay on the following topic:

Discuss a change in your neighborhood

Develop your viewpoint in a three-paragraph essay following APA1 format.

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APA Style. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format
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Before you start working on the assignment, reflect on the questions below.

Environment - Where and when can I accomplish this task without getting
structuring distracted?

Goal setting - Have I established goals to complete the task?

Time management - How much time will I need for this task?
- Do I need to split the task in two days or more?
- How can I organize my time to complete the assignment
with little interruption?

COMPLETE THE PRE-WRITING AND WRITING TASKS.

I. PRE-WRITING TASKS: TASK STRATEGIES

A. BRAINSTORMING

Complete the table. Write key words only.

A proposal of a change in your neighborhood

Thesis statement (change)

Topic Sentence

Explanation Evidence Example

B. ORGANIZING THE INFORMATION


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Organize and plan your notes in sentences.

OUTLINE

I. Paragraph 1: Introductory paragraph

A. Hook

B. Background information about the topic: What is the topic about?

C. Thesis statement: What’s the main idea?

II. Paragraph 2: Body or middle paragraph

A. Topic sentence:

B. Middle sentences

1. A middle sentence – explanation

2. A middle sentence – example

3. A middle sentence – evidence

III. Paragraph 3: Conclusion

A. Restatement of the thesis

B. Summary of the middle sentences

C. Final thought

* Include references used as sources of information

II. WRITING TASK

Use your notes from section I B to type out the paragraph.

Start writing your essay below the blue line.

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….. sentences, ……. words


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END OF THE ESSAY.

Comments: …... /5

1. Before submitting the assignment, make sure your writing meets the following
question: Does the essay meet the goal of the task?
Double check this in the assessment criteria.
2. Start the first line of each paragraph with five spaces. This is called indentation.
3. Reference your sources following APA.
4. Label the document in the following way: Last name_Firstname_AF2.
5. Submit the whole document of AF 2 to UE virtual.

Assessment criteria

Task achievement  Fully completes pre-writing tasks


 Addresses all parts of the writing task successfully:
 Writes an opinion essay (250-300 words) on
the given topic
 Types the text in a Word document
 Labels the document as requested: Last
name_Firstname_AF2
 Employs APA style:
 Employs double spacing, Arial 11 or
Times New Roman 12 pts.
 Employs formal language and style
(writes in 3rd person)
 Indents each paragraph of the essay
 Reference sources of information

Organization  Always organizes relevant information in paragraphs in an


(coherence & cohesion) essay:
 Introduction:
 Hook
 Background information
 Thesis statement
o One body paragraph
 Topic sentence
 Middle sentences
 Conclusion
 Restatement of thesis statement
 Summary of the middle sentences
 Final thought
 Organizes paragraphs and sentences cohesively and
coherently
 Uses 8 different transition words
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 Writes the transition words in red


 Always uses referents (pronouns) correctly

Lexical resource  Always spells words correctly


(vocabulary)  Uses at least five vocabulary words correctly from book units
4 and 5
 Writes the requested vocabulary in blue

Grammatical range and  Always writes complete sentences (subject + verb +


accuracy complement/ object)
 Always has a good control of grammatical structures
&
Mechanics  Always uses capital letters for proper names and to start a
(capitalization and sentence
punctuation)  Always uses periods and commas correctly
 Always uses full forms

IE II Team 2022-1

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