NAME:

TEACHER: SCHEDULE:

Writing Project

Level 3

University of Guadalajara

PALE

Program of learning foreign languages

January 2018

Created and designed by:

Bridget Sanchez Mireles, Vanessa Noemi Medina Castro,

Luis Fernando Moreno Vargas

In this manual, you will learn how to write a formal email, a summary, a cover letter, a
CV (Curriculum Vitae), and an essay. In pages 4-7 you will find a series of exercises to
practice the topics, in order to be able to complete them you will work using the
following procedure.

Step 1:

Get into groups of

four. Step 2:

Choose one of the following topics:

(IT CAN NOT BE REPEATED WITHIN YOUR GROUP)

● Formal emails
● Cover letter
● CV
● Essay
Step 3:
As UAAL hour this week, investigate using two different resources (links and books)
about how to write the type of writing you chose making sure you at least find the
information listed below and write helpful notes on the back of the page that will
provide enough information for your team to answer the exercises and/or write an
example of their own. You also need to print an example of it. DO NOT bring the
information printed ONLY the example.
By the time you get to the classroom you should have the answers to the questions
already written down at the back of this sheet or your task answered.
In page 3 you will find suggested links to search for the information and at UAAL there
will be a section with suggested books.

1) What is a/an ?
2) Format (structure, parts or template) that shows the process and what to
include when writing it.
3) Useful information such as what to do or what not to do.

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*The following are suggestions of links you can use but remember you have to search
for the info using books at UAAL too.

https://bit.ly/2Cj3qJX https://bit.ly/2l8wOYs
https://bit.ly/2KxGWoH Formal Email
Formal Email Formal Email

https://bit.ly/2Mq02Pj https://bit.ly/1QGrmZf
https://bit.ly/2JTdlt3 Cover Letter
CV Essay

If you need extra information on the topics, there is a Writing Composition you
can find in the following link:
https://bit.ly/2QHL1hA

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Step 4:
You will need to have your notes and printed example ready in class to share what
you found with your group and do the exercises together.
Step 5:
As Homework, write an example different from the one you investigated about and
bring it to class (your teacher will tell you when to bring it so you do peer correction).
Step 6:
Exchange your essay with a partner and answer the peer correction questionnaire in
page 10. Afterwards, you will give feedback to your partner and as homework you will
rewrite your work using the feedback given.
Step 7:
Turn in your final work.

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Formal email components investigated by:

Task 1. Formal email

Instructions. Name the parts of the email.

https://www.yesware.com/blog/formal-email/

 Write more examples of salutation and closing words for formal emails.

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Cover letter components investigated by:

Task 2. Cover Letter

Instructions. Complete the chart with what you should write and shouldn’t write in a
cover letter.

SHOULD SHOULDN´T

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Curriculum vitae components investigated by:

Task 3. Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Instructions. Write the order of the components of a CV (two different formats)

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Essay components investigated by:

Task 4. Essay

Instructions. Complete the following chart.

Paragraph Part of the essay Description

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Final Task.

Instructions. Choose one of the topics practiced in this manual and write an example
of it. Do not write about the topic you investigated.

Formal email - Confirm an appointment, meeting or interview

Cover letter - Applying for a job of your major

CV - Applying for a job of your major

Essay - Describe your ideal job. Explain why you would like to have this job. Include
details and examples to support your explanation.

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Draft: you can use the back of this sheet to continue.

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Corrected by:

Instructions. Choose a partner and exchange your writing. Read your partner's first
draft and use the following questionnaire to evaluate each other’s writing.

Peer Correction Questionnaire

“Everyone needs an editor. An editor looks at a writer's’ work and makes suggestions
for changes. Even the best writers need editors because it is difficult to find mistakes
in your own work.” (Pavlik, C. & Segal, M., 2002)

1. Does it follow the appropriate format? YES NO

4. Do you have any suggestions for improving this draft?

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FINAL DRAFT: you can use the back of this sheet to continue.

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INSTRUCTIONS: check the boxes you can answer yes to under student´s self-evaluation.

Final evaluation

Student´s Teacher´s
DID I….. ? Grading
Self- evaluation evaluation
1. investigate on time what I needed to? 1 POINT

2. answer all the tasks? 1 POINT

3. write my draft on time? 1 POINT

4. do peer correction? 1 POINT

5. make sure my final draft responds to 1 POINT

the task presented and use the indicated

6. correct my spelling mistakes? 1 POINT

7. use punctuation correctly? 1 POINT

8. write my final draft clear and well 1 POINT

organized?

9. correct my grammar mistakes? 2 POINTS

TOTAL

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