What's my biggest writing trap?

• English
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

What's my biggest writing trap?

H5 Schrijfvaardigheid preparation

Write down your biggest "trap" in writing: which mistake(s) do you keep making?

Marking areas (beoordelingsmodel)

A Opdracht --> punten tellen 1x mee

B Woordenschat en woordgebruik --> telt 3x mee

C Grammatica --> telt 3x mee

D Spelling en interpunctie --> telt 1x mee

E Coherentie (samenhang) --> telt 3x mee

Quiz

This quiz contains questions about some common mistakes that I've seen in your writing.

*Please make notes of things that you recognise!

The amount of money that is spend on education is too low.

1. het moet zijn: amound
2. het moet zijn: to
3. het moet zijn: spent

groter dan is: bigger ...

1. then
2. than

How do you write 'overheid' ('regering') in English?

hun mentale gezondheid =

1. they're mental health
2. their mental health
3. there mental health
4. theyre mental health

Dit kan makkelijk worden ingevoerd =

1. This can be implented easy.
2. This can be implemented easily.

What's wrong with using words/phrases like 'kids', 'stuff', 'I feel like', 'way too expensive' etc?

1. They are examples of informal writing
2. They are examples of formal writing

Informal vs. formal:

kids --> children

stuff --> things, aspects, factors, etc,

I feel like --> In my opinion

way too expensive --> much too expensive

gonna --> going to

wanna --> want to

till --> until

There are ________ ways in which this can be improved.

1. much
2. alot of
3. many
4. a lot of

Write down for yourself:

At least one thing (or a top three) that you will try to do differently in your writing as of now (attainable goals!).

Be as concrete as possible ('know the difference between then and than' is better than 'use correct grammar')

How useful was this LessonUp for you personally?

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If you have any suggestions for the last lessons until the test week, write them down here (I won't show them on the board)