COURSE ENA1C2 – MIDTERM WRITING TASK (25%)

"My weekend Routine"

TYPE OF TASK: Email

AUDIENCE: HR specialist
PURPOSE: To provide information about your weekend routine
PROMPT: You are working from home during the week. You don’t work on Saturdays and Sundays. Your company
wants to know about your weekend routine. The Human Resources Department asks you to write an email providing
information about your weekend routine. They want to see how their employees are spending their free time on the
weekend.
INSTRUCTIONS:
In your email you must,
1. Write your email address.
2. Write a short text describing how you are spending your free time on the weekend.
3. Describe the activities that you do on Saturday and Sunday in the morning, afternoon, and evening.

Write at least 80 words.

From Ericksimba1998@hotmail.com

To hrdepartment@coltune.com

Subject My Weekend Routine

Dear Mr. Morales,

I hope this email finds you well.

This is my weekend routine.

On Saturdays.

I usually get up around 7 morning. Then, I make my breakfast, sometimes I eat eggs with bread, also I drink coffee. I
always drink coffee on mornings. I really love it on mornings. After, at 10 morning sometimes I exercise on my
house. I do some push-ups. Then of lunch, I usually play videogames until 5 afternoon. when I go out with my dogs
near neighborhood. On the night, I sometimes play videogames with mi brothers until midnight, when I fall sleep.

On Sundays.

I always wake up 10 mornings. After breakfast, I watch tv with my parents until noon. After lunch time. I usually sleep
afternoon until 5 afternoon. When again. I go out with my dog. But this day, we go to play a park near my home. I
usually fall asleep around 11 night.

Sincerely yours,

Erick Santiago Simbaqueba Huerfano

NAME: ______________________________________________________ ID NUMBER ______________________

 COURSE ENA1C2 – MIDTERM WRITING TASK (25%)
"My weekend Routine"

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE WRITING TASK- SPACE ONLY FOR TEACHERS

Rating scale
Poor Min Fair Good Excel Total
Criteria and Descriptor
CONTENT: successfully completes the task by writing short simple texts
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or filling in forms with personal information details.
COMPOSING (ORGANIZATION): Writes simple isolated phrases and
sentences. Links words or groups of words with very basic linear 1 2 3 4 5
connectors like ‘and’ or ‘then’.
VOCABULARY: Has a basic vocabulary repertoire of isolated words and
1 2 3 4 5
phrases related to particular concrete situations.
STRUCTURE: Shows limited control of a few simple grammatical
structures and sentence patterns in a memorized repertoire. Errors occur,
1 2 3 4 5
but it is clear what he/she is trying to express in his/her isolated phrases
and sentences.
MECHANICS: writes familiar words and short phrases using fully
standard spelling, makes proper use of capitalization, punctuation and
1 2 3 4 5
spelling so it doesn’t interfere with the meaning or communication purpose
of the task.
TOTAL: / 25

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NAME: ______________________________________________________ ID NUMBER ______________________