ENGLISH 3 - WRITING TASK -20% - 64 HOUR COURSE

STUDENT`S NAME: __________________________________________

DATE: ______________ ID: _________________________

TYPE OF TASK: Writing a formal email
AUDIENCE: Your boss.
PURPOSE: Informing about habits, customs and lifestyles of citizens in different places.
PROMPT: You work for a museum and next month there is an exhibition about different communities in
Colombia. So, you should write an email to your boss describing the different habits and customs of some
communities you want to have in the exhibition, include the following aspects:
1. Provide information about the habits, customs, urban tribes and lifestyles of people in Colombia.
2. Describe the lifestyle based on housing, food choices, dressing, hobbies, and other features.
3. Make comparisons between different communities.
4. Write 110 to 130 words and follow the format below.

Dear boss.

I am writing you this reference with the description of some Colombian regions, since next month we have the
exhibition of the different Colombian places. In this beautiful country, we meet different cultures. As we first
have the Caribbean region, the ‘coastal people’, as the inhabitants of this area of the country are called, are
characterized by their happiness, kindness and their marked accent. Important rhythms have been born in the
Caribbean region that have managed to position themselves worldwide. Among them is Vallenato, one of the
most representative musical genres of the region and the country.

Also of great importance are its festivals such as the Barranquilla Carnival, one of the most representative on the
coast. To this is added, the Vallenata Legend Festival, the Francisco el Hombre Festival, Independence Festivities,
January 20 Festivities, among others. They like the dance of the cumbia, the interpretation of the vallenato, eat
banana and fried fish, the sancocho or fish soup, the mote de queso con hogao, they wear the vueltiao hat, their
fresh and colorful clothing, and they tell great myths and legends .

We also have the peaceful region, this area of the country is characterized by cultural manifestations such as its
folk dances and its sounds that come from the African peoples.

the cultural richness of this region of the country is truly amazing.

The music of the South Pacific stands out for the characteristic sounds that come from instruments such as
marimbas, cununos, drums, bass drums, Guasás and violins. All of these are the product of the African heritage
and of the indigenous, European and Afro union.

the event that brings together the highlights of this folk music is the Petronio Álvarez Festival. Along with this,
there are others such as the Currulao Festival, the Pacific Coast Folk Festival and the Black and White Carnival.
they always seek perfection in beauty, they like to eat rice with coconut, stuffed with cheese and served with
egg.

These are some regions of Colombia.

 ENGLISH 3 - WRITING TASK -20% - 64 HOUR COURSE

STUDENT`S NAME: __________________________________________

DATE: ______________ ID: _________________________

Thank you very much boss.

Happy day

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE WRITING TASK

SPACE ONLY FOR TEACHERS

Rating scale
Poor Needs Fair Good Out-
Total per
1 improve- 3 4 standing
Criteria and descriptor ment 5 criterion
The student is able to: 2
Communication and content: understand and complete the
task assigned by providing information about habits and
customs of citizens in different places; communicate and
send messages so the audience is left with no questions.
Composing (organization): produce a cohesive text
(relationship among the parts of the text) and show evidence
of a coherent text (an appropriate organization within the
sentences that are according to the level).
Vocabulary (lexicon): use vocabulary related to habits and
customs of citizens in different places, urban tribes,
traditions, descriptors, adjectives; and use a variety of words
to make writing interesting.
Structure (syntax): produce the simple and progressive
present tenses, prepositions, comparatives, and use other
sentence structures.
Mechanics: make proper use of capitalization, punctuation
and spelling to avoid interferences with the communicative
meaning of the task.

TOTAL OF MARKS: ____________ /25 SCORE: ________________

COMMENTS (for formative purposes, write here any ideas for students to improve his/her performance):

Evaluator: ____________________________________________________

Created by Caterin Castro Arango, October, 2020