SPAN 1001

Instructions for the Final Editing of the Composition

Please check all the items below to review and edit your composition.

Check every item at least three times to make sure everything is correct.

Please print this page and bring it along with your composition so I can verify that you have followed these instructions.

Also print and bring to class the Grading Criteria to Evaluate Compositions.

PLEASE, write on each line the number of times you checked each item.

FORMAT

• The text is typed.
• All margins are 1 inch (top/bottom, left/right).
• The font size is 12.
• It is double-spaced.
• At least 25 lines written.
• Only your name & last name are provided (do not write: Composition, the date, the name of the course, the professor’s name, the college name).
• Start the letter with: Querido/a or Hola and the name of your friend.
• End the letter with: Adiós or Hasta pronto or Hasta luego.

GRAMMAR & MECHANICS

1. _____ Spelling (use the textbook or any dictionary)
2. _____ Accents
3. _____ Contractions del (de + el) & al (a + el)
4. _____ The gender of the every noun (masculine/feminine)
5. _____ The number of every noun (singular/plural)
6. _____ Article agreement “the” or “a/an” (masculine/feminine, singular/plural) with the noun
7. _____ All adjectives are placed after the noun
8. _____ All adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies
9. _____ Possessive Adjectives (mi/mis, tu/tus, su/sus, etc.) were used where appropriate
10. _____ The conjugation of every verb according to its subject(s)
11. _____ When having two verbs together, only the first one is conjugated and the second is in the infinitive form

12. _____ The infinitive form of the verb after any preposition such as a, con, de, por, para, etc.
13. _____ All verbs “to be” ser & estar
14. _____ Every reflexive verb has its reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos se)
15. _____ All the stem-change verbs are correctly spelled
16. _____ Search all unknown words in the dictionary
17. _____ There are no words in English at all