Cоmpоsición finаl: Unа Cаrta de Presentación (A Cоver Letter, revised and enhanced) This composition is intended to give you an opportunity to correct your mistakes based on my feedback from the last composition AND to assess your abilities in other grammatical concepts we have recently learned. This is not only a rewrite of the last composition. You need to add new information in order to adequately assess what you have learned cumulatively over the semester. You will be graded on how thoroughly and accurately you can attend to the grading comments and properly construct and apply concepts and vocabulary from chapters 1-4 in your textbook. VERY IMPORTANT: DO NOT use any grammar structures other than those covered in the Portales pages listed within this document. DO NOT speak about the past, hypothetical situations, “should have,” “would have,” “could have,” “have had,” or future tense unless formed with “ir+a+infinitive verb.” Follow the prompt very carefully, and use SPN 1120-level Spanish grammatical structures from Portales. There will be major point penalties for each verb tense or grammatical structure that is too advanced for this level. For the part where you need to use "deber," if you say "debería," "deberías," or "deberían," you are not following instructions and on your way to a -5 point penalty. Prompt: Imagine you are applying for an internship with an international company in a Spanish-speaking country. If you get the internship, you will be staying with a host family that speaks only Spanish. Write a cover letter presenting yourself to the internship search committee and describing your own family so they can match you with a compatible host family. In your letter, include this information in COMPLETE sentences in Spanish in THIS ORDER and you MUST use the vocabulary and grammar structures from the chapters (lecciones (L)) indicated below: Paragraph 1: A formal greeting to the recipients suitable for a professional letter What is your name? (greetings, L.1) Where are you from (city, state) and what is your nationality? (greetings, L.1; ser, L.1; nationalities; L.3) How old are you? (expressions with tener, L.1) What are you like?(describe personality and physical appearance ; at least four traits) (ser, L.1; adjectives L.3) Paragraph 2 What do you study? (-ar verbs, L.2; subjects, L.2) At what time do you study, and for how many hours (por = for in duration context)? (telling time, L.1) WRITE NUMBERS OUT AS WORDS (EX: 5:45= LAS CINCO MENOS CUARTO) Where do you work? IF YOU DO NOT WORK, SAY SO, AND THEN SAY WHAT YOU DO IN "MI TIEMPO LIBRE" (FREE TIME). (-ar verbs, L.2) At what time do you work, and for how many hours? (telling time, p. L.2) WRITE NUMBERS OUT AS WORDS What profession do you desire to have in the future? (desear and two verbs together, L.2) Think of your professional and academic goals. What are you going to do within the next four years? (at least two plans) (ir+a+ infinitive to express future, L. 4) Paragraph 3 What are three members of your family like? (describe personality and physical appearance; at least four traits TOTAL for each person) (ser, L.1, adjectives L.3) Paragraph 4: What do you like and what do you like to do? (activities and things)? (at least four things, hobbies, and/or activities) (gustar, L. 4; hobbies, L. 4) What are you going to do over the break (el descanso)? (ir+a+ infinitive to express future, L. 4; hobbies, L. 4; -ar verbs, L. 2; -er/-ir verbs, L. 3) Paragraph 5: Why are you the best person (la mejor persona) for this internship? A thank you and formal closing: “Atentamente,... (insert your name)” TRANSLATORS PROHIBITED. You may use your book and notes and your own brain ONLY. Point allocation (Content: 100 points): Student addresses the prompt entirely, in complete sentences, and in Spanish, and elaborates creatively where possible. A formal greeting .....(4 points) What is your name? .....(4 points) Where are you from? .....(4 points) What is your nationality? .....(4 points) How old are you? .....(4 points) What do you study? .....(4 points) At what time do you study, and for how many hours .....(4 points) Where do you work? .....(4 points) At what time do you work, and for how many hours? .....(OR FREE TIME; REFER TO PROMPT) (4 points) What profession do you desire to have in the future? .....(4 points) What are you like? .....(8 points) What are three members of your family like? .....(24 points) What are you going to do within the next four years? (8 points) What are you going to do over the break? (4 points) What do you like and what do you like to do? (8 points) Why are you the best person for the job?.....(4 points) A thank you and formal closing .....(4 points) Possible Point Penalties for Grammar and Vocabulary: Student uses the specific structures and resources listed within the prompt to create letter and does not stray from these requirements. They use a wide variety of 1120-level Spanish vocabulary and demonstrate progress and understanding in key grammatical concepts covered in class and the pages listed in prompt. a......¡xyz! and ¿xyz? punctuation error.: -0.5 each b.....Missing accents and tildes= -0.5 point each c.....Spelling= -0.5-1 point each d.....Verb tenses and complex structures that go beyond the prompt and our level of SPN: -5 points each e.....gender/# agreement error: -1 point each f.....syntax/word order error: -1-3 points each g.....vocabulary error: -1-5 ponts h.....missing article or article error: -0.5 i.....didn't use any -ar verbs conjugated to the present tense: -2–12 j.....didn't use "ser" conjugated to the present tense: -2–12 k.....didn't use double verb construction with "desear": -2 l.....didn't use ir+a+inf. to form near future tense: -2–6 m.....didn't use gustar: -2–8 n.....verb conjugation error: verb is conjugated to the wrong subject: -1.5 o....use of English: -1 per word Total: 100 points; ___/100 TRANSLATORS PROHIBITED. You may use your book and notes and your own brain ONLY.