IELTS Task 1 Process Writing--2nd Teacher Feedback Form

(TESOL Worksheets--IELTS Task 1)

Google: drive, docs, pub

This is the 4th in my series in my attempts to turn IELTS task 1 writing into process writing.  It follows from the self-editing checklist, and the peer-editing checklist, and the 1st teacher feedback form.

In the first teacher feedback from, I provided very little feedback.  (I only underlined problem sentences, and did not provide any detailed written comments).  In this feedback form, I used my error coding sheet (from here) and also provided more detailed comments in the comment  section.  I also supplemented this with a short talk with each student.

The students were then instructed to re-write their essay one final time for a final draft.

Student name: ____________________________

IELTS Task 1: Teacher Feedback (2nd Form)

First sentence:

	Great Job	See Comments
Did you write a brief introduction using the information from the question and the heading?
Did you cover all the important information?
Did you include the categories?   (Note: For graphs or tables with less than 8 categories, try to include the categories, preferably in brackets.)
Did you paraphrase the vocabulary?
Did you change the sentence structure?

Overview:

	Great Job	See Comments
Did you include an overview?
Does your overview include all the key features of the graph?   (Note: Normally this will be somewhere between 2 and 5).
Does your overview begin with a signal word (such as “overall”) to help the examiner recognize that this is an overview?

Paragraphing:

	Great Job	See Comments
Is your essay divided into clear paragraphs (with line breaks in between the paragraphs)?
Do you have a separate paragraph for your introduction?
Do you have at least two separate paragraphs for your body?

Paragraphing Structure:

	Great Job	See Comments
Does each body paragraph start with a clear topic sentence, which give the main idea of the paragraph?
Does every other sentence in the paragraph relate to the main idea in the topic sentence?
Is the topic sentence supported by supporting ideas and examples?

Tense:

Are all of your verbs in the correct tense?	Great Job	See Comments

Active/Passive

	Great Job	See Comments
Did you correctly choose the active or passive verb for each sentence?
In passive verbs, did you remember to use the “be +V3” form?
If the verb is not in the passive or continuous tense, you do not need to use a "be" verb.  Check to make sure there are no extra “be” verbs in your essay.

Parts of speech

	Great Job	See Comments
Are all the words being correctly used as the appropriate part of speech?

Opinions and outside information

	Great Job	See Comments
Remember, an IELTS task 1 essay should contain no personal opinions, no speculating, and no outside information.  (Task 2 will have opinions, but not task 1).

Length

Good job	Too short (You must write at least 150 words, or you will lose points)	Too long (You won’t lose any points if your essay is too long, but in the exam you will lose valuable time.)

Comments

Error Correction Codes

Code	Meaning	Example	Correction
A	Wrong Article	A [A]moon goes around a [A] earth.	The moon goes around the earth.
^A	Missing Article	[^A] Man looked funny.	The man looked funny.
Pr	Wrong Preposition	I'm interested of [Pr] science.	I'm interested in science.
^Pr	Missing Preposition	The rabbit jumped [^Pr] the hole.	The rabbit jumped into the hole.
WW	Wrong Word (Or Several Wrong Words)	The man ate breakfast [WW] in the evening.	The man ate dinner in the evening.
^	Missing Word	This is the man [^] hit me.	This is the man who hit me.
^^	Two or More Missing Words or Missing Phrase	I got hit [^^] car.	I got hit by a car.
^S	Missing Subject	[^S] will be good.	It will be good.
^V	Missing Verb	Being a radio star [^V]	Being a radio star will be fun.
WS	Wrong Part of Speech	I'm very interested in financial [WS].	I'm very interested in finances.
N	Number/ Singular or Plural problem.	I like cat [N].	I like cats.
VT	Verb Tense Problem	He kick [VT] me yesterday.	He kicked me yesterday.
VF	Verb Form Problem	I've gotten used to eat [VF] here every day.	I've gotten used to eating here every day.
AP	Active Passive Verb Problem	A lot of problems experience [AP] here every day.	A lot of problems are experienced here every day.
SV	Subject Verb Agreement Problem	He like [SV] dogs.	He likes dogs.
P	Punctuation Problem or Spacing Problem	Do you like dogs. [P]	Do you like dogs?
C	Capitalization Problem	I'm from america. [C]	I'm from America.
Po	Possessive Form Problem	The students [Po] homework was finished at last.	The students' homework was finished at last.
SF	Sentence Fragment	The best thing about fast food [SF]	The best thing about fast food is the price.
F	Form--Countable, uncountable, or other grammatical errors	I have a lot of homeworks [F].	I have a lot of homework.
G	Other Grammatical Problem
WO	Word Order	He away walked [WO].	He walked away.
Sp	Spelling Problem	I like to eat peeza [Sp].	I like to eat pizza.
??	I Don't Understand What You Mean
//	New Paragraph