Esp - 203 GRAMMAR POINTS FOR COMP #2

GRAMMAR POINTS FOR COMP #2

Turn in this sheet with your comp. Use the numbers here to identify the points you have used. This will make it easier since you won't have to write the grammar point on your comp - just the corresponding # - ex: #1, #2, #3 (NOT the GP #. That is to help you locate the point in case you want to review it. Compositions in which grammar points are not underlined and identified will not be graded.

OBLIGATORY

1. SE IMPERSONAL Se sabe que, Se ha dicho (It has been said) etc.	GP #6
2. VOZ PASIVA a) Verdadera voz pasiva: La muela fue extraída por el dentista. b) SE REFLEXIVO PASIVO Se extrajo la muela sin anestesia. The tooth was extracted without anesthesia. Se hirvieron los instrumentos. Se interrogó a los vecinos / Se LES interrogó. c) PASIVO PERSONAL	GP #6
3. RELATIVE PRONOUNS	GP #20 (Don't forget LO QUE)
4. SUBJUNCTIVE - NOUN CLAUSES (Bonus point for using the subjunctive with the Passive voice) (Use lots of "gatillos"- triggers: See pages 122, 159, & 160 in Pasajes (Lengua).	GP #18 & 22
5. GUSTAR AND SIMILAR VERBS Le molestaba al teniente que todos los vecinos lo SIGUIERAN.	GP #11
6. !OJO! WORDS Use lots of relevant ones. They will raise the level of your camp.
7. SUBJUNCTIVE - ADVERB CLAUSES TEMPORAL & ESCAPA	GP #29 & 30
8. AT LEAST ONE CAESAR SENTENCE. It will greatly improve your style.
9. HACER IN TIME EXP	GP #13
10. ESTAR + PAST PARTICIPLE.	GP # 35 (Los insectos estaban muertos)
11. SE UNPLANNED	GP #36
12. SI CLAUSES (with Imperfect and Pluperfect subjunctive)	GP #39
13. COMPARACIONES	GP #40

Your composition #2 will be a creative one based on "Un día de éstos".

You may choose to write from the point of view of one of the following characters:

El dentista

El Alcalde

El hijo who has now grown up and is a dentist with "título". Maybe, he looks back at the scene when he was about 11 years old and the Alcalde threatened to shoot his father.

Alternately, you may want to consider these other options:

Be a "gallinazo"

Be an insect in the web

Be a "huevo de araña"

These latter suggestions will make more sense after we have discussed the reading.

Please see coordinator's web page for a sample composition written from the point of

view of the Alcalde. It will give you some ideas.