Turning notes into a newcomer guide

B1.1 · Select and organise practical information for a newcomer, explaining one choice.

A2 instructions and descriptions; sequencing, because/but and clear pronoun reference.

Model

Si vas por primera vez al intercambio de ropa del barrio, prepara tu visita antes de salir. La entrada es gratuita y puedes participar aunque no lleves ninguna prenda. El local abre a las diez, pero la recepción de ropa empieza a las diez y media. Esa diferencia importa si solo quieres dejar una bolsa.

Revisa las prendas en casa: deben estar limpias y en buen estado. Las que necesitan una reparación se colocan en otra mesa, para que la persona que las elija conozca el problema. No hace falta escribir tu nombre en cada pieza.

Al llegar, pregunta a la persona de la entrada dónde dejar tus cosas. Después puedes mirar las mesas y elegir lo que necesitas. Lleva una bolsa reutilizable: el grupo no reparte bolsas. Si tienes dudas sobre una prenda, pide información antes de llevártela. Así evitarás una elección que no te sirva.

1. pero la recepción de ropa empieza a las diez y media · A distinction between two activities prevents a mistaken arrival time.
2. para que la persona que las elija conozca el problema · The instruction includes its practical purpose.
3. Si tienes dudas sobre una prenda · A condition gives the newcomer a useful action without inventing a result.

Task

Write a short welcome guide for someone joining a community garden for the first time. Select and reorganise these unordered notes rather than translating a list: the first visit is Saturday 09:00–11:00; new members must speak to the coordinator at the gate before using tools; gloves may be borrowed but only in sizes M and L; visitors may bring their own gloves; covered shoes are required; drinking water is available; no experience is needed; a previous member liked the blue gate; the group has not yet decided which vegetables to plant next month. Include preparation, what to do on arrival and one reason for a useful recommendation. Decide what information the newcomer needs now and what can be left out. Do not turn an undecided plan into an instruction. This is an invented case. Write in Spanish. The word range is a guide, not an automatic pass/fail rule. Use the criteria for teacher assessment or self-assessment; there is no automatic mark.

120–180 words

Planning

1. Which notes affect preparation or arrival, and which do not?
2. What order helps a person who has never visited?
3. Which recommendation can you justify without claiming a new rule?

Criteria

1. Give the newcomer a usable sequence from preparation to arrival.

   The purpose is practical guidance, not a copied note list.

2. Preserve the relevant requirements and limits without inventing decisions.

   A reader must not rely on equipment or plans that are not available.

3. Select information for this audience and justify a helpful recommendation.

   Reorganisation involves deciding relevance as well as order.

4. Use clear instructions and links; distinguish requirements from optional advice.

   The reader needs to tell what is necessary from what is suggested.

Review

Keep your first draft. For each criterion, quote evidence from your own text and mark evidenced, partial or not yet evidenced. Revise a weak passage and explain how the change helps this reader. If all four are evidenced, justify a specific factual or language check. Compare meaning with the guide; different wording is welcome, and matching the example does not by itself prove success.

Guide and answers