Homework due October 2nd
Part 1 are the activities done in TownSend Press. You will be assigned a different chapter each week. You must score a minimum of 50% in the multiple choice activties, for it to be considered complete. If your grade is less than 50%, you can do it again. Please remember that as an instructor I can see how much time you spend on each activity. The activities are due on Mondays at 9:00am. For this week, complete the following activities from chapter 5:
• Vocabulary in Context
• Matching Words with Definitions
• Sentence Check 1
• Sentence Check 2
• Final Check
Part 2 is a writing assignment where you will include at least 3 of the new vocabulary words from chapter 5. You can also select words from chapter 6 if needed. Your paragraph should be at least 5 sentences long. Pay attention to grammar, punctuation, and overall clarity. At the bottom of your paragraph, please tell me which 3 words you used.
Role – Customer at a restaurant
Audience – restaurant manager/owner
Format – Letter of complaint
Topic – You will write a letter where you complain about a negative experience at the restaurant.
Dear owner, I'm writing this letter with great disappointment and frustration regarding the experience we lived at your restaurant.
ReplyDeleteMe and my usband went to "Pastas Don Mario" last friday, and we were very ilusionated for the great propaganda... But to be honest, what we experienced was a big impact. All the food was one hour late, and we didn't mind to wait, but when it was finally at our table, we saw that the idea of eating a fresh-made lasagña was only an illusion... The presentation was gruesome, the sauce was so light that it eroded the pasta and more than a "lasagna", it looked like a soup. And there was so many people that everytime we tried to talk to the waitress, there were obstacles in the midle, and that imply that we just ended up eating that disgusting dish.
We should have read the reviews before going... Novice mistake I think.
But anyways. Here is my bank account, I would really appreciate a total refund ASAP.
Thank you.
Words used: Illusionate, impact, gruesome, erode, obstacle, imply, novice.
Student Ani
DeleteTownSend Press 43/50
Vocabulary 30/30 – correctly used: gruesome, erode, obstacle and novice.
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 7/10
Comments: Hi Ana! Thank you for submitting your assignment. I hope Pastas Don Mario is not a real place. It sounds awful! Here are my corrections:
- When you talk about a small/short experience like the one at the restaurant, you use the verb HAD. Your sentence should be “…the experience we had at your restaurant.”
- Capitalize days of the week
- The word “ilusionated” which you use in your second sentence, does not exist. In English, “illusion” can only be used as a noun. Later in your paragraph, you do use the word “illusion correctly”.
- The word “impact” was not used correctly. Did you mean to say it was a shock?
- Subject-verb error: Instead of saying “there was so many people”, you need to say “there were so many people”.
- “Imply” was not used correctly. You can say “As a result”.
- Please avoid using ellipses (…) in formal writing unless it’s a quote or dialogue. Grade: 90%
To
ReplyDeleteThe Manager,
Italian spice home
Grand parkway
Richmond tx 77406,
Date : 27th sept 2023
Subject: complaint against the service provided.
I wish to lodge a formal complaint against the service provided by your staff to me on 25th sept 2023, on that day I had gone with my family to celebrate a new novice of my project where we got a cake from
Outside to celebrate at the end of our lunch
The food serving was taking lot of time as I endorse that it was Sunday so cna understand the rush hour.inspite of all this when it was time to cut the cake and celebrate my cake was misplaced and they were not knowing where the cake went I waited for almost and hour where my family really got mad and left the restaurant the waiter whom I handed and informed about the points when to get the cake on table was so hypocrite tht inspite of being sorry he was so rude with me and my family.
Your restaurant is one of the premier destination in the city when it comes to Italian food and services providing. This incident on Sunday has shown poorly on your staff.please look into this matter immediately.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully
Novice
Hypocrite
Student Tarana
DeleteTownSend Press 44/50
Vocabulary 0/30 – misused all the words
Length (5+ sentences) 10 /10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 5 /10 – many errors. Mostly run-ons.
Comments: Hi Tarana! Thank you for completing your paragraph. Unfortunately you used all 3 words incorrectly. Please review the feedback, so you can learn how to use the words properly next time.
- Capitalize months, even when abbreviated
- The way you used “novice” is a bit confusing. You said they are a “new novice of your project”. I’m not sure what you meant by this. Is this a new coworker?
- Start sentences with a capital letter
- Multiple run-on errors
- A ‘hypocrite” is a noun. If you want the adjective, you need “hypocritical”.
- Didn’t use “endorse” correctly. Endorse is when you support something buy buying their products or services, or just by giving them money. Grade: 60%
To the manager of On the Kirb Katy location:
ReplyDeleteWe revisited this location after many joyful previous experiences. Unfortunately, last visit was very disappointing! Our wait staff was not attentive after she took our order. She didn’t check on us at all afterwards. I asked another server for a refill, which never happened. We are very happy with the food, but not the service from the servers. Please talk to your staff member and adjust accordingly, we are happy to return for more delicious food and great service!
C.C.
Student Amy
DeleteTownSend Press 44 /50
Vocabulary 0/30 – didn’t use any of the vocabulary words!
Length (5+ sentences) 10 /10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: This is a well written paragraph Amy, but it does not include any of the vocabulary words. Grade:64%
3546 john sharp dr
ReplyDeleteRichmond,TX,77407
12/5/2023
BBuddies
9907 S Texas 6, sugar land, Tx 77498
Dear Restaurant Manager
I regret to inform you of my recent dining experience at BBuddies, which I must say was highly disappointing.
To put it bluntly, the service I received implied a lack of professionalism and competence. The server, who seemed like a novice, encountered multiple obstacles in fulfilling our basic requests, leading to a negative impact on our evening.
Furthermore, the quality of the food did not meet the standards I have come to expect from your establishment. It was bland and uninspiring, a far cry from the culinary excellence I had experienced in the past.
I feel compelled to express my dissatisfaction as I have been a regular customer of BBuddies. However, this recent experience has left me with a bitter taste, and I am uncertain if I will return.
I hope you take this feedback seriously and address these issues promptly to avoid further negative impressions on your patrons.
Sincerely,
Words used: (impact, novice, obstacle, imply)
Student Ahmad
DeleteTownSend Press 0/50
Vocabulary 30 /30 – all words were used correctly
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Excellent work on your paragraph Ahmad! All words were used correctly, and your sentences were clear and free of grammar errors. Unfortunately, for this assignment, 50% of the grade comes from the TownSend Press assignment. This is why you have a low score today. Please don’t forget to do TownSend press next time. Grade: 50%
Dear Restaurant Manager,
ReplyDeleteI feel compelled to share my recent dining experience at your establishment, and it pains me to say that it was nothing short of a gruesome ordeal. As a long-time customer who has previously endorsed your restaurant to friends and family, my idealistic expectations were shattered during this visit. The impact of this negative experience has eroded my confidence in your restaurant's service quality. The staff, seemingly novice and hypocritical, mishandled my order and implied it was my fault, acting as a significant obstacle to my enjoyment. Furthermore, the restaurant's cleanliness left much to be desired, with uncleaned tables in a seemingly unhygienic environment. I hope this letter serves as a wake-up call for your establishment to address these issues promptly, as I believe it's crucial for your restaurant to regain its once-excellent reputation.
Sincerely,
Mergen Atabayev.
Used words: 1) ex-perience; 2) gruesome; 3) pre-viously; 4) endorse; 5) idealistic; 6) impact; 7) erode; 8) novice; 9) hypocritical; 10) imply; 11) obstacle; 12) un-cleaned; 13) re-gain;
Student Mergen
DeleteTownSend Press 50 /50
Vocabulary 30/30
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Amazing work Mergen! I’m curious how long it takes you to write these paragraph. You were only required to use 3 words and you used 13. On top of that, you have several sentences with more than just one vocabulary word in it. I’m always impressed with your work. Well done! Grade: 100%
To,
ReplyDeleteThe Manager,
Curry Twist Restaurant
24530 Gossling Road
Spring TX. 389
Date: 28th Sep 2023
Subject: Complaint against the service.
Dear Manager,
I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing this letter about my recent experience at your restaurant. I have experienced extended wait time. We were excited for our anniversary party as we heard about excellent food quality of your restaurant, but unfortunately prolonged wait time was the worst part.
In novice we ordered some french fries and tender as a starter but after waiting for a long time they served the food. After that we ordered chicken curry, butter naan and rice and we asked that how much time it will take, so the waiter replied 25 minutes. But again it took 1 hour to serve the food as there were less staff. The waiter who came to served the food was hypocrite and so rude. The quality of food was not so good. We never recommend anyone to come in your restaurant. I imply you to increase your staff and try to give best service in a less time and focus on food quality, so everyone loves to come and enjoy the food.
Used words: Novice, hypocrite, imply.
Student Safine
DeleteTownSend Press 44 /50
Vocabulary 10/30 – only used “hypocrite” correctly
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 9/10
Comments: Hi Safina, thank you for submitting your work. Unfortunately, some of the words you used were not used properly. Next time, I recommend you try to use more than 3. This way you have a better chance of getting all the points. Here are my comments:
- The word “novice” was not used correctly. Did you mean to say as a new comer?
- The word “imply” was not used correctly. Imply is when you suggest something indirectly. I think the word you meant to use was “implore”.
- Missing commas for compound sentences
- Verb tense error. You wrote “The waiter who came to served the food”, when it should be “to serve”.
- Verb tense error. You said “we never recommended anyone”. As this is in the future, it should be “we will never recommend anyone”. Grade: 73%
To
ReplyDeleteThe Manager,
Gourmex
West Little York
Houston TX -77084
Subject: complaint about the food quality.
Dear Sir
I am a regular diner at your restaurant on W little York Rd. All this year previously I had a really great experience with your service and food. But I am writing to express my discontent with the meal that I and my family had at your restaurant last week. I am hoping that you will take the necessary action to improve your food quality, or it will impact on the reputation you have had all these years.
Sincerely
Shabana
Used words: 1) experience; 2) reputation;3) impact 4) previously.
Student Shabana
DeleteTownSend Press 49/50
Vocabulary 30/30
Length (5+ sentences) 8 /10 – only wrote 4 sentences
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Good work Shabana! I see you used one of the words from chapter 5 and some of the chapter 6 prefixes. No major grammar errors either. Keep up to good work! Grade: 97%
Hello dear restaurant owner or manager,
ReplyDeleteI would like to inform you about my unpleasant visit at your restaurant. It was very unpleasant, recently I've seen news about celebrities that were endorsing your restaurant that it was very good. So I tried it out apparently the food was very gruesome and the waiters wouldn't serve us correctly and talk rudely and they would keep implying that we were lying about the low quality and the microwaved food was an illusion because the food was cold from the inside.
Dear Restaurant Manager,
ReplyDeleteI am writing to share my recent experience at your restaurant, and I must say it left a negative impact on me.
As a novice customer, I had an idealistic illusion about the quality of service and food your restaurant would offer. However, my visit endorsed quite the opposite. The service was erode, and the food was far from what I expected.
The waiter’s attitude implied that they were disinterested, bordering on being hypocritical. The entire experience was quite gruesome, and it felt like there was an obstacle to enjoying a pleasant meal.
I hope you take my feedback constructively to improve the overall dining experience at your establishment. I believe with some adjustments, your restaurant can regain its positive reputation.
Sincerely,
Jolene Liu
Vocabularies:
impact novice idealistic illusion endorsed erode implied hypocrite gruesome obstacle
Student Jolene
DeleteTownSend Press 50/50
Vocabulary 30/30
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10 – correctly used 9 words
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Hey Jolene! Another great paragraph! Thank you so much for your hard work! I really enjoy your creativity!! Only one error:
-“erode” was not used correctly Grade: 100%
To,
ReplyDeletethe manager,
foodies
145 north street
houston tx-77098
dear sir/ma'am
subject: complain letter
I am writing you this letter to let you know about my recent experience at your restaurant. I had a quite bizzare experience with the food. The food was very salty and spicy which we were not able to eat. We even asked the waiter to replace the food but he refused to do so and we were asked to pay while we were eating. I did not understand the hypocrite behaviour of the waiter. The main reason of me writing you this letter is to let you know what is going on in your restaurant and your reputation is at stake. I do not want to endorse any negative reviews about your restaurant as your ambience and share my concerns with your business.
regards,
Sofia Vadsariya.
words used : experience, hypocrite, reputation, endorse.
Student Sofia
DeleteTownSend Press 35/50
Vocabulary 30 /30 – correctly used 3 vocabulary words
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Thank you for your paragraph Sofia. There was only one vocabulary error:
- “hypocrite” was not used correctly. You can call someone a hypocrite with the noun form of the word by saying: Your waiter was a hypocrite. Or you can describe their behavior using the adjective form and say “I did not understand his hypocritical behavior”. Grade: 85%
Word: novice, gruesome， impact， illusion
ReplyDeleteDear manager
I went to your restaurant yesterday to have an important dinner. In the beginning, we thought that the chef may be a novice so all dishes were served very slowly. Then I saw a cockroach leg in my soup! It was so gruesome! I wanted vomiting and I had an illusion of cockroach swimming in the soup. That was impacting our dinner.
An angry Customer
Student Robin
DeleteTownSend Press 43 /50
Vocabulary 30/30 – used all vocabulary words correctly
Length (5+ sentences) 10 /10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments:
Good work Robin! You used all vocabulary words correctly. There was only one grammar error: Instead of saying “I wanted vomiting”, you should say “I wanted to vomit”. By the way, I would most definitely vomit if I saw a cockroach leg in my soup!! Grade: 93%
Hey there! I'm sorry to write this letter to you about my bad experience at the restaurant. As a customer, I wanted to share my feedback with you. The food was not up to par, and the service was extremely disappointing. It had a significant impact on my overall dining experience. I felt like the illusion of a pleasant meal was eroded by these issues. I hope you can address these concerns and improve the quality of your establishment.
ReplyDelete-impact
-erode
-illusion
-Lina
Student Lina
DeleteTownSend Press 46 /50
Vocabulary 30 /30
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Thank you Lina! You used all 3 vocabulary words correctly. Well done! Grade: 96%
Dear W resturant manager ,
ReplyDeleteI am writing to express my disappointment with my recent visit to your W restaurant. Unfortunately, my experience left a negative impact.
Despite the initial excitement, my visit turned out to be a gruesome ordeal due to long wait times and subpar cleanliness. As a novice to your restaurant, this experience was discouraging.
I understand that issues can occur, but these obstacles eroded my confidence in your establishment. I believe improvements are needed to maintain the restaurant's reputation.
I hope you will take this feedback seriously and work to enhance the customer experience at W resturant.
Sincerely,
Word used: illusion , impact, gruesome, erode, obstacle, imply, novice.
Student Laith
DeleteTownSend Press 29/50
Vocabulary 30/30 – correctly used 5 vocabulary words
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Hi Laith! You didn’t seem to do that well in TownSend Press. Please remember that you can redo the practices to improve your understanding of the new vocabulary and of course, your grade. You did a good job with this paragraph. You wrote that you used 7 of the vocabulary words, but I did no find “illusion” or “imply”. I did find the rest, and they were all used correctly. Well done! Grade: 79%
Good Day Mr. John
ReplyDeleteHope you are well.
I wanted to share details of my *gruesome* experience at your restaurant last Saturday.
I came for dinner with some guests. The waiter seemed *novice* in his job. He had no knowledge of the menu. He took our order, and did not come back. After almost 30 minutes I complained to the front desk and was told that he had already left for the day. Another waiter then took care of us.
The *impact* of the whole experience was very disappointing and embarrassing, because I had guests with me.
Please take necessary action as needed
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions
Thank you. (Rola)
Student Rola
DeleteTownSend Press 0/50 – did not submit the townsend press homework
Vocabulary 30/30 – used all 3 words correctly
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Excellent work on your paragraph Rola! There are no mistakes! The only problem is you did not complete the townsend press part. Grade: 50%
Student Merjen
ReplyDeleteTownSend Press 41/50
Vocabulary 30/30 – all words were used correctly
Length (5+ sentences) 10/10
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 10/10
Comments: Fantastic work Merjen! You used all words correctly and wrote a great paragraph with no grammar errors. Thank you so much for your hard work. This is great! Grade: 91%
Student Shahnaz
ReplyDeleteTownSend Press 35/50
Vocabulary 30 /30 – all words used correctly. Yay!
Length (5+ sentences) 6 /10 – only wrote 3 sentences
Grammar, punctuation & clarity 8/10 – many errors with run on sentences.
Comments: Shahnaz, please write at the bottom which were the words you used for your homework. The words I found were: endorse, gruesome, imply and illusion. You used all words correctly – well done! However, you have lots of errors when it comes to sentence boundaries and run ons. This is when you have really long sentences that should be separated. This happened 4 times. Grade: 79%