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Written test and its analysis
Textbook: p. 32
GoalWrite a test essay on a plan and analyse it.
New words
draft · qoralamaediting · tahrircoherence · izchillikchecking · tekshirish
Explanation
The test essay is written in class under the teacher’s supervision; no sources may be used. First the topic and epigraph are chosen, the plan is made, then a draft is written. While writing, each paragraph should develop one thought, thoughts must connect coherently and the text must not leave the topic. When finished it should be checked for spelling, punctuation and word use. In the analysis lesson the mistakes in the marked work are sorted into spelling, punctuation and style types, each is written in the correct form and its cause is found.
Worked examples
Checklist: 1) there is a plan, 2) one thought per paragraph, 3) there is a conclusion, 4) spelling and punctuation checked.
Error table: “yoq” written (correct “yo‘q”) — spelling; a comma missing in a list — punctuation; “yangi yangilik” (“new news”, correct “yangilik”) — style.
Class activity
Editor game: pupils read a partner’s draft against the checklist and give two recommendations.
Practice
1
State the right order of writing a test essay.
Topic and epigraph → plan → draft → checking → clean copy.
2
What is the function of a paragraph in an essay?
To develop one thought fully.
3
Correcting “yangi yangilik” to “yangilik” fixes which kind of mistake?
A style mistake: the same meaning is said twice (needless repetition).
4
Why is it useful to analyse and record mistakes?
Because repeated mistakes become visible and can be worked on.