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NAME:Alexis Andres Rodelo B DATE: 27th /september /2020

Writing Process Worksheet

(Accompanies Unit 7, page 84)

ASSIGNMENT: Describe two different holidays that are celebrated in your

country. Include as many details as you can about each.

1. PREWRITING
Answer the questions below for each holiday.

Holiday Holiday 2
1
Vallenata Legend Festival Independence Of Cartagena
What’s the name of
the holiday?

takes place in Valledupar, Cesar. Independence of Cartagena is

When does it take place? En Colombia. officially celebrated on
November 11th, however,
citizens celebrate the holiday
all month.
Seasonal holiday It is a historical holiday, with
What kind of holiday is it? this decision and historic
(religious, historic, date, Cartagena dared to face
seasonal) the Spanish empire
in this event the activities revolve It celebrates that Cartagena
around a schedule divided into 5 took his destine in hand and
What does it celebrate? days that includes, an unpublished therefore create bases of
song contest, the accordion freedom and evolution. It’s
contests in the Amateur, youth and during this time that Simon
children's category; and the Bolivar was proclaimed as
‘piquería’ contest between singers. the liberator and stays one of
Parades, folkloric shows, cock the most important people of
fights, Colombia.
Associated with the Vallenato During this holiday people
culture, the gastronomy of the are willing to eat the typical
What kinds of food are Cesar department is varied and rich food of Cartagena as a fried
prepared during this in flavors and colors. Some of the fish plate.
main dishes consumed during this
holiday?
festivity are the sancocho, the
roasted banana with coastal cheese,
and the yuca bun with whey, a kind
of sour milk cream by-product of
the cheese.
By nature, the inhabitants of the People celebrate the holiday
coast are friendly and festive with parades and "bands" in
people. For this reason, festival the neighborhoods of
goers, in addition to attending Cartagena.
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scheduled events, must live the

How do people celebrate it? cultural experience on the street.
The best thing is to enjoy a
vallenata party in a bar, a street or
even in a house.

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 2. WRITING
On a separate sheet of paper, write a first draft of the paragraphs. Use the notes you
made in Prewriting.

Every year at the end of April and the beginning of May, the city of
Valledupar, becomes the host of the most important event in Vallenato
folklore, The Vallenata Festival of Legend, which each year highlights and
exposes the greatest exponents of vallenata music.

This festival has evolved over the years and has forged itself as a defender
and disseminator of the folkloric and popular expressions that surround
Vallenato.

The city of Valledupar, located to the northeast of the Colombian Caribbean

Coast, is the capital of the department of Cesar. The City of the Holy Kings
of the Upar Valley, as it is also called, bases its economy on agriculture,
livestock and is also the intermediate point of the two most important coal
mining basins in the country.

This city considered the cradle of the vallenato, is bathed by the majestic
waters of the Guatapurí river that spring from the Sierra Nevada and serve
as inspiration for many artists of the Vallenata culture, who have helped this
city become a cultural, musical epicenter and Folkloric of Colombia.

The cultural influences of this area of the country, served as a stimulus for
managers and representatives of Caribbean folklore, create an event that
highlights the importance and significance of Vallenata music in Colombia
and in the world, The Festival of Vallenata legend.

The Vallenata music is the result of the evolution of the songs of the dairy
and juggler, which peasants sang in the areas that comprise the province of
Padilla, these areas covered the current southeast of the department of
Magdalena, the south of Bolívar, Cesar and south of the Guajira.

To the sound of the guacharaca, the drum and the accordion, the vallenato
emerged as a crossbreeding of three cultures. The European influence
represented in the accordion, the African one in the drum and the
indigenous one in the guacharaca formed a fusion of sounds that brought
about the first sounds that identified Vallenata music.

The Vallenata legend festival emerged in 1968, as a result of the

management of three personalities. The then governor of Cesar Alfonso
López Michelsen, the composer Rafael Escalona and the cultural manager,
Consuelo Araújo Noguera. These in their eagerness to highlight the
greatness of the Vallenata music, created an event that served as a
showcase and letter of introduction for those exponents of the vallenato. In
the first edition of the Vallenato festival, Alejandro Durán was crowned the
first professional King Vallenato. However, during the following years,
participation was expanded and new categories were also created, such as
the initial song contest, accordion contests in the Amateur, youth and
children's categories; and the piquería contest between singers. After a
short time, this event was gaining much importance at the national level,
especially when one of its founders, Alfonso López michelsen, came to the
presidency of Colombia. From here in 1987 the Vallenata Legend Festival
Foundation was created, which under the direction of Consuelo Araújo
Noguera, directed the festival to what we know today. In addition, the
activities revolve around a program divided into 5 days that includes the
aforementioned competitions, parades, folkloric shows, cockfights, and
innumerable concerts organized by other organizations.

The escond holiday is Independence of Cartagena, it is officially celebrated in the city on

November 11th, however, the citizens celebrate it all month with the well-known
"Cartagena's festivities" prevailing in this time the fun and joy of a city that freed itself
from the Spanish yoke, in this important date Cartagena faced the Spanish empire and
took the destiny of its people in its hands, creating with it the bases of the freedom and
the change of the nation. During this festivity people welcome a great sense of identity
with their city, this is why during the month people usually eat the typical foods of
Cartagena such as a dish of fried mojarra with coconut rice. On the other hand, the
festivities of Cartagena are celebrated with parades and "bands" in the neighborhoods,
the floats of the beauty queens on the sides and the typical parades with folkloric groups
take importance because they show the culture of a Cartagena that is unique.

3. PEER FEEDBACK Sara Galeano Rojas

Meet with a partner. Read each other’s paragraphs. After reading the paragraphs,
complete the Peer Feedback Checklist. Then give your partner your feedback.

PEER FEEDBACK CHECKLIST Yes No

1. Are the paragraphs interesting?  
If yes, write why. If no, suggest ways to make them interesting.
a. Yes, the data explained about the festivities allow us to know directly what is the
objective of carrying them out.
2. Are the paragraphs clear?  
If no, point out the parts that are not clear and suggest ways to
make them clearer.

a. The text is clear, the information given about the festivities is very objective, however, it could
explain a little in the first festival of the Vallenata legend about the activities carried out by the
attendees during the development of this.

3. Did your partner use the new vocabulary correctly?  

If no, underline the sentences with errors.

4. Did your partner use adjective clauses correctly?  

If no, underline the sentences with errors.
The proper structure is not used to describe the holidays.For example, to explain the
holidays, you should define each of these clearly and describe those using terms such
as that or take place. Also, as said above, explain more data about what people do
during these holidays using for example words to describe as the where

5. Are there any misspelled words or incorrect punctuation?  

in most of the text it uses punctuation marks appropriately, however, if you use quotation
marks to describe some colloquial terms you should leave the term without translation into
English, since it is established that it is written in the same way in both Languages

4. REWRITING
Tell your partner to revise his or her paragraphs based on your feedback. Revise
your paragraphs based on your partner’s feedback.