Use a Power Writing strategy:

Suggestions for Writing Compositions in Spanish

• Prewriting...Think and plan. Gather ideas from various sources and write down your ideas
  
• Organize your materials. Select and arrange ideas and facts.
  
• Write your rough draft. Combine ideas and facts into clearly written sentences and paragraphs.
  
• Edit what you have written. You may need to reword or rearrange sentences, add transitions, and check grammar.
  
• Rewrite your final draft using your best handwriting or keyboarding skills.
  

Suggestions for Writing Compositions in Spanish

1. Make an outline of your main ideas and arrange them in a logical order. In a guided composition, use the outline presented to you.
2. Use vocabulary, expressions, and idioms that you have mastered thoroughly.
3. Be careful in your use of verb tenses, verb endings, and adjective agreement.
4. Open with a good topic sentence and close with an appropriate conclusion.
5. Aim for variety by using synonyms.
6. Make smooth transitions by using common connectives such as:
   • no obstante
   • luego que
   • por lo general
   • por eso
   • a causa de
   • puesto que
   • después
   • más tarde
   • pero, etc
7. Reread your composition after you have written it. Check for errors in spelling, agreement, and accentuation. Follow this list:
   • adjective-noun agreement
   • subject-verb agreement
   • tense
   • ser y estar
   • por y para
   • subjunctive
   • use of connectives
   • use of idioms