“Wrong! Your response is wrong.”

1. “Wrong! Your response is wrong.” Error Analysis

2. “We all make mistakes.” Error Analysis

3. “We learn from our mistakes.” Error Analysis

4. “Teachers also should learn from a parent’s mistake.” Error Analysis

5. Error Analysis

6. Dear Teacher: • Please excuse Jane on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday. She had an absent tooth. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

7. Dear Teacher: • The basement of our house got flooded where the children slept so they had to be evaporated Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

8. Dear Teacher: • I am sorry Cathy was not at school on Friday as it was my day off work so I took her to the fair along with her brother and sister. I had to treat them all equal or if I didn’t there would have been an awful squabble. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

9. Dear Teacher: • Cheryl has been away from school because of childbirth. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

10. Dear Teacher: • Diana was away Friday afternoon because she was sick and had craps in her stomach. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

11. Dear Teacher: • Lynda was away as she had a stripe infection and a swallon gland. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications

12. Dear Teacher: • Anne did not do her homework because I couldn’t understand it. Source: Diana & Emile Lize (1980). Dear Teacher Hamilton Ontario: Potlatch Publications