Grammar Police, please look for:

Spelling errors
Punctuation
Commas
Capital letters
Does the first sentence make you WANT to read the article?
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Topic Teachers, please look for:
What is the topic of this article?
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Does the first sentence make you WANT to read the article? How?
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Does this article have a main sentence? (Remember a main sentence is one
that tells what they are going to talk about in the article)
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Does the article have supporting sentences? Do they stay on topic?
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Does the article have an ending sentence?

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Does the article make sense as you read it?

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Layout Leaders, please look for:

o Is this article professional?
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o Is the article typed?
o Does the article have a title?
o Does the article have the writers name on it?
o Does this article flow when you read it?
o Does the article tell us where the information is coming from? (cite the sources)