Writing Checklist

Do Don’t
1-Indent 1-Off point
2-Engaging 2-Capitalize for no reason
start(question(non- fiction) …)
3-Introductory
paragraph(setting…not the
main problem)
4-Varied Openings 3-Use contractions (in formal
1-Not only is it useful texts )
but it is also entertaining.
2-Barely do people
know that…

3- Because of its
importance, sports are
practised
4-Owing to the fact that it
was exciting, they watched
the whole movie again.
5-Regarding mobiles
they are…; as for landlines
they do not….
6-Known to be risky, skydiving
is not practiced by many…
7-Not to mention harming the
body, junk food also affects
your brain.
8-Adj: So quiet was the room.
9-Surpringly/ Fortunately/
slowly they entered one by
one(adv.)
5-Use 10 connectives at least: 4-repeat words
(in 2 places/at the beginning
of each paragraph+ within
each paragraph )
1-In fact
2-In other words,
3-Accordingly(so),
4-For instance,
5-Furthermore,
6-In addition to that,
7-Nonetheless
8-……………….
9-Nevertheless
10-However,
11-Eventually,

6- semicolons ; 5- Forget full stops

7-commas
8-Figures of speech 6-forget ‘s’(
he/she/it verbs)
9-A reason for 7-Change tense for
starting a new no reason
paragraph
10-Balance 8-misspell:
a-speech(significant) a-plurals(knives)
b-action b-Simple words(their)
c-description c-doubled
 consonants(stopped)
1-Vowel+consonant
Stopped
Plan+ed=planned
Arrange+ed=arranged
2-Referred
inferred
d-write 1 word as 2
words
anything
11-Detail(a-wh
questions
b-5 senses(colours/
aroma/odour)
c-figures of speech)
12-…………. features
13-ambitious (big
dream/ rich)vocab.
He is so ambitious; he
wants to be a doctor.
14-Complex
sentences
15-Character
development(change
)
16-Consistent(not
change) point of view
17-Concluding
paragraph
18-Add adjectives to
your nouns
19-Other techniques:
alliteration/ rhyme in
the title
20- Headings & sub-
headings(some
genres except diaries,
letter, stories, poems,
play scripts)
Biography
Travel article
Explanation text…&
other texts
Commas in lists Semi-colon in lists
When the items are When the items are
short long

Write a story about travelling to another country.