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Writing Checklist for Students

The document provides two checklists for editing and revising writing. The editing checklist focuses on basic writing mechanics like capitalization, spelling, punctuation and paragraph structure. The revising checklist examines higher-level concerns like content, vocabulary, sentence structure and coherence. Additional sections define proper use of punctuation and capitalization as well as basic grammar terms like subjects, verbs and adjectives.

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Writing Checklist for Students

The document provides two checklists for editing and revising writing. The editing checklist focuses on basic writing mechanics like capitalization, spelling, punctuation and paragraph structure. The revising checklist examines higher-level concerns like content, vocabulary, sentence structure and coherence. Additional sections define proper use of punctuation and capitalization as well as basic grammar terms like subjects, verbs and adjectives.

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Editing Checklist Revising Checklist

Do my sentences begin with Have I written an interesting


capital letters? introduction?
Have I spelt everything Have I used interesting
correctly? vocabulary?
Does each sentence end with Have I used a selection of
a punctuation mark? different connectives?
Have I used complete
Have I used paragraphs? sentences?
Is my work neatly presented? Does my conclusion make
sense?
Punctuation Capitalisation

Full Stop – ends a sentence Beginning of a sentence?


I?
Question Mark – ends a question
Landmarks and important places
(e.g. France, Manchester, Big
Exclamation Mark – shows Ben)?
feeling or emotion Names of Characters?
Comma – separates words in a Days of the week and months of
series or marks clauses the year?
Speech Marks – shows speech Formal titles (e.g. Mrs., Dr.) ?
Important dates (e.g. Easter)?
Apostrophe – shows possession
or contraction
Grammar

 Subject – who or what the sentence


is about

 Noun – person, place, thing

 Verb – action word

 Adjective – describing word

 Adverb – tells how, where, when


or how much

 Preposition – shows location or


time

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