EDITING+CHECKLIST

Name: ______________________ #_____ Editing Checklist

(My writing contains **//transition//** words.)
 * o Is my graphic organizer completed and detailed?
 * o Do I have a creative title?
 * o Does each sentence begin with a capital letter?
 * o Do I have the correct punctuation at the end of each sentence?
 * o Do I have any run on sentences?
 * o Did I correct any misspelled words?
 * o Did I capitalize any proper nouns?
 * o Did I use commas correctly (BEFORE conjunctions)?
 * o Did I use apostrophes for contractions?
 * o Do I have at least **SEVEN** describing words?
 * o Did I combine at least **THREE** sentences with a conjunction?
 * o Do my sentences make sense?
 * o Does my writing stay on the assigned topic?
 * Do I have **FOUR** indented paragraphs?
 * o Do most of my sentences begin in different ways?