editing checklist

1. My name is: _________________________________
I am (circle one): friend teacher/staff family member
✔ Editing Checklist
☐ Puts name and date on paper
☐ Uses capitals at the beginning of sentences
☐ Uses periods at the end of sentences (when your voice drops and stops.)
☐ Uses commas between lists or series
☐ Uses apostrophes (‘) to show that something belongs to somebody
☐ Indents each paragraph using the “tab” key or 5 spaces
☐ Uses different lengths of sentences (long and short sentences)
☐ Tries to choose “fancy words” rather than “plain, old, regular words”
☐ Each sentence in the paragraph goes together
☐ Checks the following:
DO NOT USE:
is are was were be being been
so bad used to like think you good nice
REMEMBER:
two= 2 too= way too much to= go to there
it’s= it is its= it owns something (dog goes to its bowl)
there= place (Where? Over there.) their = they own it (cats go to their bowl) they’re= they are
where= place (Where? There.) were = They were doing something.
our= we own it (that is our cat) are= we are hour = time (1 hour from now)