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Capitalization

__I have capitalized the first word of each sentence.

__I have capitalized the names of people.

__I have capitalized the names of months, days, and holidays.

__ I have capitalized the names of cities, states, countries, continents and famous places

__ I have capitalized titles of books, movies, etc.


Conventions

__ Each of my paragraphs has one main idea.

__ I used correct grammar.

__ I used commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation points correctly.

__ My printout contains no typos.


Fluency

__ My sentences begin in different ways.

__ My sentences build upon the ones before.

__ My sentences are of different lengths.

__The meaning of each of my sentences is clear.

__ My sentences flow from one to another.

__ There are no run-on sentences.

__ There are no sentence fragments.


Ideas

__ My ideas are logically related to one another.

__ Ideas are written in my own words.

__ My report is clear and focused. I stay on topic.

__ I have listened to suggestions from the teacher or peer writers.


Organization

__My report is sequenced in a logical order.

__My introduction is exciting and inviting.

__I have a satisfying conclusion.


Word Choice

__I used a lot of descriptive words (adjectives and adverbs).

__My words paint pictures in the reader's mind.

__I used synonyms to add variety.

__ Student uses spell check to correctly find obvious mistakes and make correct.

_ Student Reviser will use commenting tool to highlight mistakes or areas of concern and add comments or advice.

__ Student Uses the thesaurus application within word processing program or by accessing the web edition to help vary word choice.

_ Student completed a peer revision ratiocination checklist sheet for a classmate.

_ Student responded to peer revisions by making necessary changes and considering the advise given by their classmate.