WRITING CHECKLIST

CAPITALIZATION CHECKLIST: ___ Capitalize the first word in a sentence. ___ Capitalize the pronoun “I” wherever it appears. ___Capitalize a title used before a person’s name. Mr.  Dr.  ___Capitalize each important word in the title of books, movies, magazines, etc. ___Capitalize the first word in a direct quotation.  The man said, “Say your name.” ___Capitalize all proper nouns.		ENDING CHECKLIST: ___Did I tie the beginning to the end? ___Did I mention the topic? ___Did I add details that bring the story to an interesting end, and not keep adding more events? ___Does my story make people smile, laugh, or cry? ___Does every sentence have a purpose? ___Are sentences longer than 4 words?
BEGINNING CHECKLIST: ___Is the story about me? ___Did I begin with a sound, quote or simile? ___Did I write where the story is taking place? ___Did I mention the people that are in my story? ___Did I use good words to describe the setting?		PUNCTUATION CHECKLIST: ___Use a period at the end of a statement or a command. ___Use a period at the end of an abbreviation. ___Use a question mark at the end of a question. ___Use an exclamation point at the end of a sentence that shows strong feeling.
MIDDLE ___Did I write a story and not a grocery list (10 things)? ___Did I choose 3-5 main events? ___Is the climax in the middle? ___Did I use my senses and thoughts to describe those events? ___Did I add details that have to do with the topic? ___Is it in order of the way it happened, and not jumping around from thought to thought? ___Am I making the story interesting?		PUNCTUATION CHECKLIST: ___Use a comma between words in a series of three or more things. ___Use a comma between the day and year in a date.  ___Use a comma between the city and state. ___Use an apostrophe in possessives. ___Use an apostrophe in contractions.