Writing+Checklist

You will need to decide whether or not your writing has everything it needs before publishing to your writing page or the discussion areas on this wiki.

Organization
Good writing has a beginning, middle and end. It has a sentence that lets the reader know why you are writing this piece.
 * My writing has a beginning that captures the reader's attention.
 * My writing has a middle with rich details.
 * My writing has an end that lets the reader know how I feel about my topic.

Details
This is how the writer develops the main idea and uses supporting details.
 * My writing has details that tell about the main ideas.
 * descriptions of characters, setting, and feelings
 * My writing uses interesting, descriptive words.
 * adjectives: words that describe nouns
 * adverbs: words that describe verbs
 * similes: I roared as loud as a loin.
 * My writing uses short (simple) and long (complex) sentences.
 * use dialogue (I quickly shouted, "STOP!")

Editing
How well do you spell words, capitalize and punctuate? All of these things are very important to helping the reader understand what the writer writes.
 * My writing uses nouns, verbs and pronouns correctly. Example: ** Incorrect **: Me and my family ** Correct **: My family and I
 * My writing has high frequency words spelled correctly. [[file:spell_130high_frequ copy.pdf]]
 * My writing uses capital letters and punctuation as needed.

Source: This Writing Inventory is used in the classroom and comes from a teacher resource book called //The Reading-Writing Workshop: Getting Started// by Norma R. Jackson with Paula L. Pillow.