Writer’s Revision Checklists:

Cheri

Megan

Shannon

Marisol

Graphic Breakdown by Cheri and Marguerite

Writing Revision Checklist

1. Check for spelling and punctuation

2. Does your essay support your thesis?

3. Can you split any sentences?

4. Does your essay have an obvious point?

5. Can the reader follow your arguments?

6. Did you use any interesting and or big words?

7. Do all of your examples support your arguments and or points?

8. Does your conclusion and intro connect?

9. Does your intro outline your essay?

10. Do your paragraphs have a topic sentence?

11. Make sure there is no distracting information.

Cheri Gallegos 9/13/04

Revision checklist – by Shannon Ward

1. Brainstorm, format on what you’re going to write.

2. Re-read the paper as you write (out loud.)

3. Keep in mind not to bore the reader, write clear enough for the reader to be able to picture what you’re meaning.

4. Your paper should have a good beginning and a better ending. (You always want to go out w/ a bang.)

5. Edit what is not needed.

6. Avoid over using “stretcher” phases (it, the, that...)

7. Make sure to keep some rhythm in your paper.

8. Check your spelling and all grammar

9. Always have someone read over your paper before finalizing it.

10. GOOD LUCK…

Marisol Torres 9/15/04

Rev9sion Check List!

Ø Identify your thesis sentence

ü Offer a one-sentence explanation or summary of what the paper is about.

Ø Is the thesis supported in the body of the paper?

Ø Clear purpose for the paper

ü What is it intended to do or accomplish

Ø Topic sentences

ü Does it relate to your thesis?

Ø Avoid

ü “There is” or “there are” sentences.

Ø Check 4 . . .

ü Proper grammar & Proper punctuations.

ü Pronoun-antecedent agreement

ü Subject-verb agreement

ü Sentence fragments/run-ons

Ø Is your paper interesting?

Ø Read your paper out loud

ü Go back and look at each sentence

Ø Check to be sure that you have No Fragments.

Ø Are there places where

ü More details, examples, or specifics are needed

Ø Is there a clear intro, body, and conclusion.

Ø Word choice

· Clear

· Effective

· Concise

Do any paragraphs seem much shorter and in need of more material than others?

Chauntelle Paquette September 21, 2004

Revision Checklist

1. Make sure that when everything is all done and put together that it all makes sense not only to you but to your reader as well

2. Check for skipped words

3. Stay on the topic assigned

4. Look for correct punctuation

5. Are your statements/ideas clear

6. Do all of your examples and evidence support important points/ideas

7. Use more interesting words to make your points/ideas more memorable as well as more clear

Miranda Billiel

Revision Checklist

1) Were quotes used grammatically?

2) Is my material arranged logically?

3) Are there smooth transitions between paragraphs?

4) Does the conclusion tie the essay together and leave the reader with a sense of completion?

5) Do all my examples support my important points?

6) Does my essay have an understandable point?

7) Have I “shown” rather than “told”?

8) Did I blow my conclusion?

9) Check for punctuation errors.

10) Can any of my sentences be shortened without losing my meaning?

Hope N.

Sept. 20^th 2004

English

My personal revision checklist

. Have correct information on the subject

. Make sure you spell the words on your paper correctly

. Have a valid point on your paper

. Have good reasoning

. Catch the reader’s attention

. Correct minor mistakes

. Make sure that there are no holes in your paper when you’re writing it

. Use paragraphs

. Don’t repeat your sentences

. Grab the reader’s attention by making the paper interesting

. Write a good thesis statement

. Brainstorm ahead of time

. Write a few rough drafts

. Stay on one subject for the whole paper

. Write clear sentences

. Make sure that you don’t write run-on sentences

. Make sure the information in the paper that you are writing about is 100% correct

. Re-read what you’ve written as many times as needed

. Stay on one topic for each the paragraphs that you write for your paper

. Have a good opinion that makes sense and that has good reasoning

. Don’t think faster than you can type

. Write down complete notes then piece them together correctly so that they make sense

. Try to use a little or a lot of humor in your paper/story so the reader won’t want to see what will happen next

Revision checklist

Ashley Wills

1. Did I understand the question?

2. Were quotes used grammatically?

3. Is the material arranged logically?

4. Are there smooth transitions between paragraphs?

5. Does the conclusion tie the essay together and leave the reader with a sense of completion?

6. Do all my examples and evidence support my important points?

7. Does my essay have an obvious point?

8. Have I “shown” rather than “told”?

9. Can the reader follow my arguments?

10. Have I connected my conclusion and my intro?

11. Did I blow my conclusion?

12. Is my topic narrow enough?

. Did I support/prove thesis?

. Does my intro outline my essay?

. Does the intro grab interest?

13. Do my paragraphs have topic sentences?

14. Are paragraphs well formed?

15. Can I shorten/ split any sentence?

16. Could I use more interesting words/ word combos?

17. Did I very my sentence length and complexity?

18. Do I understand what I am writing about?

Ms. Berrios

September 14, 2004

Writing Revision Checklist

1. Fragments?

2. Spelling?

3. Grammar?

4. Capitalization/Lower case

5. Dividing sentences - makes two or three sentences when there is a run-on

6. Reasons - stick with introduction

7. Rearranging

8. Making sense

9. Well-formed full paragraphs?

10. Is my material arranged logically?

11. Good conclusion (connects introduction, body, and ending)

12. Did I put in my experience, observation, and acknowledgements

13. Shorten/split any sentences to make it more understandable or eliminate unnecessary information?

14. A period goes at the end the sentences.

15. Writing is thinking

16. For writing you rewrite when you find errors

Siul Barrett-mills

Revision Checklist

1) did you choose a topic that you can write about in your essay?

2) Are your ideas and points clear and thought out well.?

3) Do they make sense to you and to the reader?

4) Is your grammar and punctuation up to date in the essay?

5) Have you showed it to anyone else to check it?

6) Now, have you checked it for all of these revisions?

Revision Check List.

1. The opening line in the first sentence should catch the reader’s attention.

2. Your sentences should always sound smooth.

3. Always review your writing.

4. Does your writing have a main topic?

5. You should check the word usage often.

6. Keep your writing simple but interesting.

7. Does your writing have good paragraph structure?

8. Check for spelling and grammar.

9. Avoid using “well” as the opening word in too many sentences.

10. Check for fragments (Use complete sentences when possible).

By Marguerite J. Badger.

Sept 27, 3004

A Revision Check list

Was my introduction catching peoples attention?
Did I use topic sentences?
Are my paragraphs connected well?
Was my conclusion linked into my introduction well enough?
Was my information in the right paragraph?
Is my essay easy enough to read and understand?
Do all my points relate to the paragraph (the main point to the paragraph)?
Did I use run-on sentences?

Nikita

Charles Simmons

October 4, 2004

My Revision List For Writers

Make sure you understand the question.

Make sure your paragraphs are understandable.

Have four to five sentences for each paragraph.

Make sure you understand the topic you writing on.

Make sure your introduction is interesting.

Try not to make the essay too hard to read.

Make sure you are smooth with your words.

Revision check list

Megan Lee

1. Always re-read, and then make changes.

2. Check for spelling and punctuation errors.

3. Don’t start your sentences with “because”.*

4. Make sure that all of your examples support your important points.

5. Focus on the main topic.

6. Ask yourself “Does it make sense?”**

7. Have at least five sentences per paragraph.

8. Use details to make it more interesting.

Special Rules for punctuating with quotations

* When you write a sentence that brings attention to a word, put the period outside the quotations.
**When you’re quoting a sentence, put a period inside the quotations.