Writing Checklist

When you have done a piece of writing, use this list to check your work.

Capital letters

Have you used capital letters for:  beginning sentences  names  places  days, months

Punctuation

Have you:  used a full stop at the end of sentences?  used question marks at the end of questions?  used speech marks before and after words actually spoken?  begun speech with a capital letter?

Vocabulary

Have you:  used some interesting adjectives?  used any similes?  used different words to begin sentences?  used some synonyms for ‘said’ (e.g. shouted, whispered, mumbled, muttered) ?  used connectives like because, but, so, however in the middle of sentences? Writing Checklist

When you have done a piece of writing, use this tick list to check your work.

Capital letters

Have you used capital letters for:  beginning sentences  names  places  days, months

Punctuation

Have you:  used a full stop at the end of sentences?  used question marks at the end of questions?  used speech marks before and after words actually spoken?  begun speech with a capital letter?

Vocabulary

Have you:  used some interesting adjectives?  used any similes?  used different words to begin sentences?  used some synonyms for ‘said’ (e.g. shouted, whispered, mumbled, muttered) ?  used connectives like because, but, so, however in the middle of sentences? Writing Checklist

When you have done a piece of writing, use this list to check your work. Capital letters

Have you used capital letters for: beginning sentences names (e.g. place names, names of people, names of companies) places days, months Punctuation

Have you: used a full stop at the end of sentences? used question marks at the end of questions? used speech marks before and after words actually spoken? begun speech with a capital letter? Vocabulary

Have you:  used some interesting adjectives?  used any similes?  used different words to begin sentences?  used some synonyms for ‘said’ (e.g. shouted, whispered, mumbled) ?  used connectives like because, but, so, however in the middle of sentences?