Writing Checklist

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Writing Checklist
This book belongs to
Remember If you can think it, you can speak
it.If you can speak it, you can write it. If
you write it, someone else can read it!
Art by Peter ReynoldsCopy property of
PISDDesigned by Katrina Dunn 2007
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Ideas
1 I need help 2 Help me practice 3 I can
do this 4 Im getting better 5 Way to go!
My pictures and writing carry an important
message. 1 2 3 4 5 I included good details in
my pictures and/or text. 1 2 3 4 5 My purpose
is clear. 1 2 3 4 5 My writing carries as
much meaning as my picturesor more. 1 2 3 4 5
Word Choice
1 I need help 2 Help me practice 3 I can
do this 4 Im getting better 5 Way to go!
I stretch to use new words even if I dont spell
them correctly. 1 2 3 4 5 My words have a clear
general meaning. 1 2 3 4 5 I can use various
parts of speech to better extend my ideas (naming
words, describing words, and action words).
1 2 3 4 5
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Organization
1 I need help 2 Help me practice 3 I can
do this 4 Im getting better 5 Way to go!
I show a beginning sense of sequencing or
patterning. 1 2 3 4 5You can follow my plan
through my writing. 1 2 3 4 5 I write multiple
sentences in order that supports a main point or
story. 1 2 3 4 5
Fluency
1 I need help 2 Help me practice 3 I can
do this 4 Im getting better 5 Way to go!
I write in simple sentences and include multiple
sentences in my story. 1 2 3 4 5I imitate more
complex sentence patterns. 1 2 3 4 5I begin
my sentence is different ways. 1 2 3 4 5My
paper can easily be read aloud by
another. 1 2 3 4 5
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Voice
1 I need help 2 Help me practice 3 I can
do this 4 Im getting better 5 Way to go!
I use descriptive or expressive phrases and short
sentences. 1 2 3 4 5 I show you what is
important to me. 1 2 3 4 5 You can hear me
in my writingit sounds real (authentic).
1 2 3 4 5
Spelling. !
1 I need help 2 Help me practice 3 I can
do this 4 Im getting better 5 Way to go!
I used both upper and lower case letters
correctly. 1 2 3 4 5I place periods at the
ends of my sentences and am starting to use other
forms of punctuation. 1 2 3 4 5 I still
spell words like they sound but you can readmy
paper. 1 2 3 4 5