Student Editing Checklist

Capitalization

_____ Each sentence begins with a capital letter.

_____ Names of people and places are capitalized.

_____ Each word in my title is capitalized.

Punctuation

_____ Each sentence ends with a period.

_____ I used quotation marks to show where speech begins and ends.

_____ I used commas where needed.

General:

_____ I corrected all misspelled words to the best of my ability.

_____ I used descriptive language in my writing.

_____ My final copy is in my best writing.

_____ I have checked for errors before handing in work.