Paired Writing Editing And Evaluation Reminder Sheet

These questions will help you edit or evaluate a piece of personal writing.

Meaning

• Is the piece of writing suitable for its purpose and for the reader?
• Are thoughts or feelings described clearly?
• Is there a good description of the context (place, people, events)?
• Do the descriptions help the reader to feel what it's like?

Organization

• Are ideas linked together to show why the writer thinks or feels as he or she does?
• Are ideas put together into sentences with linking words (e.g. and, but, so, because)?
• Are paragraphs used to separate ideas?
• Is there a beginning, a middle and an ending?

Spelling

• Are common words spelt correctly?
• Are unusual words spelt correctly?

Punctuation

• Do sentences have capital letters and full stops?
• Are other marks (such as commas, question marks and speech marks) used when they are needed?