Editing Checklist
Do my sentences begin with
capital letters?
Have I spelt everything
correctly?
Does each sentence end with
a punctuation mark?
Have I used paragraphs?
Is my work neatly presented?
Revising Checklist
Have I written an interesting
introduction?
Have I used interesting
vocabulary?
Have I used a selection of
different connectives?
Have I used complete
sentences?
Does my conclusion make
sense?
 Punctuation
Full Stop – ends a sentence
Question Mark – ends a question
Exclamation Mark – shows
feeling or emotion
Comma – separates words in a
series or marks clauses
Speech Marks – shows speech
Apostrophe – shows possession
or contraction
Capitalisation
Beginning of a sentence?
I?
Landmarks and important places
(e.g. France, Manchester, Big
Ben)?
Names of Characters?
Days of the week and months of
the year?
Formal titles (e.g. Mrs., Dr.) ?
Important dates (e.g. Easter)?
 Grammar

 Subject – who or what the sentence

is about

 Noun – person, place, thing

 Verb – action word

 Adjective – describing word

 Adverb – tells how, where, when

or how much

 Preposition – shows location or

time