Students with attention challenges often fail to check their final drafts to make sure they have used proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and contextual conventions. This checklist is designed to help your student complete this often boring and monotonous task.
Have your student check off each item listed below as she prepares her final draft.
___ I have reread each sentence and corrected fragments and run-ons.
___I have checked each sentence for correct use of:
___capitalization
___punctuation
___spelling
___verb tense
___noun tense
___modifiers (adjectives and adverbs)
___I have reviewed each paragraph to check for :
___a topic sentence
___one central idea
___supporting sentences
___a concluding sentence
___appropriate transitions between ideas
___I have reread my report to make sure it includes:
___a title
___an introductory paragraph
___adequate supporting paragraphs
___ a concluding paragraph which summarizes the ideas I have tried to express
Try this flexible structuring tool to scaffold this important process.
