EDITING CHECKLIST

CAPITALIZATION Writer Peer

• beginning of sentences ______ ______

• proper nouns (names, months, places…) ______ ______

• important words in a title ______ ______

• I ______ ______

PUNCTUATION

• end marks for every sentence ______ ______

• quotation marks around dialogue ______ ______

• commas in a series ______ ______

• commas with quotations ______ ______

SPELLING

• circle words unsure of ______ ______

• check other words using spelling personal

dictionary and word wall ______ ______

• check for correct there, their, they’re ______ ______

• check for correct to, too, two ______ ______

OTHER

• complete sentences ______ ______

• fix, delete, change repetitious words ______ ______

• eliminate unnecessary words ______ ______

• vary sentence structure ______ ______

• break up run-on sentences ______ ______

• combine short sentences ______ ______

• make new paragraph to begin piece, change

in speaker, time, setting, topic or action ______ ______

Read softly out loud, watching for errors. Don’t skim over errors.