How to improve my writing using a checklist to proof-read, edit and re-draft my work.

LP 18a: Making my writing better!

You are going to draw a picture of the perfect college. Before you start, think about what to include. Your teacher will give you marks out of 10 for your drawing.

Draw the perfect college.

What we are doing today

1.Finding out what the examiner is looking for in our writing.

2.Finding out what are the writing skills we need in our writing.

3.Use a checklist to improve our writing.

4.Choosing one writing and one exam skill to improve by next week.

5.Some of us will need to complete our reading assessment.

How does knowing the marking criteria help us write better?

What does the examiner look for in our writing?

Plan & Task Format & Tone Paragraphs & Layout

VocabularyWhat does the examiner look

for in our writing?

Sentences

Spelling Grammar Punctuation

Plan & Task

1.RTQ & CTA

(Read the question & Check the answer.)

2.Generating ideas.

3.Developing three main ideas.

4.What am I going to say?How am I going to

say it?

Format & Tone1.Introductions &

conclusions.

2.Beginnings, middles & ends.

3.PEE

4.Formal & informal language.

1.One idea, one paragraph.

2.Linking paragraphs.

3.Letter layout.

Paragraphs & Layout

Vocabulary(Words!)

1.Using variety & avoiding repetition.

2.Using vocabulary suitable for the topic.

3.Using colourful adjectives.

Sentences1.Sentence variety: . ! ?

2.Using short & long sentences.

3.How to make complex sentences.

Spelling1.Spelling common words.

2.How to learn new vocabulary & spellings.

3.Frequently confused words & homophones.

1.Tenses.

2.Subject & verb agreement.

Grammar

Punctuation1.Capital letters for names &

‘I.’

2.Capital letters and full stops for sentences.

3.Capitals for places.