Writing, Organizing

Please take out the writing you began during our last class.  Plan on writing for 30 minutes.
Remember when you feel you have finished your story you must:

• Reread it for organization - does your story have a beginning middle and an end.
• Turn boring words in to exciting words (especially verbs and adjectives).
• See if you can insert some figurative language - similes, personification, hyperbole.

Next step:

I will give you a basic writing rubric and you will self-assess your own writing.  CLICK HERE for a copy of the rubric.  Below, you will see what it looks like.

Name_______________________________Assignment_________________________Block___

BASIC WRITING CHECKLIST

	What does your writing look like?	What area of your writing would you like to improve upon?
Sentence Variety
Simple, compound, complex,   compound-complex.   Sentences have different   beginnings.
Organization of Ideas
Beginning, middle, end or a solid   dramatic arc   Transitions
Use of Figurative Language
Similes, metaphors, personification, imagery, alliteration/assonance hyperbole
Words – Words - Words
Adjectives are exciting and original  Verbs are active  Specific to topic/genre
Conventions/Mechanics
Spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization

Based on your assessment and a conversation with me, you will come up with one solid writing goal.

THEN

We need to get our posters up around the room and our library reorganized.