Punctuation:

I have included

• capital letters for: beginning sentences, proper nouns and titles
• question marks
• full stops
• commas: in lists, for pauses and to make meaning clear
• apostrophes: for contractions (e.g. do not becomes don’t) and to show ownership (e.g. That is Lee’s pet dog.)
• exclamation marks
• quotation marks (speaking marks)
• colons: in titles, for set of lists
• semi-colons
• brackets: round or square
• hyphens

Spelling:

I have

• checked the spelling of any unknown words
• not confused words that sound the same
• used correct endings for plurals

Grammar:

I have included

• a varity of different verbs
• correct verb tenses (past, present, and future tenses) (verb tense activities 1, 2, 3)
• correct verb-subject agreement

(e.g. The rubbish bin (singular subject) was (verb) full. or The rubbishbins (plural subject) were (verb) full.)

• appropriate adverbs to describe verbs
• suitable nouns
• appropriate pronouns
• interesting adjectives
• suitable conjunctions

(A conjunction is a part of speech that connects two words, phrases or clauses together.)

• a variety of prepositions

(A Preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence e.g. under, with, on, at, to

The cat went under the table)

Writing:

I have read through my writing to check that

• it makes sense
• it is easy to understand
• paragraphing is appropriate
• there are no double negatives

(e.g. I am not going to buy no bananas)

For some proofreading practice try –

(for more resources check out http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm)

iteracy2.htm)