AKA, H – Class 5 – April 2012 - Target setting for writing– NAME: _______________

CHECKLIST

Basic criterion:

• Punctuation: Full stops
• Capitalization
• Tense of verbs
• Prepositions (Example: to, for, above)
• Paragraphing
• Legibility (Handwriting)
• Correct use of pronouns (Example: he, she, they, their)
• Maintain narrative voice (I went to the park. She (“I” should not change to ‘she’ or ‘he’ )enjoyed a lot there.
• Spelling

Intermediate criterion:

• Maintain the interest level of the reader
• Appropriateness to audience (Example: A letter to a friend must not sound like an essay)
• Punctuation: commas, Question mark
• Apostrophe (Example: Archana’s)
• Maintaining the tense throughout
• Use of new and interesting words (including adjectives and adverbs)
• Use of direct and indirect speech
• Use of voice (your own ideas, thoughts, opinions, etc.)
• Use of conjunctions in the right places
• Varying sentence structure

Advanced criterion:

• Punctuation brackets, Exclamatory mark, colon, semi colon and dashes
• Use of figures of speech (simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration)
• Use of direct and indirect speech (with the correct punctuation)
• Can use or attempt grammatically complex structures, (e.g. expansion before and after the noun – ‘The little, old man who lived on the hill…; subordinating clauses – ‘I felt better when..; ‘who taught me the guitar.’)
• Use of famous quotes