Ask a parent, older sibling, or adult at home to read your draft and share suggestions to improve your writing.
Here are a few questions to guide your discussion.
What is my strength?
Where do I need to improve most?
Ideas
-Do I have a clear central idea?
Organization
-Do I have strong introductory and concluding paragraphs?
- Do my paragraphs connect ideas?
Voice
-Have I communicated how I feel about this topic?
-Have I included details and examples, so my reader will understand?
Word Choice
-Did I use precise verbs and specific nouns and adjectives?
Sentence Fluency
-Do I have varied sentence structures and sentence beginnings?
CUPS+
-Did I indent my paragraphs?
-Do I need to make any CUPS changes?