Camp Thrills, Chills and Spills

Reworking my recount with my teacher...

Name ____________________ 
Write down your first sentence. Does it make the reader want to read on? Why? 	
Does your writing say...? 
who was involved________________ 	
what happened________________ 	

when it happened________________ 	
where it happened_____________ 	

List the time words you have used to show the order of the events... 	
List the verbs you have written in the past tense. Are they specific? 	
Write down a part that you have written in detail to give a clear description. 	
Write down a part where we could hear your personal voice. 	
Write down some examples of figurative language you have used.
Alliteration _________________	
Onomatopoeia __________________	

Simile _____________________	
Personification__________________	

Metaphor __________________	

	
List your sentence beginnings. Do you need to change some? Where? 	
How many paragraphs is your writing grouped into____? 
Is there a new paragraph for each new event or topic ____? 	
Have you...
Deleted a word? _____	
Added a word? _____	

Changed a word? _____	
Rearranged some words? _____	

Does your writing come to an end, feel finished? 	
How many words have you underlined to check their spelling? _____
Is there a capital letter at the start of each sentence? _____ 
Circle the punctuation you have used... 
Fullstop	
capital letter	
comma	
question mark	
exclamation mark	

speech marks	
dash	
ellipsis	
hyphen	
parentheses	
apostrophe	

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