Editing Sheet
First Paragraph:
- Is the significance of topic identified?
- Is the location of event mentioned?
- Is the time period mentioned?
- Is there a thesis statement?
- Is there a transition sentence?
- Are there any spelling errors?
- Can you make any other suggestions?
For each paragraph in the body of the paper:
- Is there a topic sentence that explains what this paragraph is about? Does it need to be rewritten?
- Do all the specific examples in the paragraph relate to topic sentence?
- Does this paragraph support the thesis statement?
- Has the author paraphrased properly?
- Is a source cited (author’s last name pg #) for each sentence or each group of sentences?
- Are there any quotes? Are there quotation marks around it?
- Is the quote followed by a sentence explaining the quote?
- Are there any spelling errors in the paragraph?
- Is there a transition sentence?
- Are there any other suggestions you would like to make?
Last Paragraph:
- Did the author choose a summary conclusion, response to essential question or a prediction/recommendation?
- Does the final paragraph bring the paper to a natural and graceful end with no loose ends?
- Are there any spelling errors in the paragraph?
- Are there any other suggestions you would like to make?
Works Cited Page:
- Are all the required source types present?
- Is the whole page in alphabetical order?
- Compare each citation to the model. Make any corrections of the page
Overall:
- Are titles of books underlined throughout the paper?
- Are titles of articles in quotations?
- Are there any other errors?
- Does the author use any possessive pronouns i.e. I, you, me etc.?
- Compare the title page to the model. Is the format correct? Is all the information relevant to this class?
- Has the required page of text been fulfilled?
- Is the paper in 12 pt. Times New Roman font? Double-spaced? One-inch margins?
- Are there page numbers at the bottom center of each page?