Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Feature story notes

  • 3rd person- All stories should be written in 3rd person expect for opinions peices
  • Tense- Past, present, future, usually need to stay in past tense
  • Names- Always their First and last names when being introduced, then use their last name from then on. If they have the same last name refer to them by their first name
  • Quote Transition style- Statements should be followed by a quote, then a statement, and then a quote
  • Story telling- Dont just say the questions and answers, tell the story
  • There shouldnt be any hint of what the question was, use said
  • Simple and concise- be simple and dont have run-on sentences, almost always the sentence is its own paragraph. 25 to 30 word sentences
  • Word use- Write as though the article is for 6th graders to read
  • Formatting- Should be separate paragraphs for each statement and quote
  • Spell checks and grammar- No excuses for using spell check and misspelling something, a good way to check your mistakes is print it out and read it out loud.
Edit marks-
WW- Wrong words
Back words quotation mark and comma in it- Punctuation
L- New Paragraph
Word underlined,crossed out, or SP-Means spelling
Brackets- Something wrong with that entire sentence or parargraph
Two lines- A space or an extra space

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