Writing Checklist

This is your guide to making sure your Social Studies papers and essays are well organized, well thought out and well researched. Keep this in your binder so that you can check your rough drafts and final papers/essays before turning them in.

_____________Do I have a thesis?

_____________Does my thesis clearly tell what paper is about?

_____________ What are the three main points of my paper?

_____________Do my main points back up my thesis?

_____________Does my evidence support my main points? Are my facts helping to prove my thesis?

____________ Does my introduction include my thesis and my three main points?

____________ Did I check my paper for grammar mistakes? Spelling mistakes?

____________ Did I cite all resources in my bibliography? Did I cite my resources in my paper?

____________ Are my facts correct? Did I double check them?

____________ Did my research come from a reliable source? How do I know this?