Grade 7 LA: ANECDOTE Writing: Writing your Final Draft

Use the following checklist TWICE as a way to check that your anecdote is your best work. Have
a peer read your anecdote once and mark the checklist. Then after the edits, read it one more
time to yourself and use the checklist. For every NO that is listed, please make the appropriate
changes.

Your peer
Paragraph Presentation Yes No
1. Is the beginning of the paragraph indented one tab?
2. Is the paragraph double spaced?
3. Is the size of the font 12?
4. Is the style of the font Arial or Times Roman Number?
5. If there is more than 1 paragraph, no spaces between paragraphs.
6. Have you used spell check?

Paragraph Structure
7. Does the paragraph have about 10 sentences each?
8. Does the beginning of the paragraph introduce who, where & when?
9. Does the middle of the paragraph introduce the problem & how the
characters are dealing with the problem?
10. Does the end of the paragraph solve the problem?

Anecdote elements
11. Dialogue is included throughout
12. The punch line is the last line & it is in the form of dialogue

Other
13. Are there any other suggestions that can be made to improve your
story?

You:
Paragraph Presentation Yes No
1. Is the beginning of the paragraph indented one tab?
2. Is the paragraph double spaced?
3. Is the size of the font 12?
4. Is the style of the font Arial or Times Roman Number?
If there is more than 1 paragraph, no spaces between paragraphs.
5. Have you used spell check?

Paragraph Structure
6. Does the paragraph have about 10 sentences each?
7. Does the beginning of the paragraph introduce who, where & when?
8. Does the middle of the paragraph introduce the problem & how the
characters are dealing with the problem?
9. Does the end of the paragraph solve the problem?

Anecdote elements
10. Dialogue is included throughout
11. The punch line is the last line & it is in the form of dialogue

Other
12. Are there any other suggestions that can be made to improve your
story?

Include this checklist with all of your 3 drafts when you are done.
Once your final draft is complete, use the following rubric and self-evaluate your work. Circle each area.

Student
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1

Writer makes a
Writer makes no few errors in Writer makes
errors in Writer makes 1 or capitalization several errors in
capitalization or 2 errors in and/or punctuation capitalization that
punctuation, so capitalization or that catch the catch the reader's
Capitalization & the paper is punctuation, but reader's attention attention and
Punctuation exceptionally easy the paper is still and interrupt the greatly interrupt
(conventions) to read. easy to read. flow. the flow.

The writer has not

The writer seems tried to transform
to be writing from The writer seems The writer relates the information on
knowledge or to be drawing on some of his own a personal way.
experience. The knowledge or knowledge or The ideas and the
author has taken experience, but experience, but it way they are
Adding the ideas and there is some lack adds nothing to expressed seem
Personality made then "his of ownership of the discussion of to belong to
(VOICE) own". the topic. the topic. someone else.

Most-sentences
Sentence All sentences are Most sentences are well- Sentence lack
Structure well-constructed are well- constructed but structure and
(Sentence with varied constructed with have a similar appear incomplete
fluency) structure. varied structure. structure. or rambling.
Teacher
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1

Writer makes a
Writer makes no few errors in Writer makes
errors in Writer makes 1 or capitalization several errors in
capitalization or 2 errors in and/or punctuation capitalization that
punctuation, so capitalization or that catch the catch the reader's
Capitalization & the paper is punctuation, but reader's attention attention and
Punctuation exceptionally easy the paper is still and interrupt the greatly interrupt
(conventions) to read. easy to read. flow. the flow.

The writer has not

The writer seems tried to transform
to be writing from The writer seems The writer relates the information on
knowledge or to be drawing on some of his own a personal way.
experience. The knowledge or knowledge or The ideas and the
author has taken experience, but experience, but it way they are
Adding the ideas and there is some lack adds nothing to expressed seem
Personality made then "his of ownership of the discussion of to belong to
(VOICE) own". the topic. the topic. someone else.

Most-sentences
Sentence All sentences are Most sentences are well- Sentence lack
Structure well-constructed are well- constructed but structure and
(Sentence with varied constructed with have a similar appear incomplete
fluency) structure. varied structure. structure. or rambling.

Include this checklist with all of your 3 drafts when you are done.