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C.O.P.S. Checklist C.O.P.S. Checklist: Capitalization Capitalization

This document provides a checklist called C.O.P.S. to help students revise and edit drafts of sentences and paragraphs. The C.O.P.S. checklist examines Capitalization, Order of words, Punctuation, and Spelling to ensure correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling in writing. Students are instructed to use the checklist to check their writing for proper capitalization of sentences and proper nouns, correct word order and inclusion or exclusion of unnecessary words, proper use of end punctuation and other punctuation marks, and correct spelling of all words.

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C.O.P.S. Checklist C.O.P.S. Checklist: Capitalization Capitalization

This document provides a checklist called C.O.P.S. to help students revise and edit drafts of sentences and paragraphs. The C.O.P.S. checklist examines Capitalization, Order of words, Punctuation, and Spelling to ensure correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling in writing. Students are instructed to use the checklist to check their writing for proper capitalization of sentences and proper nouns, correct word order and inclusion or exclusion of unnecessary words, proper use of end punctuation and other punctuation marks, and correct spelling of all words.

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C.O.P.S. checklist C.O.P.S.

checklist
name:_________________________ name:_________________________

DIRECTIONS: DIRECTIONS:
Use the checklist below for revising and editing after you write your first draft Use the checklist below for revising and editing after you write your first draft of
of sentences or paragraphs. sentences or paragraphs.

Capitalization Capitalization
 Have I capitalized the first word in each sentence?  Have I capitalized the first word in each sentence?
 Have I capitalized all proper nouns  Have I capitalized all proper nouns
(the names of specific people, places, things, and any titles)? (the names of specific people, places, things, and any titles)?

Order of Words/Organization of Sentence Elements Order of Words/Organization of Sentence Elements


 Have I written all the words in the correct order?  Have I written all the words in the correct order?
 Have I left out any words?  Have I left out any words?
 Have I included any extra words that I don’t need?  Have I included any extra words that I don’t need?

Punctuation Punctuation
 Have I used end punctuation correctly?  Have I used end punctuation correctly?
 Have I used punctuation marks correctly?  Have I used punctuation marks correctly?

Spelling Spelling
 Have I checked to make sure I spelled all the words correctly?  Have I checked to make sure I spelled all the words correctly?
 Have I used a spelling resource (a dictionary, a thesaurus, or a  Have I used a spelling resource (a dictionary, a thesaurus, or a
person who is a good speller) for the words I’m not sure about? person who is a good speller) for the words I’m not sure about?

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