Clarity and accuracy .
words on page reflects ideas in head.
Look at areas to improve.
Sparks new ideas.

Capital letters, full stops, commas, apostrophes.

Try reading work aloud.
Print out work and read it on paper.
Change font, size or colour on screen.
read work backwards, word by word.
PRACTICE:

1. I went to the shop on Monday morning.
2. My favourite colour is purple.
3. The house was creaky, old and damp but I wasn’t scared.
4. It was a cold and rainy day. They’re safe in the car.
5. “He’s my favourite,” mum said.

PLURAL AND SINGLE:
Single tense – Was, is.
Plural tense – Were, are.

1. the woman in black (was/is) waiting.
2. The dogs (were/are) barking.
3. Running slowly, I (was) going to the shops.
4. I remembered where we (were/are) at the time.

Have You:
– Used the 5 senses?
– Used appropriate detail?
– Used commas to mark clauses?
– Used capital letters?
– Checked your apostrophes?
– Checked there/their/they’re?
– Used multiple sentence types?
– Used paragraphs appropriately?
– Kept your writing consistent?

With an almighty roar, the car surged through the clouds. Thousands of disbelieving eyes blinked repeatedly far below as they tracked the red blur across the sky. It had been a smooth journey so far, but now the engine suddenly gave a cough and splutter. That could only mean one thing They were out of fuel.
The car started to turn, it hurtled towards the ground with so much speed it was like a bullet being shot through the sky. From the ground, a distressed gasp arose as onlookers caught a slight glimpse of the bright red car again. Out of the sky it fell, through the curtain of clouds.
This was an unexpected turn of events, thousands of tests had been done in preparation for this day. This was the first car rocket to be sent to space. inside the car …

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first: use of I – narrator is central character

i, my, me, mine, we, our, myself, us, ours, ourselves, i’m, I’ve

third: use of he/she/they – narrator is telling of others experience

types are omniscient, objective, limited

omniscient = all knowing, narrator knows everything, past presence and future. creates feeling of superiority

objective = no access to inner thoughts of characters.

limited = you only get one characters thoughts.

he, she, is, they, him, her, it, one, them, his, hers, theirs, himself, herself, itself, oneself, themselves