Narrative revision checklist

Name: _______________________

Narrative/Historical Fiction:  Narrative Revision Checklist 

1. 
   Highlight the title of your narrative in yellow. If your narrative is missing a title, write a creative title now. 

2. 
   Highlight your hook in pink. If your hook is missing, 

3. write “add hook” or add the hook in now.

4. 
   Paragraphs

                              Did you write using paragraphs?                               Yes ______    No ______

Did you indent those paragraphs?                             Yes ______    No ______

*Start a new paragraph when you change speaker, setting, time, or action.  Mark your draft with places to add paragraphs.*

5. 
   Correct Capitalization and Punctuation Marks

Did all of your sentences end with punctuation?              Yes ______    No ______

Did you capitalize all of your sentence beginnings?          Yes ______    No ______

*If you did not use capitalization or punctuation, make these changes on your rough draft.*

6. 
   Did you use “bad” words? - said, went, go, happy, sad                            Yes ______    No ______

*If you used these words in your paper, cross them out and add new words now. Look at your green packet for suggestions.*

7. 
   Did you use wow words?                                                                        Yes ______    No ______

*Highlight any “wow” words in your paper and add in at least 5 more “wow” words. 

                          (“Wow” words are descriptive words. Go look at your green packet for suggestions.)

8. 
   Did you use dialogue?                                                                             Yes ______    No ______

          If so, did you follow the dialogue rules?                                                 Yes ______    No ______

         Do your explanatory phrases show who’s talking/how/what they’re doing?  Yes ____    No ______ 

*If your dialogue is not cited correctly, make the changes on your rough draft. Go back and look at the dialogue rules.*

    8.  Did you vary your sentence beginnings?                                                  Yes ______    No ______

* Underline the beginning of each sentence. If you repeated your sentence beginnings, make changes now*

    9.  Did you use figurative language? (similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia)   

                                                                                                                        Yes ______    No ______

*If you did not use figurative language, add it in now. This will help you be more descriptive. 

 Go look at your green packet for suggestions.*

    10.  Plot Structure

Did your story have a beginning including a setting and characters?         Yes ______    No ______

Did your story have a conflict?   Yes ______    No ______

Did your story build a climax?                                                                   Yes ______    No ______

Did your story have a resolution (good ending)?                                        Yes ______    No ______

Did your story stay in the 1-3 day time frame?                                         Yes ______    No ______

Did you highlight 4 or more specific historic facts?                                  Yes ______    No ______

*If you are missing any of the above, add them to your paper now.*

    11. Computer Revisions:

         Google Read & Write: Listen to your story on Google Read & Write. Make changes while listening. 

                    Run the check mark function on Google Read & Write. 

                    Do you have anything underlined in purple?                                              Yes ______    No ______

                    If yes, check the suggestions and make the corrections. 

 GO MAKE THESE CHANGES ON YOUR NARRATIVE ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM