Never Drink Out of Dirty Cups

What could happen if you drank out of a dirty cup?

•You could get sick

•You could get a disease

•You could make other people sick

•You could go to the hospital

• You don’t want your writing to be dirty.• It needs to be cleaned up before you

have a final version.

Your Writing

Your Own Revising

• When revising your writing you want to keep the following acronym in mind:

CUPS

apitalization

sage

unctuation

pelling

Your Own Revising• First we are going to focus on capitalization

and punctuation.

CUPS

apitalization

unctuation

Capitalization & Punctuation

•Highlight names and any other proper nouns to make sure they are capitalized.

•Use a highlighter to highlight the capital letters at the beginning of sentences.

•Highlight punctuation at end of sentences to make sure it is correct.

•Make sure beginning of every sentence is capitalized.

Your Own Revising

• Now we are going to focus on usage and spelling.

CUPS

sage

pelling

Spelling

•Look at every single word. Put a check √ if it is spelled correctly or a question mark? if you are not sure on top of every word.

•Circle - the ? question marks .

Usage•Usage is not writing like you talk. No texting allowed!

•Watch for commonly misused words. (its, it’s, there, their, they’re, wear, were, we’re, where) etc.

•Underline if not sure.

More Usage•Nouns- Circle ⃝ every noun. Add an adjective (word that describes) in front of every noun to make paper more alive.

•Verbs – Put a box around every verb. Put an adverb (slowly, passionately) before each verb. The adverb tells how/to what extent it was done.

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