Walter Reed Middle School IHP 6th grade

[ ] - Concentrate your writing; too many words used.

      - Focus your writing on the topic/main idea.

:|| - repetitive

? - What does this mean?

     - The question was not answered.

      - (is) not

S      T - Show, don't tell!

    - Indent/start a new paragraph

up arrow - increase/more/better

down arrow - decrease/less/worse

    - analysis/explanation

     - details

    - thesis (the main point of an essay/paper)

    - change

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1P - first person

abt - about

awk - awkward; should be rephrased

b/c - because

c/c - compare/contrast

c/e - cause and effect

c/r - close reading

clr. - clear

conc. - conclusion

CUPS - Mechanical issue (Capitalization, Grammar Usage, Punctuation, Spelling)

dif't - different

esp. -  especially

ex - example/evidence (It can also be excused.)

frag - fragment (This is an incomplete sentence.)

impt - important

m/i - main idea

n/s - non-specific

pt. - point (It can also be part.)

r-o - run-on (This is more than one sentence.)

shld - should

sp - spelling/misspelled (may also be circled) 

t/s - topic sentence

w/ - with

w/o - without

w/c - word choice

wld - would

 

S ≠ P - saying is not proving

               - (make) connections

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