WRT 70 Baseline Skills 1. Heading on paper: name, date, period, and assignment 2. Capitalization: Beginning of sentence, “I,” and names. 3. Legible (a person can read it!) 4. Period at the end of sentence 5. Indent first line of a paragraph. 6. Spelling: (eliminating all contractions during the writing process will help with some of these common errors.) Its (pronoun) ---- A lot (two words meaning many) ------ allot (to give out a portion) They’re (contraction of they are) their (people) Hear (with your ears) Weather (sunny or rainy?) it’s (contraction of it is) ---------- there (place) here (place) ---------- whether (alternatives) 7. Word Choice You – be aware of your audience. So: replace with: therefore, as a result, finally, consequently, thus, accordingly, due to, in summary, in short, to sum up, all in all . . . Get, got, getting – eliminate if possible. Good when you mean well.