How to Get a Good Score on the Tell Me about Yourself writing assignment
Stronger Work (more points)
 Complete, thoughtful, original
answers
 Interesting and appropriate
vocabulary; uses some words we
learned in class
 Correct sentence structure; uses
more advanced structures and tenses
 Beautiful spelling, punctuation,
capitalization
 Neat, clear, good penmanship1
1
Weaker Work (fewer points)
 Quick answers with little individuality
 Answers incomplete
 Simple or inappropriate vocabulary
only
 Many problems with grammar: tense,
agreement, sentence boundaries, and
word forms
 Problems with spelling, capitalization,
or punctuation
 Writing is messy, difficult to read
Remember that the letters g,j,p,q & y have “tails” that should extend below the line. (See How to Print Correctly
in the Writing Folder on my website.)