The Writer Strategy

The Writer is a strategy used to monitor the quality of student performance in writing. It requires the student to take an active role in error correction.

            W        -Write on every other line.

            R         -Read the paper for meaning.

            I           -Interrogate yourself with using "COPS".

                   C          -Have I capitalized the first word and all proper nouns?

                   O         -How is the overall appearance?

P          -Have I used end punctuation, commas, and semicolons correctly?

S          -Do the words look like they are spelled right, can I sound them out,

   -Or should I use the dictionary?

            T          -Take the paper to someone to proofread again.

            E          -Execute a final copy.

            R         -Reread your paper a final time.