Ideas and Content

1
Ideas and Content
Write at least six sentences describing
yourself, where youre from, your family and
your interests. Select main ideas about yourself
that are crucial to understanding you as a
person.
2
Word Choice

• Rewrite your sentences but this time include
  descriptive words that appeal to the five senses.
  You may also want to try alliteration, and
  similes and metaphors.

3
Voice

• Rewrite the sentences, but this time take more
  risks. Be really honest about yourself and your
  feelings.

4
Conventions

• Make sure your sentences all begin with a capital
  letter and end with proper punctuation. Divide
  like sentences into paragraphs. All spelling
  should be correct. Are commas and apostrophes
  used correctly?

5
Sentence Fluency

• Try to make each sentence vary in its style and
  length. You may want to start with a
  prepositional phrase, or write sentences that
  require a semicolon or colon.

6
Organization

• Make your first sentence inviting to the reader
  so that he/she wants to learn more about you.
  The details of your life should be in a logical
  order.