Bio-Poem Reminders

Incorrect: Who needs my friends, the mall, and chocolate. Incorrect: Who needs my friends, the mall, and chocolate. Correct: Who needs my friends, the mall, and chocolate Correct: Who needs my friends, the mall, and chocolate Reminder #1: Do not include end marks at the end of each line. You are writing in sentence fragments.

Reminder #2: Please write each line as a continuous statement. Be sure that there are no colons (:) or dashes (-). Incorrect: Who would like to see: myself on the honor roll, the Broadway show Wicked, and a huge supply of new books Incorrect: Who would like to see: myself on the honor roll, the Broadway show Wicked, and a huge supply of new books Correct: Who would like to see myself on the honor roll, the Broadway show Wicked, and a huge supply of new books Correct: Who would like to see myself on the honor roll, the Broadway show Wicked, and a huge supply of new books Incorrect: Sister of—Andrew and Laura Harris Incorrect: Sister of—Andrew and Laura Harris Correct: Sister of Andrew and Laura Harris Correct: Sister of Andrew and Laura Harris

Reminder #3: Be consistent with your use of capital letters. Use a capital letter at the beginning of each line and for proper nouns. All other words should be lower case. Incorrect: energetic, intelligent, athletic, and kind Incorrect: energetic, intelligent, athletic, and kind Correct: Energetic, intelligent, athletic, and kind Correct: Energetic, intelligent, athletic, and kind Incorrect: Lover of Hot dogs, the Eagles, and summer Vacation Incorrect: Lover of Hot dogs, the Eagles, and summer Vacation Correct: Lover of hot dogs, the Eagles, and summer vacation Correct: Lover of hot dogs, the Eagles, and summer vacation

Proper nouns should be capitalized! Common nouns Proper nouns General! (No caps)Specific! (Caps) chocolate bars Hershey’s chocolate bars chocolate bars Hershey’s chocolate bars potato chipsHerr’s potato chips potato chipsHerr’s potato chips pizzaDominick’s pizza pizzaDominick’s pizza mallOxford Valley Mall mallOxford Valley Mall beachLong Beach Island beachLong Beach Island

Reminder #4: When you list three items in a series, be sure to put a comma after the first two items. ___________, ___________, and ___________ Incorrect: Who gives help to my parents a patient ear to my friends and careful attention to my teachers Incorrect: Who gives help to my parents a patient ear to my friends and careful attention to my teachers Correct: Who gives help to my parents, a patient ear to my friends, and careful attention to my teachers Correct: Who gives help to my parents, a patient ear to my friends, and careful attention to my teachers Incorrect: Outgoing, friendly, positive and laid-back Incorrect: Outgoing, friendly, positive and laid-back Correct: Outgoing, friendly, positive, and laid-back Correct: Outgoing, friendly, positive, and laid-back