1. E D I T Are sentences clear and correct? no run ons or fragments!
Yesterday I went to the store and bought food and then I went home and then I played with my dog. (Run on)
Going to the store. (fragment)
Are there usage errors?
subject/verb
agreement The dog plays outside." not "The dogs plays outside."
possessive forms"This is the boy's book" not "This is the boys book".
plural forms "cities" not "citys"
Are the mechanics correct?
punctuation
spelling
capitalization indenting
Did I read out loud?
Omissions (any words left out?)
Is the correct word used?
Does it make sense?

2. R E V I S E Add examples Rearrange sentence parts
Combine the
Ideas of choppy
sentences
Subsitute
Substitute action verbs for being verbs.
Substitute vivid verbs for boring verbs.
Substitute specific words for vague language (a lot, stuff, things, good, etc.
Eliminate
redundant ideas
extraneous
details
Vary the word choices
(Replace over used words)
Use all sentence
types(simple, compound,
complex). use different sentence lengths; use appositives to combine sentences.