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The COPS Strategy |
| C--- Are there capitals in the proper places? |
| 1. proper nouns |
| 2. titles |
| 3. beginning of sentences |
| O--- Is the writing organized? |
| 1. spaces between words and double spaces between lines. |
| 2. neat printing/ writing /typing |
| 3. paragraphs are indented |
| 4. paragraphs follow the model |
| 5. complete sentences used |
| P--- Is the punctuation correct? |
| 1. proper end marks |
| 2. commas |
| 3. semi-colons, colons, quotation marks, and hyphens as required |
| S--- Are all the words spelled correctly? |
| 1. use tools such as lists, word walls, dictionaries, , |
| word study notebooks, and spell check technology |
| Two ways to use the COPS strategy: |
| 1. Self correct as you write using COPS as a checklist.. |
| 2. Use COPS as a final editing checklist of a piece before the final draft is written. |
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