Checklists for students writing for purpose

I made up these cards to help my students self-check their writing. Each card lists elements that students should (or could) be using when writing for a specific purpose, e.g. instruction, description, report etc.

I have tried to cover a wide range of writing styles and hope that I have covered most of the necessary elements in each one. There is one that covers writing in general which includes basics elements such as reading through for sense and spelling mistakes or adding more interesting words.

I have printed them three to a page so that they can be printed out and used individually by students: either sticking them in their books or laminating them to use as a classroom resource handed out when needed.

There will, no doubt, be elements that I missed, or not included on a particular card but I hope that you will find them useful.