Bio-Poem Reminders

Incorrect: 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. Incorrect: Who needs my friends, the mall, and chocolate. Correct: Who needs my friends, the mall, and chocolate

Reminder #2: Please write each line as a continuous statement 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 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 Correct: Sister of Andrew and Laura Harris

Incorrect: energetic, intelligent, athletic, and kind 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 Correct: Energetic, intelligent, athletic, and kind Incorrect: 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 potato chips Herr’s potato chips pizza Dominick’s pizza mall Oxford Valley Mall beach Long 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 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 Correct: Outgoing, friendly, positive, and laid-back