1. Bio-Poem Reminders

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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