Children's book

Guidelines for Children’s Book Revision-Six weeks test

*Write the title. Titles of books always get underlined.
*Write the author’s name, illustrator’s name and any other names that the publisher has credited. Then add: Adapted by (your name)
*Highlight any “be” verbs in the text. Work to rewrite the sentence in the active voice.
*Find an appropriate place to add a prepositional phrase to the beginning of a sentence.
*Find an appropriate place to add an appositive phrase to a sentence.
*Find an appropriate place to add a gerund phrase to a sentence.
*Find an appropriate place to add a participial phrase to a sentence.
*Find an appropriate place to add an infinitive phrase to a sentence.
*Find an appropriate place to combine two sentences using a subordinate conjunction.
*Make sure you use complete sentences.
*Remove any redundancy.
*Check punctuation for accuracy.
*Make sure the reader can follow and understand the plot without the benefit of pictures.

In order to get credit for the requirements above, you may not use the elements that the author provided for you. You must add those elements yourself. For example, if the original text has infinitive phrases, you may not claim those; you must add another of your own.

more help with power writing

Here's a link to help you and give you more transition words:

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/campbellk/PowerWritDef.html