Sample editing log 1: Checklist

Figure. Sample editing log. First page of an editing log in a student notebook. The student has listed potential issues for her writing: Subject-verb agreement, Verb tense, Verb form, Passive voice, Comma splice, Fragment, Missing article, Wrong article, Missing plural form. She has written these terms in the left column of a table. Each of the remaining columns represent a sinlge paper assignment. The student has put a check mark for each occurrence of an issue in its corresponding box. For example, she has a record of 4 comma splices in paper 1.