Writing and Spelling

• I have problems with grammar.
• I write numbers or letters backwards or upside down, e.g. b for d, p for q, u for n, M for W.
• I spell words different ways in the same piece of writing.
• I spell words the way they sound.
• Sometimes I remember to put a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence and a period or question at the end. Sometimes I don't.
• I reverse letters in spelling, e.g. Firday for Friday, gril for girl.
• I write capital and lower case letters in the saem work, e.g., SunDay, MoNey.
• Handwriting is hard. When I'm writing, it's hard to make my letters all the same size or control the way I write them.
• I make a lot of mistakes with puctuation: periods, commas.
• I whisper to myself when I write.
• It's hard for me to organize my thoughts when I write.
• It's hard for me to organize my thoughts enough to take notes when I'm listening to a speaker.

I also notice

Pages 2-7 were adapted by Margaret Lindop, the Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennesse 1999, from Screen for Adults with Learning Disabilities: the Role of the Practitioner in the Assessment Process, National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities (ALLD) Center, Summer 1998.