OBJECTIVES IN GOOD WRITING HABITS
Good posture: health, appearance, efficiency.
Speed: For accuracy and efficiency, both practical needs.
Spacing: To relieve the eye, and make easy reading.
Slant: To make writing attractive and easy to read.
Neatness: To further a civic need.
Tracing: To visualize and thereby assist in acquiring correct form.
Movement drills: Ovals for curves, strokes for slant, small letters for traveling movement.