GTCC S.W.A.T I

Student Writing Assessment Training

Six Traits of Writing - How to get started with analytic writing assessment and instruction.

The writer should not follow rules,
But follow language toward meaning,
Always seeking to understand what is appearing on the page,
To see it clearly,
To evaluate it clearly,
For clear thinking will produce clear writing.
Donald Murray

S.W.A.T. Team
Kim Hofstad
Diana Knudson
Renee Rasmussen
J.J. Drummond
Dottie Susag
Joan Moorman

Student Writing Assessment Training (S.W.A.T.) Content

1. Introduction
2. Ideas and Content
3. Organization
4. Voice
5. Word Choices
6. Sentence Fluency
7. Conventions
8. Modes
9. Prompts
10. Literature Connections

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