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This guide focuses on establishing a common understanding of good writing, exploring writing traits such as ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Learn how to craft clear and focused writing with powerful beginnings and endings, strong vocabulary, natural word choices, smooth sentence flow, and polished conventions.
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Goals: • Establish a common understanding of what makes good writing • Understand the vocabulary used to describe good writing Exploring the Writing Traits
Ideas(Does the writer stay focused and share original and fresh information or perspective on the topic?) • Clear focus and makes a point • Supported with details • Connection between the author and the topic
ORGANIZATION(Does the organizational structure enhance the ideas and make the piece easier to understand?) • Clear beginning, middle and end • Powerful lead and ending • Transitions to connect ideas • Good sequence and pace
VOICE(Would you keep reading this piece if it was longer?) • Written by a real person who cares about the message • Style • Tone • Appropriate for the topic and audience
WORD CHOICE(Do the words and phrases create vivid pictures in your mind?) • Strong vocabulary • Sounds natural • Just right words and phrases
SENTENCE FLUENCY (Do you feel the words and phrase flow together as you read it aloud?) • Writing has rhythm and flow • Change sentence lengths with purpose • Differences in sentence beginnings
CONVENTIONS (How much editing would have to be done to be ready to share with an outside source?) • Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, paragraphing • Clean and polished