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AWA Writing Assessment (MS): Essay and Writing Evaluation
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Welcome to the Aquinas Writing Advantage (AWA) Middle School Writing Assessment!
This personal assessment is designed to help you gain a clear understanding of the level of your student's writing skills. With a passing score, you can skip some or all of the writing prerequisites for Aquinas Writing courses. This assessment is recommended for students in grades 7 and 8.What you Get
You'll receive a personalized assessment for your middle school student that includes punctuation and grammar, structure and form, diction and syntax, and more, with suggestions as to the best course of action for writing courses at Homeschool Connections' Aquinas Writing Advantage.
The Middle School Assessment Coordinator will provide specific feedback on...How your student's skills align with middle school grade levels and
How the skills displayed align with the courses offered at Aquinas Writing Advantage.
"How do I sign up?" Scroll down to the red text ("Special Notes") for the simple instructions. Note: If you have signed up and followed the red text directions at the bottom of this page called "Special Notes," you can then open the course. *You must follow the enrollment process to begin." Once you have paid for the assessment, this page will appear again, and you'll have new access to essential and additional information, including how-to details for taking the evaluation(s).
OVERVIEW
This assessment is a way to...
1. Find out your student's writing skills/level
2. Test out of prerequisite middle school writing coursesStep 1: Sign up, which includes payment.
Step 2: The Assessment Coordinator will contact you via email with specific instructions. You can ask any questions at this time through email.
Step 3: Students will submit two (2) original pieces of writing that follow the guidelines below.
WRITING PIECE GUIDELINES
Student-Created: Please ensure that each piece of writing is written by the student only, without the aid of a teacher, parent, sibling, etc., as we wish to assess an accurate measure of your student’s skills.
Content: Students can write about anything that is “academic” in nature or submit a piece that was already written. However, again, the piece must not have had any assistance in its creation. If you'd like your student to create something new so that the assessment is completely current, have them write a single page of content (or a short essay) on a sport, a saint, or a country.
Length: Please ensure that the pieces are at least two paragraphs long and no longer than one page each.
Format: Please write the text with Times New Roman, 12-point font. Make the document double-spaced, and place the two written pieces into a single Word document so annotations can be placed directly onto the pages.
Please submit the documents here in Caravel. You'll find the submission area on the left navigation bar on a tab called "Essay and Writing Evaluation."
"What will I receive "?
Within two (2) weeks of submitting your content for evaluation, you will receive feedback assessing punctuation and grammar, structure and form, diction and syntax, and more, with suggestions as to the best course of action for writing courses at Homeschool Connections' Aquinas Writing Advantage.
"What's the Cost"?
The Writing Assessment, which includes feedback from a professional writing instructor and course placement recommendations, is $32. Look to the left navigation bar to find a square button that says "Purchase Assessment" to begin!
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AWA Writing Assessment (MS): Essay and Writing Evaluation
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Bonnie Donlon
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Recorded
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Assessment and Placement
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Middle School
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Erin M. Brown, MA, MFA, Aubrey Heki, Sharon Hamric-Weis, Donna Graziose, Daniel Massett
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Live
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$0
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1000 seats available
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977 seats remaining
- Relative due dates
- Enhanced quiz security
- Enhanced assignment security
Special notes
To sign up for the Full Assessment now, follow these simple instructions:
1. Enroll: On the left-hand column of this page, you'll find the "Enroll in Live Course" box with a button that says, "Add to cart." Click the button.
2. Student Information: A popup box will give the option to select a student who will be taking the course. If you have not placed a student into the system yet, then select "create a new student" and fill in the student's information. Click "Add to cart" to move forward.
3. Go to Cart and Checkout: Use the popup option or, at the cart icon (found at the right-top of the page) to go to your cart. In your cart, the course will show up with a zero balance. Follow the checkout process.
Bonnie Donlon
bdonlon@homeschoolconnections.com
Mrs. Bonnie Donlon earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Literature from the University of Virginia. She taught writing at the Charlottesville Writing Center summer camp, then taught multiple subjects at The Covenant School in Charlottesville, Virginia, with Pre-K through 4th-grade students, including reading and writing in the classroom and in the after-school programs. Mrs. Donlon also co-taught with her husband for the elementary level religious education program at St. Thomas Aquinas parish.
When not teaching and grading student work, Mrs. Donlon enjoys reading, exploring the natural world with her children, and spending time with her extended family, including her sister-in-law, Mrs. Eleanor Nicholson, who is the High School Victorian Literature Instructor for Homeschool Connections. Mrs. Donlon is the Assistant Director for Middle School with the Aquinas Writing Advantage program, teaches the LIVE 6/7 Series Middle School Writing courses, and is the Middle School Assessment Coordinator.