Authors

Sherry Swain

National Writing Project

Sherry Swain is the state director of the NWP-affiliated Mississippi Writing Thinking Institute and a Senior Research Associate with the National Writing Project.

• Assessing Writing, Teaching Writers
  Putting the Analytic Writing Continuum to Work in Your Classroom
• I Can Write What's on My Mind
  Theresa Finds Her Voice
• Wise Eyes
  Prompting for Meaningful Student Writing

• Local Site Research Initiative: Results and Reflections
  The Voice, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2006
• Assessment in a Culture of Inquiry: The Story of the National Writing Project's Analytic Writing Continuum
  Writing Assessment in the 21st Century: Essays in Honor of Edward M. White, 2012
• The Emerging Shape of Voice
  English Journal, Vol. 104, No. 5, 2015
• The Final Free Modifier—Once More
  Journal of Teaching Writing, 2013
• Prominent Feature Analysis: What It Means for the Classroom
  English Journal, 2010
• Imitation in Progress
  The Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2002
• Mississippi Teachers are Big on WONDER
  The Voice, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1998
• Effects of NWP Teaching Strategies on Elementary Students’ Writing
  2007
• The Effect of Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute Professional Development on the Writing Achievement of Ninth-Graders
  2006
• First Grade Teachers: Writing and Learning
  The Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992
• From Communion to Communication: Connecting Heart and Brain in the Learning Process
  The Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2003
• Research Studies Continue to Show Impact of NWP Programs
  2007
• Back to Basics—Assumptions, That Is
  The Voice, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2000
• Why a State Network Action Project?
  The Voice, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2003
• SNAP Aims to Strengthen State Networks
  The Voice, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2003
• State Networks at Work: Mississippi Sites Hold Annual Visioning Retreat
  The Voice, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2002
• Rocky Mountain Retreat Inspires NWP Directors
  The Voice, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2000
• Mississippi State Network: Collaboration, Programming and Strength in the Reform Movement
  The Voice, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1997
• NWP Mountaineers Reflect on Summer Directors' Retreat
  The Voice, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1999