6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide: Grades 3 & Up: Everything You Need to Teach and Assess Student Writing with This Powerful Model ( Theory and Practice #0 )

6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide: Grades 3 & Up: Everything You Need to Teach and Assess Student Writing with This Powerful Model ( Theory and Practice #0 )


Contributor(s): Culham, Ruth (Author)


ISBN: 0439280389 EAN: 9780439280389


Binding: Paperback


Pub Date: January 01, 2003


Used throughout the United States and the world, the 6+1 Traits of Writing model has become a highly respected, essential tool for evaluating student writing and planning instruction. This guide provides teachers with everything they need to teach and assess student writing.


- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials | Language Arts
- Education | Elementary

304 pages


Assessing and teaching the most important qualities of good writing has never been easier.



Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation. Look at good writing in any genre, and you'll find these traits. Think of them as the fuel that stokes the engine of writing. With this book, teachers will learn how to assess student work for these traits and plan instruction. And they'll be amazed at how the writing in their classroom improves. Includes scoring guides, focus lessons, and activities for teaching each trait. For use with Grades 3 & Up.

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