Download kristinas favorite picture books for teaching the 6 traits. Prior to joining nwrel, ruth was english teacher of the year in montana, a highlight of her 19year teaching career. If you are looking for a resource to help you develop a longterm plan for teaching the traits, or break the traits into smaller lessons, you might find some ideas but its not nearly so helpful for that. The complete guide, grades 3 and up, as well as many other trait related teacher resources. For beginning writers of any age, the blank page can be daunting. As students learn the traits, they find that the first five deal with revision, the last two with editing.
Get the ball rolling with a book study that examines the foundations of the sixtraits framework. Six traits of writing for stick people on youtube youll need to download this youtube video at home if you want to play it in class page also contains. I implemented it in my classroom, and i just cant say enough about how well it has been received. Csi vow c conventions s sentence fluency i ideas v voice o organization w word choice. It has become a highly respected, essential tool for evaluating student writing and planning instruction. Ideas, organization, conventions, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency. Its primary author, ruth culham, is unit manager for the assessment program at northwest regional educational laboratory nwrel in portland, oregon. Ruth culham has 59 books on goodreads with 3428 ratings. The six traits are elements of writing that your students already know and use. According to this model, there are six key traits that make up quality writing and an extra traits. Specifically, they are 1 ideas and content, 2 organization, 3 voice, 4 word choice, 5 sentence fluency, and 6 conventions.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This breakdown alone is a big step toward understanding how to revise effectively. Writingfixs bibliography an extensive list of mentor texts and writing activities. The writer, who has already published a book, is working on a new one. To become a strong writer you need to know about these traits and how to use them in your writing. See more ideas about writing traits, writing and 6 traits of writing. Many teachers choose to introduce each of the 6 traits by reading a text that exemplifies the trait.
The making of a picture book conventions kiester, jane bell caught ya. This approach defines the ingredients of effective writing for students to practice and teachers to assess, equipping both parties with tools for strategically analyzing written work. This traitscommon core state standards crosswalk provides a sideby. Many teachers introduce each of the 6 traits by reading a text that exemplifies the trait. To support your childs first writing assignments, we made lists of picture books that match up with the six traits that teachers in arizona look for in childrens writing. Tribe meets white man for the first time original footage 1 5 duration. The six traits of writing your kids teacher wants to see. See more ideas about teaching writing, writing traits and writing. She has already published one book combined with a relative pronoun.
Its like being a three or fouryearold and looking at the world for the first time again. I highly recommend the book, but please do not purchase the digital version. If you appreciate the resources at this website, consider saying thank you to the northern nevada writing projectsponsors of writingfixby visiting their publication page and ordering any of their. Hold onto your seats because you have found over 230 pages of writing that includes. The complete guide, grades 3 and up, as well as many other traitrelated teacher resources. Students see the trait in action within such mentor text. Hello, my name is dena harrison, and i have been coordinator for 6 trait initiatives sponsored by the northern nevada writing project since 2004. Teachers use these traits to help students learn the specific skills necessary to make their writing really work. Six trait writing at web english teacher and the writingfix both have many more links to 6 traits pages. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next.
Author book title trait heller, ruth a cache of jewels and other collective nouns conventions. Jun 21, 2014 traits of writing for the primary grades. These are all books that are owned by one or more of the chittenango elementary libraries or reading departments. In writing, 6 traits have been identified which make a piece of writing strong. Get the ball rolling with a book study that examines the foundations of the six traits framework. Nonfiction writing strategies 2001maupin house graves, donald a fresh look at writing 1994heinemann harvey, stephanie nonfiction matters. Trait definitions offer a shared vocabulary that describes key characteristics found in good writing. These traits are used to score state writing tests. You feel like youve thought of these things a thousand times but just havent stopped to write them down.
Character traits poster before performing shared reading, the teacher can create a poster with a drawing of a main character from the book they are. Teaching the skills of organization teachercreated resources and lessons. Each year in northern nevada, our nnwp hosts several traitinspired inservice classes for teachers, it oversees dozens of 2 and 3hour workshops at school sites, and it develops new 6 trait resources that are freely shared on this page. The complete guide for middle school, winner of the 2011. Ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency. Six trait analytic writing model a collection of links to explanations, examples, and lesson ideas. The six traits are ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. This is an excellent resource for primary teachers. Download a pdf version of kristinas 6traits picture book recommendations. There are six different traits used for developing and evaluating good writing. My middle school students really enjoy the activities ive used nearly straight from the book. Presentation want a fun way to remember the 6 traits. The six traits of writing model provides a recipe for successful prose writing. The trait of presentation impacts the overall look of the product.
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