6-Trait Resources: Links, Blog, Search Engine, Books!
Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6-Traits
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Great 6-Traits Websites & Resources!
Classes Forming! Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6 Traits. 3 Graduate Units in 8 Weeks!6 Trait Power Write! At last Internet based software to support process writing with the 6-Traits! Click Here for Demo.Wiredinstructor: 6-Traits of Writing: Discussion A new threaded discussion with voices from around the world.Discussion GroupsNWREL PagesGreat Places to Find 6-Traits MaterialsStudent Samples & Demonstration PapersOverviews & Rubric RewritesWrite Away by Christopher MeeksUsing Literature to Teach the Traits
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Wiredinstructor's Discussion Groups - Let's Talk About It (Top) :
New! Wiredinstructor: 6-Traits of Writing: Discussion A new threaded discussion with voices from around the world.
Ginny Hoover's Six Trait Writing Mail Rings (Scroll down to find the 6-Traits area.)
The Teacher's.Net Mailrings area has conversations that we all might want to join. By all means join the 6-traits mailring!
The National Writing Project Home Page. You don’t have to be alone anymore – you know how to learn on the internet. Login and join NWP Interactive. NWP Interactive is a growing online community of teachers, writing project site directors and co-directors, and staff who are interested in sharing tools, resources, and strategies for furthering the work and mission of the National Writing Project. Multiple Forums on a variety of topics.
NWREL Pages (Top):
Review the descriptors on the NWREL Rubric (this is the .pdf file of the rubric)
NWREL's Definitions A single page with definitions for all traits.
Getting Started with the Six Traits
NWREL’s Assessment Program This is the assessment homepage of the NWREL.
Here you’ll find links to writing assessment, as well as:
Creating Writers: Spanish
Oral Communication Assessment
Traits of the Effective Reader
Oral Communication Assessment
NWREL Frequently Asked Questions
Great Places to Find 6-Traits Materials (Top):
Ginny Hoover's 6 Traits pages A good index of key information.
Ginny's Materials for 6 Traits Look here for useful teacher materials from Ginny Hoover.
NWREL Products Page Excellent materials designed for classroom and training purposes.
Great Source Education Group Books, Lessons, & Ideas for Teaching the Six Traits. Really a Great Source.
The Writer's Book Shelf My picks for books about writing and Traits assessment you MUST have!
New! Writing Fix A Non-Profit site for writers and teachers from the Northern Nevada Writing Project. Quality information from people who work in writing classrooms. Check it out!
Student Samples & 6-Trait Demonstration Papers (Top):
InterActive Six-Trait Writing Process This is a great resource. You are able to score a number of papers for all traits using a clever interface. Very useful for practice scoring.
O.P.E.N. -Practice Scoring Index page Oregon Public Education Network - This practice scoring page allows you to view and score scanned student samples online. Instant feed back on how your scores compare to 'official' scores can be very enticing. Oregon uses an adapted rubric and 6 point scoring scale based upon the NWREL standard.
Federal Way Public Schools in Washington state has a number of demonstration papers available online. They have adapted the Traits based scoring for their own purposes. Includes samples from all grade levels. High school (9 - 12) papers include examples of Reflective, Explanatory, informative, Descriptive, Persuasive and process analysis writing forms.
NWREL scoring practice page. Here you'll find 33 stories categorized by grade level, trait, and score. A good way to calibrate your sense of any given Trait.
KMSoul, Stories from the Middle. A publication of 7/8 narrative stories that have been assessed on the Nevada 4 Trait Rubric. (Nevada does not assess Word Choice or Sentence Fluency.) Scores are not revealed for samples in the main databank.
Overviews & 6-Trait Rubric Rewrites (Top):
Rewriting & the Six Traits of Effective Writing by Jamie McKenzie. © 1998, J.McKenzie, all rights reserved. (Permission for use in this class has been granted by the author.) Take a look at this fine re-translation of the 6+1 TRAITS™Rubric by web-ed guru Jamie McKenzie.
The Sowamss Curriculum Seminars Writing page. Of particular interest is the section for Parents.
The Cooper Elementary School Website. A nice example of how one school explains Traits to parents.
KIM'S KORNER for TEACHER TALK This is Kim Steele's energetic and feature packed site. Excellent teaching resources, including classforms and lessons for each Trait.
Write Away by eFuse Columnist Christopher Meeks (Top):
Great writing about writing from Christopher Meeks, playwright and teacher. Meeks is brilliant!
More Better Writing
More Better Writing, Part 2 -
"STYLE as substance"
Writing and the Web
Reading as a Writer
Seven Steps to Your Second Draft
Specifically Speaking
On Blank Screens
Seeking & Receiving Feedback
Reading as a Writer
In Search of Truth
Finding your voice
Why Write or Read Stories?
Structure: A framework for your words
Poetic Sense: Sound & Imagery
Using Literature to Teach the 6-Traits (Top):
Resources & Books that illustrate each trait.
Using Picture Books to Teach Narrative and Six Trait Writing Sandra O'Berry's fine bibliography provides specific recommendations for Organization, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency.
Children's Books and Professional Resources. Heartland now has over 225 primary children's books that have been identified by a trait. Also good bibliographies of professional resources about 6-Traits instruction. (Download in PDF format).
Books for Teaching the 6 Traits
Literature Suggestions for the 6 Traits of Writing + 1