Common Core Standards Writing
Writing Strategies
Summarization
Collaborative Writing
Specific Product Goals
Word Processing
Sentence-Combining
Prewriting
Inquiry Activities
Process Writing Approach
Study of Models
Writing for Content Learning
1. Choose a quality lesson done in the past or one you're developing.
2. Ask, "What writing task will enhance the concept(s) I'm already teaching?"
3. Look for "trigger" words that relate to a trait.
4. Zoom in on specific points from the "5" level of that trait rubric.
5. Develop a prompt using RAFTS
6. Re-imagine the lesson to include the steps in teaching a trait (see below).
1. Use literature
2. Work on a writing activity
3. Use sample papers
4. Peer respond/edit each others work
5. Teacher assesses papers
Mary's Delicious Page - Type in tags for 6_Traits, writing, voice, diction for a collection of sites with lesson plans and ideas. (You will need to set up a Delicious account. Visit http://www.delicious.com)
Education Northwest - formerly known as NWREL; home of 6+1 Traits of Writing
What Should I Read Next - a site for further reading recommendations