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Summary
Summary
Written by the pioneer of 6-trait writing, this fifth edition brings everything up to date, offering a comprehensive overview of the best education strategies and philosophies of writing assessment and instruction. It provides clear guidelines on helping students draft, assess, and revise their writing, as well as explicit criteria to show students precisely what they must do to succeed as writers in virtually any situation. Because the six traits are so widely used at the state level, many school districts are incorporating them into state standards and state assessments. This book can dramatically help teachers to prepare their students for success on state tests and beyond. Give students the preparation they need to become writers for life! New lessons, suggested by numerous teachers throughout the country--all tested and tried with students in the classroom! Lesson ideas connected to sample papers, offering students many opportunities to learn and practice revision skills. Updated rubrics,offering greater clarity and ease of use, including: a teacher favorite, theLeap the River 6-point model, that shows students precisely when and how writing moves from beginning levels (in need of revision) to proficient levels (demonstrating strength). abrand-new 3-level rubricthat can be adapted as a 5- or 6-point scale. This model offers students and teachers more flexibility than they have ever had in a rubric, with the descriptive richness of the 5-point scale and the thoroughness and precision of the 6-point. New teacher voicesin Chapter 10 to offer a wide range of instructional ideas. The author explicitly identifies key strategies, making this chapter much more user friendly and easy to skim for favorite moments. Spanish translationsoffered for some key items: "Leap the River" rubric for students, a Spanish student checklist, and--also brand new--Spanish trait summaries for use by teachers in introducing the traits. Strategies for challenged writers---and for those who need a challenge---are part of virtually every chapter, from lessons to process to recommendations from teachers. Those who work with struggling writers will gain ideas for making revision small and manageable, while those who work with more advanced students will discover ways to make trait-based writing as challenging as their students can handle. New primary continuumsinvite even the youngest writers into the trait-based classroom, all while emphasizing instruction, exploration, and discovery---not assessment. Study group discussion questions and activitiesoffer challenging and diverse ways for study groups or students in a writing class to extend their learning and work in teams. This book is intended to be used by groups who are serious about rethinking and redesigning their writing instruction and who wish to make the six traits part of that plan. Increased emphasis on informational writingappears throughout the book, both in examples and in lessons.
Author Notes
Vicki Spandel has worked as a language arts teacher, editor, journalist, technical writer, and award winning video producer. In 1984, Vicki coordinated the 17-member teacher team out of Beaverton, Oregon who developed the original, internationally recognized 6-trait model for writing assessment and instruction. Since that time, she has served as scoring director for more than 75 state, county, and district writing assessments, and has developed instructional writing materials for students K through college. She is a frequent visitor in writing classrooms, providing coaching on writing, revision, and editing. Vicki is the author or co-author (with Jeff Hicks) of more than 30 books for teachers and students, including Creating Young Writers , second edition (Allyn and Bacon), The 9 Rights of Every Writer (2005, Heinemann), The Write Traits Classroom Kits , Grades 1 through 8, Write Traits Advanced , Grades 9 through 12, and most recently, Write Traits Kindergarten: Bringing the Traits to Kinderwriters (all of Great Source). She lives with her family in the beautiful Three Sisters Wilderness area of Central Oregon.
Table of Contents
| Foreword |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgments |
| 1 Creating a Vision Who Invented the Six Traits? |
| Assessing to Learn: The Bridge to Revision |
| Ten Reasons to Make Six-Trait |
| Writing Part of Your Instruction |
| Building a Personal Vision Chapter 1 in a Nutshell |
| Study Group: Interactive Questions and Activities |
| 2 Creating Assessment to Match the Vision |
| Keys to Quality Assessment |
| Holistic 6-Trait Scale(Figure 2.3) |
| Horizontal and Vertical Integrity(Figure 2.4) |
| A Few Good Prompts(Figure 2.5) |
| Barry's Prompts(Figure 2.6) |
| Rules of the Road for Writing Prompts(Figure 2.7) |
| Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Lessons from Two Perspectives |
| Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Assessment |
| Twelve Tips for Succeeding on Writing Tests(Figure 2.8) |
| Lessons Learned from Classroom Assessment Chapter 2 in a Nutshell |
| Study Group: Interactive Questions and Activities |
| 3 Warming Up and Scoring Well |
| What Makes Writing Work(Figures 3.1 and 3.2) |
| Building a Community of Writers The Redwoods(Figure 3.3) |
| Mouse Alert(Figure 3.4) |
| What Teachers Value in Writing |
| What Teachers Value in Writing(Figure 3.5) |
| War of the Rubrics |
| Teacher 6-Point Writing Guide(Figure 3.6) |
| Getting Ready to Score Papers |
| Suggested Scores and Comments |
| Scoring Grid Master(Figure 3.7) |
| Making Your Scoring Consistent |
| Pet Peeves(Figure 3.9) |
| Chapter 3 in a Nutshell |
| Study Group: Interactive Questions and Activities |
| 4 Building a Foundation: Ideas and Organization |
| Ideas: The Heart of It All |
| Ideas "Shortie" (Figure 4.1) |
| Practice Papers |
| Paper 1 Making Decisions(Expository, Grade 8) |
| Paper 2 Harder Than You Think(Personal Essay, Grade 10) |
| Organization: Showcasing It |
| Organization "Shortie" (Figure 4.2) |
| Practice Papers |
| Paper 3 Some Cartoons Are Violent!(Persuasive, Grade 3) |
| Paper 4 The Baseball(Narrative, Grade 5) |
| Looking At Additional Papers |
| Paper 5 Unscripted Television: Enjoy It While You Can(Persuasive, Middle School) |
| Paper 6 Einstein(Informational, Grade 5) |
| Paper 7 Writing Today(Persuasive, Grade 9) |
| Paper 8 A Great Book(Literary Analysis, Grade 8) |
| Paper 9 Writing Is Important(Expository, Grade 11) |
| Paper |
