All good writing has six key ingredients: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions — these are the Six Traits of Writing.

The Six plus one Trait is a way of teaching, modeling, and assessing the instruction of writing. The Six Traits of writing are Voice, Ideas,. Presentation, ...

Scholastic and author Ruth Culham (6+1 Traits of Writing) present how a shared vocabulary provides a foundation for student writers in the primary grades.

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It is the heart and soul of the writing, the magic, the wit, the feeling, the life and breath. When the writer is engaged personally with the topic, he/she ...

The Six Traits become a scoring guide AND a tool for writing and using the writing process. • It is a shared vocabulary for teachers and students. • The six ...

Share the 6 Traits of Writing with your students. Plan your trait introduction. Consider setting aside 1-2 writing mini-lessons per trait–that's 6-12 days total ...