Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 23:10:01 -0700
Subject: 6Traits Digest #2 - 06/13/99
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6Traits Digest #2 - Sunday, June 13, 1999

  Re: 6Traits- mailring description - brief
          by "Amy Schrader" <amyschrader&#64;yahoo.com>


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Subject: Re: 6Traits- mailring description - brief
From: Amy Schrader <amyschrader&#64;yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 12:24:36 -0700 (PDT)


All right Susan!  Let's get started!  Can't wait, chomping at the bit!

Amy in SC
--- Susan Nixon <&#115;&#117;&#115;&#97;&#110;&#64;&#100;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#114;&#116;&#115;&#107;&#121;&#111;&#110;&#101;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;> wrote:
> Correction - the sub and unsub directions come at
> the beginning of every
> message.
> If you hit reply, the message comes to the list, so
> please be sure that is
> what you want.
> Now for the brief description.
> 
> 6Traits List is for K-12 teachers involved in
> teaching students to write 
> and in evaluating children's writing.  It is for
> teachers using, or 
> desiring to use, the Six Traits Writing Assessment
> system from Northwest 
> Regional Education Laboratory.
> 
> Six Traits is a way of looking at what makes writing
> good and draws a 
> reader into the text.  It is an assessment tool, and
> also a teaching tool. 
> The traits are conventions (mechanics), word choice,
> voice, sentence 
> fluency, content and ideas, and organization.
> Presentation is a new trait, 
> but we will not look at it until later.
> 
> This list is initially being set up for an online
> class. In class, we will 
> look at what each of the traits means, a rubric for
> scoring (not 
> *grading*, but where a writer is on the continuum
> from emerging to 
> fluent), and strategies for teaching. If you use
> Writer's Workshop, or 
> something similar, it slides right into your
> program.  
> 
> We will study each trait, practice each trait, study
> the rubric for each 
> trait, practice using the rubric, study some
> strategies I have for 
> teaching each trait, and come up with more teaching
> strategies to share.  
> When the course is finished, the list will become a
> support for teachers 
> using the Six Traits in the classroom.
> 
> Susan Nixon
> 2nd Grade
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
> 

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