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Chapter 9 - Writing

We want to be able to help our students to become more perceptive and proficient in their writing. We want them to have enough time to react to ideas that we introduce to them and to think about the new ideas and finally to formulate their own ideas. How do we teach our students these writing traits? Here are some ideas.

There are six traits to writing: Ideas and Content Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence Fluency Conventions.


 * __Writing Tools to Help Support the Six Writing Traits __**

The Big Scoop

Sketching Someone

 Writing for an Audience

Comparing Myself to a Character

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__Graphic Organizers for the Content Areas __by Schell Educational Publishing

 Have the students write a character sketch about someone they know. Give all the elements that need to be included in the character sketch. Opening statement/facts Appearance Personality trait Glimpse of subject Example of Personality trait Fact Quote from the person Summary statement They need to use as many descriptive words as possible. Read through the paper and underline every adjective used. Trade papers and have your partner write a new word for each underlined word choice. Give paper back and decide if the suggested word choices are the better option.
 * // "Sketching Someone" //**