Thursday, April 14, 2011

6 Traits

Ideas & Development

  • The students must generate IDEAS to address the TOPIC and DEVELOP the ideas so they can address the PURPOSE of the writing piece.  It is the CLARITY and FOCUS.
Organization
  • The students must ORGANIZE the writing in a specific form. The writer examines the sequencing of the beginning, middle, and end of the writing piece.
Voice
  • Addresses the audience in the writing. The writers own personality and the writers awareness of the person or persons who will be reading the piece are evident
Word Choice
  • Encourages the writer to choose specific language appropriate to the topic, audience, and purpose of the writing.
Sentence Fluency
  • Examines how sentences have been put together or ordered. 
  • Encourages variety in sentence length and structure.
Conventions
  • The "cleaning crew" of the writing piece. 
  • Comes after revisions have been made and the writing has its shape and purpose nailed. 
  • The editing of the piece.
Source: Jennifer Wimmer, Brigham Young University, 2011

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