11s 6 traits intro

Learning to Write Good

How to know what you rock at and what you don’t so much rock at

Well

WRITING IS HARD TO MEASURE

Writing should adapt to your

audience

How to evaluate your own writing

6 Traits + 1IdeasVoice Sentence Fluency

Word Choice

Organization Conventions

Ideas

How do you use specific details and elaborate on your general comments?

I am hopeless with directions. Yesterday, I got

lost on the way to the refrigerator and had to text my little sister to

rescue me.

Voice

How does your writing create the impression of a unique human being?

What kind of person chows down on 3 donuts, 4-day old bacon and the last dregs of grapefruit

juice and calls it dinner?

Organization

How does your writing create the impression of a unique human being?

What kind of person chows down on 3 donuts, 4-day old bacon and the last dregs of grapefruit

juice and calls it dinner?

Word Choice

How do you choose the correct word or the surprising word to convey meaning?

Sometimes, I get so angry at my cats I want

to defenestrate them.

Word Choice

How do you choose the correct word or the surprising word to convey meaning?

Sometimes, I get so angry at my cats I want

to defenestrate them.

Sentence Fluency

How do you organize, vary, and construct your sentences?

Even though I am over 40-years old, I still, embarassingly, find

myself thinking that my dad is going to fix things

when they break.

Conventions

How do you use correct grammar and writing mechanics to make your writing clear?

I know how to spell the word achieve but

surprise, for some reason, still eludes

me.

Using your writing as a model, take the 6 traits and give yourseld a grade

from 1-10.

For each trait, write a short sentence that explains your strength and what

you need to work on