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Six Trait Writing: Continuing Our Conversations
Denise O’BrienESU 10
November 23, 2011
NDE Update Personal Narrative Review the six traits Share resources and activities that
support six trait writing in your classroom
Share technology tips and sites that can be incorporated to enhance writing instruction
Today’s Outcomes
Writing is not a regular part of my
program and occurs sporadically throughout the year.
My students write once a week. Daily lessons include writing
assignments for my students. Large blocks of time are allocated
to student writing.
Self-assessment of Writing in My Classroom
NeSA-W
2011 Testing Window: January 23- February 10 May 2012- NeSA-W scores released Analytic rubric available Domains weighted (2013)
Content /ideas- 35% Organization- 25% Word choice/Voice- 20% Conventions – 20%
4th Grade will continue to be paper pencil
Fabulous 4
1. Use I or We2. About incident that really happened3. Beginning, Middle and End4. Reflection
Characteristics of Personal Narrative
• Use I or we• Has voice• Has a reflection• About an incident that really happened• Appeals to senses• Logical sequence• Shows emotion or feelings• Has beginning, middle, and end• Strong Verbs• Usually in the past tense• Plenty of description• Often includes conversation• Shows more than tells• Might be embellished• Reflection
Characteristics of Personal Narrative
The Reading-Writing
Connection
“Nobody but a reader ever became a writer”
~ Richard Peck
“Long before writers can create their own text, they can learn what good writing is all about by hearing
and loving the work of others.”
~Spandel & Stiggins, 1997
Provide opportunities for your students to write often and for many purposes
Write with students Model writing Use the language of writing Share books you love Use think-alouds Introduce the writing process to your
students
Where do you begin?
Explicit instruction on
writing skills and strategies
Opportunities to respond in lessons
Positive, corrective feedback on performance
Emergent and Developing Writers Need . . .
Have a strong, clear idea. Use details and pictures to paint a picture in your
reader’s mind. Write with authority and voice. Organize your information so that a reader can
follow it. Use words that make sense—and that are lively as
well. Write with fluency and variety—the way good
dancers dance. Make your conventions as strong as you can so that
readers can figure out your message.
“…the keys to writing well:”
Spandel, 2008, Creating Young Writers
Model I do it.
Prompt We do it.
Check You do it.
Teaching Skills and Strategies
http://holdregeelementarywriting.wikispaces.com/
Holdrege Elementary Writing Wiki
The paper is focused, clear, and
specific It all makes sense The topic is small enough to handle There are important telling details
that go beyond common knowledge Clear Interesting
Ideas
Ideas Lesson
Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction ~ Rebecca Olness
Use picture prompts
http://www.flickr.com
The Story Starter Jr. http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm
ToonDoo http://www.toondoo.com/
Technology Tips & Sites for Ideas
There is a snappy lead that
gets the reader’s attention. The paper is easy to follow. Everything fits in the right
place. Provides connections. Like a road map, easy to follow. There is a graceful ending. It
doesn’t just stop.
Organization
Read The Gingerbread Man to the class. Discuss the beginning, middle and end of
the story with the class. Use a paper that has been folded in thirds,
demonstrate that the first section is for the first part of the story, the middle section is for the middle of the story, and the last section is for the end of the story.
Have students draw a picture of the beginning, middle, and end of the story in the appropriate space. Depending on the age and ability of the student, a few words or sentences can be added.
Organization Lesson
Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction ~ Rebecca Olness
Four Square for Organization
Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer
Types and Examples of Transitions http://bit.ly/pU1cKK
Use a picture prompt and have students write beginnings or endings for the picture. Capture their ideas on a Google Doc.
Technology Tips & Sites for Organization
It sounds like the particular writer. The writer seems engaged, involved with the
topic. It brings the topic to life. The paper is full of feelings. It makes me respond – laugh, smile, cry,
wince . . . I want to read it aloud. It has pizzazz!
Voice
Read Fly Away Home and
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting. Have students work in pairs or
groups to find the words used to convey the feelings in the book.
Chart the feeling words.
Voice Lesson
Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction ~ Rebecca Olness
Read Guess How Much I love You by Sam
McBratney.
Voice Lesson
Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction ~ Rebecca Olness
Idiom Site http://www.idiomsite.com/
The Writing Fix http://
writingfix.com/6_traits/voice.htm The Writing Fix – Feeling Game
http://writingfix.com/forkids/feelinggame.htm
Skype: www.skype.com Skype an Author Network
http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
Technology Tips & Sites for Voice
There are moments that stick
with you. There are strong verbs and
precise nouns. The words are colorful, snappy,
vital, brisk and fresh. The words create word
pictures. The words are just right.
Word Choice
I do not choose the right word. I get rid of the wrong one.
~A.E. Housman
Read Bear Snores
On by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
Chart and discuss all of the “wow” words the students hear
Word Choice Lesson
Rock or Pebble Game – Creating Writers,
Spandel Some words have muscle. They carry a lot
weight. They have substance, meaning and impact.
Have an assortment of words and have children determine if the word is a “pebble” a vague word or a “rock” an impact word.
Make Word Posters
Word Choice
Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/ Snappy Words
http://www.snappywords.com/ Instant Poetry Forms
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Synonyms for said http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/
Technology Tips & Sites for Word Choice
The paper is easy to read aloud. There are some short and some long
sentences. Sentence beginnings vary; they show
how ideas connect. There are carefully crafted sentences. There is consistency in tense. The paper flows.
Sentence Fluency
Have students list or circle the first word
in each sentence they have written.
Have students count the words in each sentence and make a list.
Phone Yourself Have students read their work into
phonics phone.
Lesson Ideas for Sentence Fluency
I Caught It by Sarah Barchas
http://writingfix.com/6_Traits/Primary/I_caught_it.htm
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen http://writingfix.com/Process/Revi
sion/Owl_Moon.htm
Sample Word Choice Lessons
The paper looks clean, edited and
proofread. Capital letters are used correctly. Punctuation was used correctly. Spelling is accurate. Paragraphs are indented. The writer used good grammar. The reader does not need to do
any mental editing.
Conventions
Model, model, model Keep expectations realistic Use word banks or personal
dictionaries Ask students to double-space Give students editing practice often Teach editor’s symbols Have students read their writing aloud
Lesson Ideas for Conventions
By reading literature often and widely students more readily learn to write.
~Rebecca Olness
Picture Books for Teaching Six Trait Writing http://bit.ly/cOtrcH
Writing Fix Teacher Lessons http://writingfix.com/
Literature Resources
Holdrege Elementary Writing Wiki
http://holdregeelementarywriting.wikispaces.com/
ESU 4 Six Trait Writing Wiki http://esu4sixtraitwriting.wikispaces.com/
ESU 3 K-2 Six Trait Writing Wiki http://
writingextravaganza3.wikispaces.com/Six+Traits+K-2
ESU 3 3-6 Six Trait Writing Wiki http://
writingextravaganza3.wikispaces.com/Six+Traits+3-6
Sites to Check Out
1. Be a collector.
2. Be a reader.
3. Form a network.
4. Post the traits in your room.
5. Model (be a writer yourself).
6. Have your students write, write, and write more.
7. Include parents.
8 Things You Can Do Right Now