6 Traits of Good Writing Slide 2 of 14

Go to slide: 1: Rubric for Writing 2: 6 Traits of Good Writing 3: Last three traits 4: Trait #1 -- Content 5: What is the difference between this picture and the last one? 6: Trait #2 – Organization 7: Trait #3 -- Voice 8: Trait #4 -- Word Choice 9: Trait #5 -- Sentence Fluency 10: Trait #6 -- Conventions 11: Rubric Rating Scale 12: Rating Writing With Rubrics 13: Use Rubrics to Evaluate 14: The end

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4. What is voice? How can you put voice into you paper? 5. Why is word choice important? 6. How can you tell if writing does not include sentence fluency? Discuss all ideas. Break class into 6 groups. Assign each team one trait to be an expert about. (Pass out handout) Have each team find a good examples and 1 non-example from the handout to illustrate the trait they are assigned.

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