| Detailed Description: |
| Video - 6+1 Traits of Writing |
Ruth Culham
(3-6)
This powerful and engaging professional development series contains: Four easy-to-use videos and one professional development guide designed to help you use the 6+1 trait model to assess student writing and create focus lessons based on each of the traits! Plus, you`ll find instructional strategies and classroom management tips in each of the 30-minute videos.
The Videos:
VIDEO 1 provides background on the 6+1 trait model, scoring tips, and rubrics. It spotlights classroom lessons on developing and using rubrics in the classroom.
VIDEOS 2, 3, and 4 focus on the specific traits of ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation.
Within each video you`ll find:
- Key Qualities of Each Trait - definition and explanation of each trait.
- Assessment Roundtables - teacher discussions that use scoring guides to assess student papers.
- Focus Lessons - teachers and students in elementary classrooms at work with lessons designed to teach skills related to each of the traits.
- A Closer Look - teacher elaboration on important strategies for teaching writing using the trait model.
- Classroom Management Tips - teacher and student interviews on what works in teaching and learning the writing traits.
The Professional Development Guide:
The guide follows the order of each video, providing background, explanation, and resources for additional reading and study.
It contains materials you need to follow and
fully participate in the videos, such as:
- writing samples assessed at the roundtables
- 6+1 trait scoring guides
- classroom lesson plans and reproducibles
Four 30-minute VHS videotapes plus professional development guide
(3-6)
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