Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction

Name: Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction
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ISBN: 9780205619108

ISBN-10: 020561910X

ISBN-13: 9780205619108

Edition: 5th 2009

Authors: Vicki Spandel, Cindy Marten

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New perspectives on how the 6-traits of writing can be adapted to fit a teachers curriculum, philosophy, grade level, and teaching style, as well as special needs of students.New and creative ways to use 6-trait writing in classrooms-including adaptations for kinesthetic learners and second language learners.Middle grade literacy specialists and teachers incorporating writing exercises as part of their curriculum.

Book details

List price: $63.99
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Vicki Spandel has worked as a language arts teacher, researcher, editor, journalist, technical writer, and award winning video producer. In 1984, Vicki coordinated the 17-member teacher team out of Beaverton, Oregon, that developed the original, internationally recognized 6-trait model for writing assessment and instruction. Since that time, she has served as scoring director for more than 80 state, county, and district writing assessments, and has developed instructional writing materials for students K through college. She is a frequent visitor in writing classrooms, providing coaching on writing, revision, and editing.Vicki is the author or co-author (with Jeff Hicks) of more than 30…



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Creating a Vision Who Invented the Six Traits?


Assessing to Learn: The Bridge to Revision


Ten Reasons to Make Six-Trait


Writing Part of Your Instruction


Building a Personal Vision Chapter 1 in a Nutshell


Study Group: Interactive Questions and Activities



Creating Assessment to Match the Vision


Keys to Quality Assessment


Holistic 6-Trait Scale(Figure 2.3)


Horizontal and Vertical Integrity(Figure 2.4)


A Few Good Prompts(Figure 2.5)


Barry's Prompts(Figure 2.6)


Rules of the Road for Writing Prompts(Figure 2.7)


Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Lessons from Two Perspectives


Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Assessment


Twelve Tips for Succeeding on Writing Tests(Figure 2.8)


Lessons Learned from Classroom Assessment Chapter 2 in a Nutshell


Study Group: Interactive Questions and Activities



Warming Up and Scoring Well


What Makes Writing Work(Figures 3.1 and 3.2)


Building a Community of Writers The Redwoods(Figure 3.3)


Mouse Alert(Figure 3.4)


What Teachers Value in Writing


What Teachers Value in Writing(Figure 3.5)


War of the Rubrics


Teacher 6-Point Writing Guide(Figure 3.6)


Getting Ready to Score Papers


Suggested Scores and Comments


Scoring Grid Master(Figure 3.7)


Making Your Scoring Consistent


Pet Peeves(Figure 3.9)



in a Nutshell


Study Group: Interactive Questions and Activities



Building a Foundation: Ideas and Organization


Ideas: The Heart of It All


Ideas "Shortie" (Figure 4.1)


Practice Papers



Making Decisions(Expository, Grade 8)



Harder Than You Think(Personal Essay, Grade 10)


Organization: Showcasing It


Organization "Shortie" (Figure 4.2)


Practice Papers



Some Cartoons Are Violent!(Persuasive, Grade 3)



The Baseball(Narrative, Grade 5)


Looking At Additional Papers



Unscripted Television: Enjoy It While You Can(Persuasive, Middle School)



Einstein(Informational, Grade 5)



Writing Today(Persuasive, Grade 9)



A Great Book(Literary Analysis, Grade 8)



Writing Is Important(Expository, Grade 11)


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