Our Goals

Retackle the Traits

Build Scoring Confidence

Identify the Next Steps

Our Goals

The Six Traits of WritingIdeas and Content

Organization

Voice

Word Choice

Sentence Fluency

Conventions EditingTrait

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Ideas and Content

Clear and controlled

Focused and relevant

Fresh and original

Complete and well-developed

Organization

Inviting beginning

Logical sequencing

Thoughtful transitions

Conscious closing

Voice

Connects you to your reader

Expresses feelings

Varies according to purpose and audience

Is as unique as a fingerprint

Uses a variety of descriptive words

Paints a picture for the reader

Is specific to the audience and purpose

Promotes clarity with precise language

Word Choice

Strong, well-built sentences

Varied sentence lengths

Natural rhythm and flow

Varied sentence beginnings

Sentence Fluency

Capitalization

Punctuation

Spelling

Grammar

Conventions

Think about Your Writing Instruction…

• Which trait has been the easiest for you to score?

• The most difficult?

Traits Overview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VA2Mt4O-Ns

Evaluating Rubrics

Compare and contrast two or more rubrics from the samples provided.

Decide and discuss which rubric would work best for your class.

Where We Left Off…

Scoring Practice

Ideas and Organization

Practice

Practice

Scoring Practice

Voice and Word Choice

Practice

Sentence Fluency and Conventions

Scoring Practice

Last summer, I came across a video game called final fantasy II. It was a Role playing game online that was very fun and addicting. At the start of the summer I was worried alot about the changes that were happening in my life and I was scared about what was going to happen next year at school.

This Fantasy of living in a world of fun and adventure looked alot better than reality so I started playing. At first everything was ok. I forgot about my problems and had alot of fun.

Around August I relized that I had not only forgot about my problems but I had forgot about my cares too. I hadn’t talked to my family much, I barely spent time with friends and I hadn’t even got my permit yet and I was a month away from 16. This game was no longer a fantasy but an addiction. All I wanted to do was play this game and nothing else.

Finaly, with the help of my friends and some thinking, I decided to stop playing final fantasy or any other addicting games again. This was a key decision in my life.

Practice

Scoring Practice

http://www.openc.k12.or.us/scoring/

http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/traits/scoring_practice.php

Students know expectations from beginning

Expectations can be assigned by teachers or students

Students can monitor their own progress

Students become aware of the quality of their work

They can use the rubric as a final checkpoint

Students with special needs can have tailored rubrics

Rubric Benefits

Jackson and Larkin, Teaching Students to Use Grading Rubrics 2002

How Can We Help Students Understand Scoring Rubrics?

Jigsaw Activity

Group A: Teaching Students about Rubrics, page 41 and part of 42 with Table 2

Group B: The Rubric Strategy page, 42-43 with Figure 2

Group C: Common Problems and Suggestions, page 44 with Table 3

Create a short presentation for your peers!

Read Jackson and Larkin’s, Teaching Students to Use Grading Rubrics 2002

More Ways to Help Students Understand:

Start with checklists.This helps students recognize thestrengths in their writing.

Complement the Traits.Students will begin to recognize strengths in others’ writing.

Start with simple Rubrics.Add more criteria as the students gain confidence.

Scoring PracticeTeacher and Student Scoring Practice

http://www.literatelearner.com/Create a sample student account with class

ID LK823 and practice scoring!

Resources!http://6-traits.blogspot.com/

www.writingfix.com

www.readwritethink.org

Resources!http://als.4aplus.comGet essay prompts

& supplement writing lessons