Congratulations! You have found the ultimate 6-Traits of Writing master checklist and cheat sheet! Be sure to review all six categories and start guiding your students to true writing excellence! 1) Ideas / Content, 2) Organization, 3) Sentence Fluency, 4) Word...
What genre of story are you reading or writing? To answer this question, you must understand the characteristics and qualities of genre. In other words, what kinds of ideas, subject matter, characters, techniques, and strategies are used in the story? Below you will...
Narrative is one of the more important words in the English language. It’s how we make sense of the world; it’s also how we see and understand ourselves. Narrative story is so powerful that Plato (circa 427 BC—347 BC), one of history’s greatest minds, banned...
What is descriptive writing? The real question is this: How do student writers use descriptive writing effectively in real writing? When teachers can answer this question, they know how to use their time wisely to teach descriptive writing. I mention this because the...
How do you teach young minds to write persuasive arguments? It’s easy! You teach your students strategies, techniques, concepts, and vocabulary. Then your students prewrite, write, and rewrite. After your students finish writing, how do you know if your students have...
You’ve just found a complete collection of “Common Core Writing Standards in Checklist and Table Form: Grades K-12.” You can download one set or download the entire collection! Standards are boring! But wait! They are also useful and important! Since the standards are...
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