Six Trait Writing

A slide show to help you with the 6 traits and become the wonderful writer that you are!

10 Great Ways To Become A Better Writer

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Look in your heart and in your head. The only way to become a better… is to write… YOU have a unique voice. In fact, nobody else in the world has YOUR voice. Nobody can tell a story or write a report quite the way YOU can. So how do you find your voice? Where is it hiding? Look in your heart and in your head.

The 6 Traits

Ideas Ideas are mainly ideas! Creative ideas make the story all the better! Here’s a great example of great ideas- When I grow up I plan to invent a roller coaster to the moon. Not only will people be able to learn much about space, but they will be able to experience zero gravity. It’s interesting, it’s creative, it’s ideas! It is the writer’s unique and personal ideas that make the writing fun to read! Now take a look at bad ideas- The bike was pretty. It went fast. I like my bike. It is cool. Who wants to read that kind of story all the time?

Organization Organization consist of how well the writing is organized. Example of bad organization- How to Dry Flowers 3. Keep flowers safe 1. Pick flowers 2. Press flowers and keep till dry Pretty hard to read and understand, huh. Example of good organization- See the difference?

Word Choice Word choice consists of mostly choosing good words. Check out this good example of word choice. It should help you picture the subject mentally- The scene was beautiful. The air was sweet and balmy. The golden sunset gave the world a warm, golden glow. Can’t you just picture it? Now look at a bad example of word choice- The scene was pretty. The air was nice. It was fun. The sunset was pretty. BORING! Good word choice helps your sentences flow smoothly and helps your reader get a better mental picture!

Voice Voice is your voice, let it sing out! If your writing has good voice it sounds like you talking! You can usually show voice by making people in your story talk using quotation marks. Voice also expresses feeling to other people or things. Here’s an example of bad voice- Mom told me to do my homework, she said “Do your homework!” I don’t like it when she says that. Here’s an example of good, strong felt voice- I was just about to turn on the TV to watch the best show on the planet when my mom yelled for me to do my homework. I hate it when she yells at me like that! I haven’t watched my show for almost two weeks because of that math homework! I grumbled all the way upstairs to my school bag. Can’t you just feel the anguish that the character is feeling here?

Sentence Fluency Sentence fluency is how well your sentences go with the flow! Make sure your sentences aren’t choppy! First let’s take a look at good sentence fluency- The gracious king and queen wanted a baby girl very badly. Then that very special day came when their wish was granted. Born to them that day was a dazzling beautiful baby girl with hazel green eyes, green as the ocean. Now take a look at a bad sentence fluency- The king and queen wanted a baby. They got a baby. She was pretty. She had green eyes. They looked like the ocean. See the difference? Good sentence fluency helps the reader read it easier.

Conventions Conventions consist of spelling, punctuation and grammar. Example of good conventions in a sentence - The grass is always greener on the other side. Example of bad conventions in a sentence - the greess is allways greeener on the othhr side? See the difference? Bad conventions confuse the reader.

Story Sparkers

Story Sparkers What if you found a dinosaur egg in you mom’s new and exotic plant? What if you were invited to a sleepover at the haunted house across the street? What if a family of monsters moved in next door? What if you found a secret passage way behind your bookcase? What if your cat could talk, but only you could hear her? What if your favorite movie star knocked on your door one day?

Dream Create Inspire

Let the little author inside of you come out and write!