1. 6+1 Traits

2. Today’s Schedule Revision Activity 6+1 Writing Traits defined
Ideas and Content
Organization
Word Choice
Voice
Using Literature to teach traits
Student samples
Student Sample Assignment

3. Ideas- what matters to you, the main message, the main idea, interesting topics, what’s important
Organization- beginning, middle, end- graphic organizers, pre-writing
Voice- make it sound like you, use colorful words, figurative language, passion in your writing, aware of the reader
Word Choice- parts of speech used correctly, figurative language, transition words
Sentence Fluency- smooth and easy to read, makes sense, subject/verb agreement
Conventions- punctuation, spelling, grammar
Presentation- who is your audience, overall appearance, pleasing to the eye, for your intended audience

4. Using Literature to Teach Traits
A mentor text is defined by NNWP’s Writing Fix site as, “A published piece of writing whose idea, whose structure, or whose written craft can be analyzed and discussed as a means of inspiring students' own writing.”
There are 3 types of Mentor Texts, they are:
Idea
Structure
Craft
At this point, share the 7 writings power point.

5. Student Writing Samples
Using student samples and the rubric, we will be assessing student work.

6. For Tuesday Sentence Fluency Conventions Presentation
Continue Literature to Teach Traits
Assessing Student Samples
Importance of Grammar