6 Traits of Writing
Mandy Morrical
The 6 Traits and What They Are
Idea
- Choose an idea or topic
- Include ideas such as facts, statistics, examples, and thoughts/feelings
- Have a topic sentence
- Main ideas need transitions(yellow)
- Details or Tell Me More (pink/red)
- Conclusions (green)
- Speak in a engaging way that keeps readers wanting more
- Use specific nouns and verbs
- Use exciting adverbs and adjectives
- Use a thesaurus
- Combine short choppy sentences into longer smoother ones
- Use a variety of sentence beginnings and lengths
- Use simple, compound, and complex sentences
- Use evaluation sheet to revise
- Edit using C.O.P.S.
The Writing Process Rap
The Writing Process
Brainstorming
- Brain storming is when you get all your ideas
- Prewriting is you make a layout (or floor plans) for your paragraph
- Make your rough draft or sloppy choppy
- Evaluation is when you read over and see what you could change
- Revising is when you change the big mistakes like taking out sentences
- Editing is when you change little mistakes like capitalization or C.O.P.S.
- Sharing is when give the document to your audience
Write Tools
Colors of the T-Table
When you use the T-Table your Topic and Conclusion sentences should be green, your Main Ideas yellow (the Main Ideas should always have transitions), and your tell me mores red.
Core Four Topic Sentences
Declarative
- Is when your topic sentence is declaring something. Example: Success can easily be achived in school.
Question
- Is when you try to lure in your reader in with a question. Example: What should students do to be successful in school?
Number Statement
- Is when you make a statement with a number in it (one, two, three, oodles, plethra). Example: Students should follow these three steps.
Situation Stance
- Is a sentence that has two halves, separated by a comma. Example: If you want to be successful in school, follow these simple steps.