6 Traits of Writing
Luke Wade
1- idea
Creating an idea is the first step of writing.
- Choose a topic that interests you and fits the assignment
- Include details such as facts, statistics, examples, and thoughts/feelings
2-Organization
Organization makes the writing look neat
- organization lets your writing flow smoothly
3-Voice
- speak in an engaging way that keeps readers wanting more
- show rather than tell
4-Word Choice
- use specific nouns and verbs
- use exciting adverbs and adjectives
- use a thesaurus
5-Sentence Fluency
- combine short, choppy sentence into longer sentence smoother ones
- use variety of sentence beginnings and legnths
- use simple, compound, and complex sentences
6-Conventions
- use evaluation sheet to revise
- edit using COPS
Conventions Rockin' the Six Traits of Writing
Writing Process
Brainstorming
- determine ideas for your writing
Prewriting
- research your topic
- set up your outline
Compose (rough draft)
- the first piece of writing
Evaluation
- appraise your writing
Revise
- to show mistakes to allow changing
Editing
- make the changes that you showed in Revising
Publishing
- hand in you work
Write Tools
T-Table
- T-Tables are made to assemble and organize your writing.
Core 4 topic sentences
- simple statement is a statement that is to the point
- number statement includes a number to set of the big ideas
- question is a question that interests the reader into the topic
- situation/stance situation introduces the topic, stance states point of topic
Main Ideas
- Main Ideas are (yellow) set off the details for the topic
Details
- Details tell about the Main ideas which lead to the topic
Conclusion
- Conclusions are the result of a process
Color scheme
- Green is the topic sentence and conclusion
- Yellow is main ideas
- red is details