6 Traits of Writing
Ashley Grice
Ideas
Excellent writing has a clear message, purpose, or focus.The writing contains plenty of specific ideas and details.
- Choose topic that interest you and fits your assignment .
- Include details such as facts, statistics, example, and thoughts or feelings.
Organization
Effective writing has a clear begging middle and end the overall writing is well organized and easy to follow.
- Topics sentences (green)
- Main ideas (yellow)
- Details/tell me more (pink/red)
Voice
The best writing reveals the writers voice his or her special way pf saying things.
- Speak in an engaging way that keeps readers want more
- Show rather then tell
Word Choice
Good writing contains strong words including specific nouns and verbs. The words fit the audience and deliver clear messages.
- Use specific nouns and verbs
- use exciting adverbs and adjetives
- use a thesorus
Sentence Fluency
Effective writing flows smoothly from one sentence vary in length and begin in a variety of ways.
- Combine short , choppy sentences into longer smoother ones.
- Use a variety of sentences lengths and beggings
Conventions
Good writing is carefully edited to make sure it is easy to understand. The writing follows the rules for punctuation and spelling.
- Use evaluation sheet for revision .
- Edit using .C.O.P.
Six Traits of Writing for Stick People
Writing Proccess
Brainstorming-
Jot down ideas thoughts .
Pre-writing-
You can jot down notes, thoughts, ideas, details that go with your ideas.
Revising-
Re-reading your paper and primarily looking for errors
Editing-
make any corrections like; grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization,,comma errors, introductions sentences.
Compose-
Write down your ideas in a paragraph or more,
Evaluation-
You can over look your paper or paragraph .
Publishing-
Is like your final draft. Your final copy of your rough draft.