Table of Contents: Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction


Forward
Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Creating a Vision

  1. Who Invented the Six Traits?
  2. Assessing to Learn: The Bridge to Revision
  3. Ten Reasons to Make Six-Trait Writing Part of the Vision
  4. Building a Personal Vision
  5. Chapter 1 in a Nutshell
  6. Extensions
  7. Looking Ahead

Chapter 2: Creating Assessment to Match the Vision

  1. Keys to Quality Assessment
  2. Making Assessment Support Instruction (not Vice Versa)
  3. Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Lessons Learned from Two Perspectives
  4. Large-Scale Writing Assessment: How It Looks
  5. Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Assessment
  6. Chapter 2 in a Nutshell
  7. Extensions
  8. Looking Ahead

Chapter 3: Coming Face to Face with the Six Traits

  1. Building a Community of Writers
  2. What Teachers Value in Writing
  3. War of the Rubrics
  4. Getting Ready to Score Papers
  5. Suggested Scores and Comments
  6. Making Your Scoring Consistent
  7. Chapter 3 in a Nutshell
  8. Extensions
  9. Looking Ahead

Chapter 4: Building a Foundation: Ideas and Organization

  1. Ideas: The Heart of It All
  2. Practice Papers
  3. Organization: Showcasing It
  4. Practice Papers
  5. Looking at Additional Papers
  6. Chapter 4 in a Nutshell
  7. Extensions
  8. Looking Ahead

Chapter 5: Adding Flavor: Voice, Word Choice, and Sentence Fluency

  1. Voice: Fingerprints on the Page
  2. Practice Papers
  3. Word Choice: The Bridge from Message to Voice
  4. Sentence Fluency: Variety and Rhythm
  5. Looking at Additional Papers
  6. Chapter 5 in a Nutshell
  7. Extensions
  8. Looking Ahead

Chapter 6: Framing the Picture: Conventions and Presentation

  1. Conventions and Presentation: Editing and Framing Practice Papers
  2. Examples of Presentation
  3. Putting All Traits Together
  4. The Next Step
  5. Chapter 6 in a Nutshell
  6. Extensions
  7. Looking Ahead

Chapter 7: Supporting Writing Process

  1. "For Monday"
  2. What Real Writers Do
  3. "Read All About It"
  4. We Need to Model It
  5. Process First, Then Traits, Then Modes
  6. Experience: The Well We Draw From
  7. Prewriting/Rehearsing: Giving Shape to the Instinct
  8. Drafting: Creating Substance
  9. Sharing: Playing to an Audience
  10. Revising: Remodeling the House
  11. Editing: Making the Reader "At Home" in Your Text
  12. Publishing: Honoring and Preserving Writing
  13. Assessing: A Partnership
  14. Endnote
  15. Chapter 7 in a Nutshell
  16. Extensions
  17. Looking Ahead

Chapter 8: Unlocking the Door to Revision

  1. Four Steps to Teaching Traits
  2. Focused Lessons for Ideas
  3. Focused Lessons for Organization
  4. Focused Lessons for Voice
  5. Focused Lessons for Word Choice
  6. Focused Lessons for Sentence Fluency
  7. Focused Lessons for Conventions
  8. What to Tell Parents about Conventions
  9. Chapter 8 in a Nutshell
  10. Extensions
  11. Looking Ahead

Chapter 9: Troubleshooting: Dealing with Common Writing Problems

  1. Ideas
  2. Organization
  3. Voice
  4. Word Choice
  5. Sentence Fluency
  6. Conventions
  7. Helping Challenged/Beginning Writers
  8. Helping Students Who Know the Traits Well
  9. Chapter 9 in a Nutshell
  10. Extensions
  11. Looking Ahead

Chapter 10: Listening to Teachers' Voices

  1. In Elaine's Self-Contained Sixth Grade Classroom
  2. In Jim's High School Classroom
  3. In Billie's Seventh Grade Classroom
  4. In Ellen's AP English Classroom
  5. In Judy's Third Grade Classroom
  6. In Penny's Second Grade Classroom
  7. In Arlene's K-1 Classroom
  8. In Andrea's MultiAge Second-Language Classroom
  9. In Sammie's "Tiger Learning Center"
  10. Chapter 10 in a Nutshell
  11. Extensions
  12. Looking Ahead

Chapter 11: Adapting the Traits to Fit You

  1. The Simplest Adaptation: Being Selective
  2. Simplicity Itself: The Checklist
  3. A Scoring Guide for Informational and Research-Based Writing
  4. Sample Papers: An Invitation
  5. Adapting the Guide for Native Spanish Speakers
  6. Chapter 11 in a Nutshell
  7. Extensions
  8. Looking Ahead

Chapter 12: Exploring the World of Beginning Writers

  1. Teaching Ourselves What to Look For
  2. Helping Writers See Their Strengths
  3. How Traits Look Early On
  4. Ideas for Teaching Traits to Beginners
  5. Continuums for Charting Growth
  6. Give It Time
  7. Postscript
  8. Chapter 12 in a Nutshell
  9. Extensions
  10. Looking Ahead

Chapter 13: Communicating with Students: Comments, Conferences, Peer Review, Grades, and Bringing Parents In

  1. Comments
  2. Conferences
  3. Peer Response Groups
  4. Grading
  5. Communicating with Parents
  6. Chapter 13 in a Nutshell
  7. Extensions
  8. Looking Ahead

Chapter 14: Believing

Appendices
References Cited
Index

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