6+Writing+Traits

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**What are the 6 +1 Writing Traits?**
**+1 Presentation: **Presentation zeros in on the form and layout of the text and its readability: the piece should be pleasing to the eye.
 * 1) **Ideas:** The ideas are the heart of the message, the content of the piece, the main theme, together with the details that enrich and develop that theme.
 * 2) **Organization: **Organization is the internal structure of a piece of writing, the thread of central meaning, the logical and sometimes intriguing pattern of the ideas.
 * 3) **Voice: **The voice is the heart and soul, the magic, the will, along with the feeling and conviction of the individual writer coming out through the words.
 * 4) **Word Choice: **Word choice is the use of rich, colorful, precise language that moves and enlightens the reader.
 * 5) **Fluency:  **Sentence fluency is the rhythm and flow of the language, the sound of work patterns, the way in which the writing plays to the ear - not just to the eye.
 * 6) **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Convention: ** Conventions are the mechanical correctness of the piece - spelling, grammar and usage, paragraphing, use of capitals, and punctuation. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">

http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htm

http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html
 * The 6 traits for elementary students**

http://www.geocities.com/ljacoby_2000/6traits.html http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=documents&JAS_DocumentManager_op=viewDocument&JAS_Document_id=8 (posters)
 * Resources for the 6 traits**


 * How are Rubrics used for the 6 traits?**