1. PRESENTED BY: COLLEEN STOCK DANA DELAURA CHRISTIE CAMPANARO The Six Traits of Writing

2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid By Jeff Kinney http://nicolepoliti.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-4-dog-days.jpg http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Building_Traits_Overview.pdf

3. Take me out of the Bathtub By Alan Katz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdC2C j__qBA http://www.textproject.org/images/73.jpg

4. Word Choice http://www.srk12.org/sre/images/boms/book_OwlMoon.jpg http://mrweis.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/malapropism.jpg

5. Conventions http://specialedandme.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/punctuation.jpg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jiOi1eSiYtc/SwJG7UummdI/ AAAAAAAAADI/1J35Z85ko1w/s1600/conventions.png

6. Organization http://nicolereillan.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/goldilocks.jpg http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Building_Traits_Overview.pdf http://giftedhomeschoolers.org/articles/filecabinet.gif

7. Idea Development Idea Development http://www.chroniclebooks.com/images/items/0811844/0811844 307/0811844307_large.jpg http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Building_Traits_Overview.pdf

8. Is a teaching tool that makes language clearer and more stimulating for students who have difficulty generating written work. Each trait is built from multiple skills The Six Traits of Writing…..