1. WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM STRATEGIES, TOOLS, TIPS, COMMON LANGUAGE

2. USING 6 TRAIT WRITING IN ALL AREAS IDEAS ORGANIZATION SENTENCE FLUENCY CONVENTIONS WORD CHOICE VOICE

3. HOW DO WE TEACH THESE TRAITS??? START SIMPLE – MODEL FOR STUDENTS AND PRACTICE WITH THEM

4. WRITING ROUTINE FOLDERS Topic: What are we writing about? Audience: Who are we writing for? Key Words: Important words from the prompt that direct you what to write about.

5. BRAINSTORM – TOPIC WEB Topic InfoRelatingtotheTopic Many ideas

6. ORGANIZE AND CLASSIFY GROUP SUBTOPICS FROM THE WEB CLASSIFY THESE GROUPS INTO “BIG IDEAS”

7. BODY OUTLINE Big Idea 1 Subtopic list Big Idea 2 Subtopic list Big Idea 3 Subtopic list

8. TOPIC SENTENCES Simple Declarative SentenceNumber Sentence Quality QuestionSituation, Stance Sentence Topic

9. MOVING ON…. WORD CHOICE VOICE CONVENTIONS SENTENCE FLUENCY

10. WORD CHOICE HAVE THESAURUSES AVAILABLE AND USE THEN REGULARLY BRAINSTORM WORD SUBSTITUTES FOR COMMON NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES PRACTICE “SHOWING” NOT TELLING

11. VOICE YOUR PERSONALITY IN YOUR WRITING CAN USE PERSONAL THOUGHTS OR EXPERIENCES YOUR POINT OF VIEW

12. CONVENTIONS HIGH EXPECTATIONS – ALL THE TIME!!!!! PROVIDE TEACHING MOMENTS ALL THE TIME PEER REVIEWS AND EDITING

13. SENTENCE FLUENCY VARYING SENTENCE LENGTHS VARYING SENTENCE STRUCTURES LOOK AT BEGINNING WORDS

14. SENTENCE FLUENCY CHART Sentence ## of Words in the sentence First Word in the Sentence Verbs usedEnd punctuation

15. FEW TIPS HAVE STUDENTS WRITE DAILY!!!!! WHEN IT SEEMS UNCLEAR, MODEL AND WORK WITH THEM FOR CLARIFICATION

16. DEADLY DUO STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BEGIN SENTENCES WITH “THERE ARE” OR “THERE IS”

17. WORK TOGETHER TEAM UP WITH OTHERS LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS ARE YOUR FRIENDS

18. RECAP 6 TRAITS WRITING ROUTINE FOLDERS – IDEAS, ORGANIZATION WORD CHOICE- TEACH REGULARLY VOICE- PRACTICE SENTENCE FLUENCY- ANALYZE SENTENCES CONVENTIONS- HIGH EXPECTATIONS SEEK OTHERS