Everything you need to teach and assess student writing with this powerful model.

Effective, easy-to-use tools for trait-based assessment and instruction--just for middle school teachers. Includes printable reproducible forms!

Give your sixth-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become to become strong and successful writers! The 125 engaging, 10- to 15-minute lessons support any writing program. 25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills: Ideas Week 1: Choosing a Strong Idea Week 2: Writing Topic Sentences and Supporting Details Week 3: Developing Character, Setting, and Plot Ideas Week 4: Elaborating on Ideas and Details Week 5: Maintaining Your Focus Organization Week 1: Sequencing Week 2: Organizing Information Logically Week 3: Organizing Information to Compare and Contrast Week 4: Organizing to Persuade Week 5: Choosing Which Way to Organize Your Writing Word Choice Week 1: Writing Precise Descriptions Week 2: Writing About Action Week 3: Using Figurative Language Week 4: Choosing the Right Words for Your Audience Week 5: Getting the Reader's Attention Sentence Fluency Week 1: Combining Sentences with Conjunctions Week 2: Writing Complex Sentences Week 3: Parallel Structure Within a Sentence Week 4: Beginning Sentences in Different Ways Week 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph Voice Week 1: Identifying Different Writing Voices Week 2: Using Different Voices for Different Purposes Week 3: Using Voice in Poetry Week 4: Writing from Different Points of View Week 5: Using Voice in Persuasive Writing This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only. About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.

The 5-pack provides five books of the same grade level.

Offers exercises for brainstorming, main ideas and details, using descriptive words, sequencing, recognizing cause and effect and using correct punctuation.

Trait expert Ruth Culham has created a diverse set of papers grades 3-5, assessed and annotated them, and designed an interactive whiteboard CD of exemplars so teachers and students can use them as the focus of trait-based writing instruction. The papers are highlighted by key quality for each trait, making it easy for writers to see what works and what doesn't by simply pressing the color-coded buttons at the bottom of each projected paper on the white board. Can be used with overhead projectors as well.

The 5-pack provides five books of the same grade level.

Scaffolded, explicit instruction improves your 7th graders' writing! The 25 weekly units provide trait-based writing practice, covering the essential traits of strong writing: ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, & conventions.

Develop your grade 4 students' writing skills in each of the six traits--Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Voice, and Conventions--using 125 engaging, 10- to 15-minute writing lessons. - 125 trait-based lessons - 25 weeks of instruction - Each weekly unit includes: -teacher lesson plan -4 reproducible student pages -writing prompt - Supports any writing program - Models many forms of writing - Teacher rubric