11s 6 traits intro
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Learning to Write Good
How to know what you rock at and what you don’t so much rock at
Well
WRITING IS HARD TO MEASURE
Writing should adapt to your
audience
How to evaluate your own writing
6 Traits + 1IdeasVoice Sentence Fluency
Word Choice
Organization Conventions
Ideas
How do you use specific details and elaborate on your general comments?
I am hopeless with directions. Yesterday, I got
lost on the way to the refrigerator and had to text my little sister to
rescue me.
Voice
How does your writing create the impression of a unique human being?
What kind of person chows down on 3 donuts, 4-day old bacon and the last dregs of grapefruit
juice and calls it dinner?
Organization
How does your writing create the impression of a unique human being?
What kind of person chows down on 3 donuts, 4-day old bacon and the last dregs of grapefruit
juice and calls it dinner?
Word Choice
How do you choose the correct word or the surprising word to convey meaning?
Sometimes, I get so angry at my cats I want
to defenestrate them.
Word Choice
How do you choose the correct word or the surprising word to convey meaning?
Sometimes, I get so angry at my cats I want
to defenestrate them.
Sentence Fluency
How do you organize, vary, and construct your sentences?
Even though I am over 40-years old, I still, embarassingly, find
myself thinking that my dad is going to fix things
when they break.
Conventions
How do you use correct grammar and writing mechanics to make your writing clear?
I know how to spell the word achieve but
surprise, for some reason, still eludes
me.
Using your writing as a model, take the 6 traits and give yourseld a grade
from 1-10.
For each trait, write a short sentence that explains your strength and what
you need to work on