Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School (Theory and Practice (Scholastic))

The traits have revolutionized the way writing is taught. And nobody knows the traits better than Ruth Culham, who has written over 25 books and conducted countless workshops for teachers of all grades. Now, Ruth turns her expert eye to middle school. The Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School contains classroom-tested materials developed just for teachers of grades 6-8. Brand-new scoring guides, scored sample papers, Think Abouts, warm-up exercises, focus lessons, and activities for each trait, organized by that trait’s key qualities, make it easy to assess writing and deliver targeted instruction. Includes printable reproducible forms! For use with Grades 6-8.

• Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom: Middle School: Checklists, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Scoring Sheets, and More to Boost Students' Writing Skills in All Seven Traits
• Scholastic Using Benchmark Papers to Teach Writing with the Traits, Grades 6 to 8
• 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up
• 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades
• Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing With the Traits: Middle School: An Annotated Bibliography of 150 Picture Books, Chapter Books, and Young Adult Novels With Teacher-Tested Lessons
• 50 Writing Lessons That Work!: Motivating Prompts and Easy Activities That Develop the Essentials of Strong Writing (Grades 4-8)
• Evan-Moor Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 6
• Daily Trait Warm-Ups: 180 Revision and Editing Activities to Kick Off Writing Time
• How to Write a Paragraph, Grades 6-8
• The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing