Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction (4th Edition) (Paperback)

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"As a teacher-leader, I recommend Vicki Spandel's materials to fellow teachers, local, county, and state administrators, college professors, and student teachers. Her books, teaching guides, and podcasts never fail to impress educators from a wide variety of backgrounds and experience. Most importantly, her materials show students of all grade levels how to become stronger authentic writers."

- Barbara Andrews, A.C.Stelle Middle School, Calabasas, CA

 

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Product Description

Written by the pioneer of 6-trait writing, this Fourth Edition brings everything up to date, offering a comprehensive overview of the best education strategies and philosophies from the worlds of writing assessment and instruction. It provides clear guidelines on helping students draft, assess, and revise their writing, as well as explicit criteria to show students precisely what they must do to succeed as writers in virtually any situation. Widely used at the state level, school districts are incorporating the 6 traits into their state standards or assessments. This is the only book on the market that effectively helps teachers of writing prepare their students for success on state tests.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 4 edition (August 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205410324
• ISBN-13: 978-0205410323
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #360,139 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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116 of 117 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 6-Trait Assessment is a Winner!, August 5, 2001

By	K. Downey (Atmore, AL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction, Third Edition (Paperback)

This book was written for writing teachers struggling to find a way to help their students improve, and veterans looking for a new approach. The 6 traits are ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Any characteristic of writing can be placed under one of these traits. The traits provide a common terminology for writing conferences, and help students focus on a specific area that can vastly improve their writing.

This practical, application-based book is filled with instructional techniques, rubrics, guidelines, sample essays, trouble-shooting solutions, mini-lessons, great ideas, and so much more. This was a required text in one of my graduate courses and is now my favorite book on writing instruction. If I could give it six stars, one for each trait, I certainly would.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great info, inconvenient format, August 16, 2003

By	Diane L. Sullivan "dsullivan2" (Sauk City, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction, Third Edition (Paperback)

Creating Writers got me charged up and well-prepared for teaching sriting/revision using the 6 Trait model. Spandel writes well, using a combination of research-based information and personal anecdotes to keep the reader's attention. I appreciate the number and variety of samples she included for practice revision/assessment. The samples were, however, not very easy to duplicate for classroom use. The print is too small and there are often two samples on one page, or one sample on several pages. The layout is difficult to work with. Overall, though, the book is excellent. I have been to two training sessions about 6 Traits, but it took Spandel's book to get me hooked and enthusiastic, and made me confident about using the 6 Traits in the classroom.The information deserves a 5 star rating. The format deserves a 2.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction (4th Ed), July 27, 2005

By	"Retired" Educator "Elizabeth W." (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This book gives so many examples of the qualities to look for and teach in writing instruction. I especially like the fact that this edition is more inclusive of secondary ideas and samples.

With this book as a guide, it is hard to miss what is important to the writing instructional process. The information is comprehensive and user friendly.