Six Traits
September 05, 2008
WRITING RESOURCES ONLINE
Writing Prompts
- “The Writing Source,” http://thewritesource.com/topics.htm This website provides a list of writing prompts divided by grade level as well as some published children’s writing that you can use as models in your own classroom.
- “Samples of Informative Writing Prompts,” http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/osa/infwrite.htm This one is just as it sounds, from the Mississippi Department of Education.
- “Writing Fix” http://writingfix.com/ I highly recommend this site for a huge selection of writing prompts, even divided up by the six traits! And for the child that has writer’s block, this website also provides an “Interactive Plot Creator” as well as downloadable pre-writing activities
- “Houghton Mifflin Writing Rubrics” http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/rdg/hme/rubrics/toc.thtml&grades=k_5&alt=K-5 These rubrics are divided by grade level as well as genre.
- “Baseball Prompts,” http://www.abcteach.com/baseball/writpromp.htm
- “Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory” http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.php?d=1 This website offers TONS of 6 traits models, assessment pieces, and lessons!
- http://6traits.cyberspaces.net/ Kim Korner is not working-from here—see below, Ginny Hoover’s page is good, Great Strategies for teaching the traits, Great K-2 rubrics
- http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/
- http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/menu.html
- Finelines Literary Journal (all ages) http://www.finelines.org/
- Ginny's Educational Webpages (includes six trait resources http://geocities.com/ginnyks/
- Pages of Writing Prompts http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/prompts.html
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistance http://www.powa.org/
- Traci's Lists-prompts and more http://www.ncte.org/traci/tens/006.shtml
