Six+Trait+Plus+One+Writing

Writing is a very important communication tool. We use 6 + 1 Trait model to teach this process. By clicking on the link, you will be directed to the website designed by NorthWestern Regional Education Laboratory which provide your full details about this way of teaching writing along with complete definitions and helpful guides. toc

Six Trait 1 Writing
[|Web English Teacher] - Good resource that also explains and provides teaching materials for use when working with 6 + 1 Trait Writing.

Today's students feel writing with a paper and pencil is a tedious and sometimes painful experience. Providing them with a method for producing good writing whether for an assignment, future job, or just for pleasure requires us to begin to incorporate technology, a medium they are comfortable in using, to promote advancement in both quantity and more importantly quality of work published. Technology also provides a way for their published works to be seen and appreciated by a much wider audience than ever before thought possible.

Students today blog, contribute to wikis, post aspects of their live on social networking sites, contribute stories and poetry online. They most often do this while outside the classroom. How much more powerful would their writing become if we use all the tools available to us while in the classroom?

Here in Clarksville-Montgomery County we have several technology tools available to assist students produce consistently more advanced writing.

**Graphic Organizers:**
(by following each of these links you will be directed to the webpage for that product with tutorials and how-to videos ready for you)

K-5 Use [|Kidspiration3]
[|Online Writing Lab] [|Cyberspaces 6+1]

6-8 Use [|Inspiration]
Online Writing Lab for 7-12 Instructors and Students

[|Learning Essentials]
Purdue Online Writing Lab


 * [|Zotero]** [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use __**Firefox extension**__ to help you **collect, manage, and cite** your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the **web browser** itself.

When using Microsoft Word, the Track Changes and Comments features make collaboration, peer editing, and the writing process much more productive and richer. This link on Comments/ Track Changes will guide you through the steps.

[|Google Docs] also allows for collaboration in that you can share your documents so that others can make comments (there is a comment feature) as well as work collaboratively to create a group document.