Academies & Institutes

6 + 1 Trait Writing

Presenter: Kris Reid
Workshop Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration time: 8:30 am
Registration fee: $150 ($125 for Texas ASCD members) one day workshop
                         $295 ($249 for Texas ASCD members) two-day academy

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Summary: 6 + 1 Trait Writing is the cornerstone of a complete writing program. It is designed to complement the writing process approach by providing an analytic model for writing assessment and instruction. This approach gives teachers a model for responding to students' writing, allows students to evaluate their own work, and provides both teachers and students a common vocabulary for talking and thinking about writing. The essence of the model is an analytic rubric that explains the six traits that define quality writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. This rubric is totally compatible with the TAKS writing rubric and will prepare students to do well on the state assessment.

Advantages to Using the 6 + 1 Trait Writing Approach

• Prepares students for TAKS!
• Teaches criteria for quality
• Gives teachers and students a common language for instruction and assessment
• Simplifies revision
• Works with grades 3-High School
• Fits any instructional framework
• Supports the writing process
• Helps students evaluate their writing

This workshop gives teachers a thorough understanding of the traits, the correlation between TAKS and the traits, strategies for teaching the traits and sample student papers to use in instruction. Kris Reid is recognized as a regional trainer by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.

Kris Reid Throughout her 20 years in education Kris Reid has been committed to helping all children achieve true literacy. A reading specialist, Kris has taught reading/language arts at every grade level from first to eighth and has provided professional development to educators at all levels. She has served as an English Language Arts consultant with Harris County Department of Education and Region IX Education Service Center and has presented hundreds of workshops in all areas of language arts. Her professional development sessions are always full of practical, engaging strategies that are easily implemented in the classroom.

Who Should Attend: Educators - Grades 3-High School