Voice is the heart and soul of your writing, sentence fluency makes music out of words... what will you write today?
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Voice

Organization

Sentence
Fluency



Ideas

Word Choice

Conventions


Presentation
Here are some questions and great links to get you started! For a list of Tobias books that support all of the 6 + traits of writing, see our library visual catalog!
A definition of all of the Traits
here!
Lesson plans with picture books here!
Suggestions for SPANISH Six Trait writing (scroll on page for additional information).
Lessons, including great PPTS!

Ideas: The heart of your paper is your message! What are you trying to tell us? Is your theme or message clear for your reader? Is it your idea, something only you could tell a reader?
Owl Lab on Ideas
Lessons for teachers on
Ideas
Teachers: Writing Fix lessons on idea development

Voice: Does your personality shine through your writing? Let us hear your voice!
OWL lab on Voice
Lessons for teachers on Voice in writing
Teachers: Writing Fix lessons for voice
Personal narrative titles

Organization: hook your reader with a great beginning and keep it up!
OWL lab on organization
Lessons for teachers on in writing with
Organization
Teachers: Writing Fix lessons for organization

Word Choice: Are your words memorable? Do they paint pictures for the reader?
OWL lab on word choice
Lessons for teachers on in writing with great word choice
Teachers: Writing Fix lessons for word choice
Examples of literary devices in books

Sentence Fluency: does your writing sound great when you read aloud, or is it missing something? Maybe you could work on the length and quality of the sentences!
OWL lab on sentence fluency
Lessons for teachers on in writing with sentence fluency
Teachers: Writing Fix lessons for fluent sentences

Conventions: watch out for those writing mistakes we all make! Good spelling and punctuation make things easier for your reader!
OWL lab on conventions
Lessons for teachers on  in writing conventions
Teachers: Writing Fix lessons for conventions

Presentation: How does your final draft look? Do you need more polishing?
Teachers: A great rubric for grading on this page
              A definition of all traits and two rubrics here!

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