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Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction

by: Spandel, Vicki

Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction

by: Spandel, Vicki

ISBN 13:
9780801332524
ISBN 10:
0801332524
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2001
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Creating Writers, 3/e is a most comprehensive exploration of Spandel's effective 6-trait approach to writing. 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-including state tests.

Foreword

Richard J. Stiggins

Preface

xiii

Creating A Vision

(17)

Through Teachers' Eyes and Ears

(1)

A Vision---Not a Whole New Curriculum

(2)

Assessing to Learn

(2)

Good Assessment: Helping Students Hit the Target

(5)

Reliability and Validity

(1)

Frosting on the Cake: Student Motivation

(2)

Not Expecting Too Much

(4)

Reflecting on Chapter 1

(1)

Activities

(1)

Looking Ahead

(1)

A Quick Walk Through the World of Writing Assessment

(22)

An Ancient History

(2)

Criteria: What Are They? Where Do They Come From?

(4)

Forms of Direct Assessment

(3)

Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment: Building the Bridge

(11)

Reflecting on Chapter 2

(1)

Activities

(1)

Looking Ahead

(2)

Getting Inside Student Writing

(53)

Who Invented the 6 Traits?

(6)

What Teachers Value in Writing

(2)

Six-Trait Analytical Scoring Guide for Personal/Creative Writing

(7)

Getting Ready to Score Papers

(2)

So What's a 6?

(3)

Tips on Scoring Each Trait

(3)

Causes of Rater Bias

(4)

Sample Papers for Practice Scoring

(11)

Suggested Scores and Comments

(13)

If Your Scores Don't Agree

(1)

Reflecting on Chapter 3

(1)

Activities

(1)

Looking Ahead

(1)

If You Just Have to Have More Papers

(34)

Never Enough

(22)

Suggested Scores and Comments

115

(11)

Reflecting on Chapter 4

126

(1)

Activities

126

(1)

Looking Ahead

126

(1)

What You Can Assess You Can Revise

127

(48)

Linking Assessment to Instruction

127

(1)

Connecting Traits to Writing Process

128

(4)

Laying the Foundation for Traits

132

(8)

Six Keys to Teaching Traits

140

(4)

6-Trait Scoring Guide for Students

144

(15)

Focused Lessons for IDEAS

159

(2)

Focused Lessons for ORGANIZATION

161

(2)

Focused Lessons for VOICE

163

(2)

Focused Lessons for WORD CHOICE

165

(2)

Focused Lessons for SENTENCE FLUENCY

167

(2)

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

169

(4)

Reflecting on Chapter 5

173

(1)

Activities

173

(1)

Looking Ahead

174

(1)

Focused Revision

175

(21)

Making the Task Manageable

176

(1)

More Than the Sum of the Parts

177

(1)

Begin By Modeling Revision

178

(3)

Give Students Opportunities to Practice Revision

181

(4)

Procedures for Setting Up the Lesson

185

(2)

Papers You Can Use for Practice Revision

187

(5)

Self-Reflection: The End of the Rainbow

192

(2)

Reflecting on Chapter 6

194

(1)

Activities

194

(1)

Looking Ahead

195

(1)

Troubleshooting: From Ideas to Conventions

196

(40)

Ideas

197

(3)

Organization

200

(3)

Voice

203

(2)

Word Choice

205

(4)

Sentence Fluency

209

(2)

Teaching Conventions Through Editing

211

(1)

Developing a Proofreader's Eye

212

(1)

The How-To's of Teaching Editing

212

(10)

What About Peer Editing?

222

(1)

What to Tell Parents

223

(3)

Ideas for Helping Challenged/Beginning Writers

226

(2)

Get Parents Involved

228

(1)

Advanced Trait Activities

229

(5)

Reflecting on Chapter 7

234

(1)

Activities

234

(1)

Looking Ahead

235

(1)

Being A Writer

236

(20)

Do You Write?

236

(1)

Enlightenment

237

(1)

It Can Make You Uncomfortable

238

(1)

Reasons TO Write

239

(2)

Two Stories

241

(1)

``Terror in Fourth Grade''

241

(5)

``Snooky'': Coffee and Prewriting

246

(8)

Reflecting on Chapter 8

254

(1)

Activities

254

(1)

Looking Ahead

255

(1)

Teacher Talk: Learning From Other Teachers

256

(15)

In Elaine's Self-Contained 6th Grade Classroom

256

(5)

In Jim's High School Classroom

261

(3)

In Lynne's Workshops and Classes

264

(1)

In Ellen's AP English Class

265

(1)

In Arlene's K-1 Classroom

266

(2)

In Sammie's ``Tiger Learning Center''

268

(1)

Reflecting on Chapter 9

269

(1)

Activities

269

(1)

Looking Ahead

270

(1)

Adapting the 6-Trait Guide to Fit You

271

(47)

The Simplest Adaptation: Being Selective

271

(2)

Scoring Guide for Informational and Research-Based Writing

273

(8)

Simplicity Itself: The Checklist

281

(1)

Simplified Rubrics

282

(1)

Sample Expository and Research Papers

282

(22)

Suggested Scores and Comments for Informational/Research Papers

304

(6)

Adapting the Guide for Native Spanish Speakers

310

(1)

Guia de calificacion para los estudiantes escritores

311

(6)

Reflecting on Chapter 10

317

(1)

Activities

317

(1)

Looking Ahead

317

(1)

The World of Beginning Writers

318

(41)

Teaching Ourselves What to Look For

319

(1)

Helping Writers See Their Strengths

320

(1)

How Traits Look Early On

321

(2)

Ideas for Teaching Traits to Beginners

323

(30)

Criteria for Charting Growth

353

(4)

Give It Time

357

(1)

Reflecting on Chapter 11

357

(1)

Activities

358

(1)

Looking Ahead

358

(1)

Communicating: Through Comments, Conferences, Peer Review, and Grades

359

(29)

Language Makes All the Difference

360

(1)

Comments

360

(5)

Conferences

365

(2)

Peer Response Groups

367

(5)

Grading

372

(2)

How and What to Grade

374

(2)

Translating Analytical Scores into Grades

376

(4)

Communicating With Parents

380

(1)

Reflecting on Chapter 12

381

(1)

Activities

381

(1)

Looking Ahead

381

(7)

Epilogue: Reflecting and Believing

383

(5)

References

388

(5)

Index

393

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