At this two-day workshop, participants learn to evaluate student writing (grades 3-12) across six plus one dimensions of performance: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation.

Imagine a resource where you could actually see the traits come to life in classrooms just like yours. Imagine it was user-friendly and provided tips for managing your paperwork and organizing your classroom for writing, too. And then, imagine being able to watch professionals, just like you, read and assess student papers on each trait.

During this three-day workshop series, participants build upon their knowledge of the 6+1 Traits of Writing and extend the bridge between assessment and instruction.

Participants in this full-day session will examine how the traits of writing (ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation) are core elements of the revision and editing stages of the writing process. Ideas of how to connect trait-based writing lessons to the real writing that students are doing in classrooms will be shared along with systems to help keep track of it all.