TY - BOOK AU - Culham,Ruth TI - 6 + 1 traits of writing: Ruth Culham SN - 9780439574129 U1 - 372.623 CUL PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Language arts (Primary) KW - English language KW - Composition and exercises KW - Juvenile literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Why has the 6+1 Trait model had such a tremendous impact on writing instruction? Because it works. It allows teachers to pinpoint students’ strengths and weaknesses in ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventionsand presentationand focus instruction. Now Culham turns her expert eye to our youngest students. Like her groundbreaking guide for grades 3 and up, her new book contains scoring guides, sample papersand focus lessons for each trait, but framed to address K–2 teachers’ needs ER -