Six Traits Lesson Plans

Teachers participating in a 2007 Summer R & D developed lessons for each of the six traits of writing. These lessons, in PDF format, are organized by trait and grade level. Enjoy.

Six Traits Lesson Plans

APS Writing Best Practices

Grade Level

Ideas

Organization

Voice

Word Choice

Sentence Fluency

Conventions and
Presentations

Kindergarten

 Seasons

Seasons-Student Handout

First

 Making a Story Make Sense Thinking Like a Write

The Showing Hand

Second

Halloween Rebus Stories: Lesson 1
Making a Story Make Sense

Writing Halloween Rebus Stories: Lesson 2

Lesson 2 Student Handout		 Introduction to voice in reading and writing The Showing Hand Expanding Sentences with a Tiger Writing Halloween Rebus Stories: Lesson 3

Third

 Writing a Paragraph Using the Hamburger Model Teaching Verbs

Orange Sense

Finding Just the Right Word

Sensory Sentence Starters

Teaching Nouns

Mobility of Predicate Expanders

Fourth

 Orange Sense

Sensory Sentence Starters

 Mobility of Predicate Expanders

Fifth

 Abe Lincoln/
Empowering Writers		 Popcorn Writing: teaching the 4 types of writing Orange Sense

Connecting Wordly Wise to 6 Traits Writing: 3 Mini- lessons

Sixth

 Heart Mapping Memoirs/
Neolithic Revolution		 Orange Sense