In this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson plan is to highlight what topics cannot do. Young scholars generate...

Check out this comprehensive website featuring ideas for teaching writing based on the six trait analytic writing model.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps the students with the first step in the Six Traits Writing Process-- gathering ideas. Students are encouraged to analyze writing samples and brainstorm possible personal writing...

This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.

This site focuses on the 6+1 TraitTM Writing framework.

A six-part learning module with links to videos, images, and a rubric about the six traits of writing: ideas, voice, organization, word choice, fluency, and conventions.

This teaching guide for Jeffrey and Sloth, a story written by Kari-Lynn Winters, provides a synopsis of the story, discussion questions and teaching ideas. The book is about the experience of writer's block and how to overcome it. The...

In this lesson, the first chapter of the novel Girl with a Pearl Earring is used as a mentor text. Students will identify metaphors and then create their own unique metaphorical descriptions that they will begin to collect in their...

After enjoying the picture book Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore, young scholars will work in small groups to generate possible themes that the book is trying to teach its readers. Themes will be shared in whole-group, and a class list of...

The world is an ever changing place, and through this lesson plan students will have a chance to send a call out for change. Using Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" as an inspiration and a model, students will brainstorm...