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Reviewing the Six Traits Throughout the Year. Details, development, and elaboration. Supporting ideas with reasons and examples. K nowledgeable writing topics. Prewriting; planning 3 parts of BME Title Hook: first-liner Ending: last-liner. Writing for a purpose. Organization. Ideas.
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Reviewing the Six Traits Throughout the Year Details, development, and elaboration Supporting ideas with reasons and examples Knowledgeable writing topics Prewriting; planning 3 parts of BME Title Hook: first-liner Ending: last-liner Writing for a purpose Organization Ideas Develop plot/action Transitions Flashback/Foreshadow Organized by time Clumping like ideas together Sequence: order of ideas Narrow topic Develop characters Develop setting Focused: ideas stay on topic Picture matches word Voice Word Choice Point of view Descriptions: imagery (show, don’t tell) Adverbs Synonyms (varied word choice); shades of meaning Specific nouns (right word, right spot) Adjectives (colors, numbers, descriptions, 5 senses Writing to an audience Characters with voice Reader-writer connection Shifting attitudes/voice within a piece Writer’s attitudes or feelings about the topic Voice with type (NO!!!YUCK!) Sentence Fluency Letter formation: left to right, top to bottom Readability: sounds good; easy to read aloud Conventions Grammar and mechanics Complete thoughts; complete sentences Beginning /proper noun capitals Paragraph indents Figurative language Punctuation Varied sentence beginnings Varying sentence lengths for impact Readable spelling Varied sentence types (simple, compound, complex) Spelling WWW Varied sentence lengths Word wrapping Word spacing