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The Traits Resources

About 6+1 Trait® Writing

In the early 1980s, creative teachers in school districts across the country decided there must be a better way to gather useful information about student writing performance rather than with single scores or standardized tests.

ToolKit98

Toolkit98 is designed to assist classroom teachers to become better assessors of student learning. The primary users of Toolkit98 are intended to be those who have the responsibility to coordinate and facilitate professional development in assessment for teachers.

Scored Examples of 6+1 Trait® Writing

Everyone agrees, the more papers you read, assess, and discuss the deeper and richer becomes your understanding of the scoring guide and specifically of its components. It's simple and worth every minute spent reviewing example papers with scores to guide you in your understanding.

6+1 Trait® Writing Prompts

The best prompts are the ones that spark a personal connection between the writer and their ideas. Provided here are some generic writing prompts to get you started, but you will also find some tips on how to write your own prompts. These self-written prompts will offer better starting blocks for your students than the generic prompts because they spring from the immediacy of their lives.

6+1 Trait® Writing Lesson Plans

Education Northwest has compiled this vast array of lesson plans that any teacher for any grade level will find useful. Organized around the traits and grade level a teacher can search and find a lesson specific to their students' needs.

Getting Started with 6+1 Trait® Writing

Although there is no one right way to begin the marriage of assessment and instruction in your classroom, what follows are some words of wisdom shared by teachers and schools across the country and world. They are not in any hierarchical order so browse away, select a few that are most meaningful for you and your students right away and go for it.

6+1 Trait® Definitions

The 6+1 Trait® Writing analytical model for assessing and teaching writing is made up of 6+1 key qualities that define strong writing. Definitions available for Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation.

6+1 Trait® Writing FAQ

Questions about the 6+1 Traits? We might have already answered it for you in our Frequently Asked Questions.

6+1 Trait® Rubrics (aka Scoring Guides)

Rubrics (Scoring Guides) for 6+1 Trait® Writing.

Six-Trait Writing Model Improves Scores at Jennie Wilson Elementary Journal of School Improvement

Anecdotal data is supported by more systematic research studies like the one conducted in 1992-1993 in Portland, Oregon (NWREL, 1992-1993).

Study Findings on the Integration of Writing Assessment & Instruction

Would it make a difference in analytic writing testing results to purposefully weave assessment strategies into the writing curriculum? In other words, can we document differences in writing performance between two groups of students-one group that was systematically taught how to use the six-trait analytic assessment scoring criteria as a tool for revision, while the other group participated in traditional writing process instruction without using an assessment component as a strategy for revision?

Research on Writing with the 6+1 Traits

The notion is widespread that children must learn to read before they can write. However, young children begin writing as or even before they learn to read, because they have a need to communicate ideas and concepts that have been discovered by experience rather than in books.

Experimental Study on the Impact of the 6+1 Trait® Writing Model on Student Achievement in Writing

This report presents the results of a study that examined the efficacy of professional development for teachers using the 6+1 Trait Writing model with respect to improving student writing skills.