DLC Writing Traits - Grade One
Resource used:
Daily Writing - Grade 1
Evan-Moor Daily 6 Trait Writing 1 Student Practice Book is available for purchase online from Evan-Moor at https://www.evan-moor.com/p/3468/daily-6-trait-writing-grade-1
The video lessons for Grade 1 Writing Traits include 25 weeks of instruction that cover the following trait-based writing skills. Each trait is linked under a separate unit with the following video lessons:
Ideas
Week 1: Choose a Topic
Week 2: Make Your Topic Better
Week 3: Add Details
Week 4: Choose Better Details
Week 5: Review
Organization
Week 1: Beginning, Middle, and End
Week 2: Put Things in the Right Order
Week 3: Write a Complete Ending
Week 4: Group by How Things Are the Same or Different
Week 5: Review
Word Choice
Week 1: Use Action Words
Week 2: Use Words That Describe
Week 3: Use Words That Tell How You Feel
Week 4: Use Just the Right Word
Week 5: Review
Sentence Fluency
Week 1: Write a Sentence
Week 2: Write a Sentence with Describing Words
Week 3: Write Longer Sentences
Week 4: Connect Your Ideas
Week 5: Review
Voice
Week 1: Tell How You Feel
Week 2: Write How You Feel
Week 3: Create a Mood
Week 4: Use Rhyme
Week 5: Review
**Please note: The "Conventions" trait is embedded throughout the lessons for the other traits
Support documents:
* an overview of the 6-traits daily writing lessons, a list of proof-reading marks and a scoring rubric that accompany the above resource and the instructional videos
* a general overview of the traits, tools to support students' practice of the traits and a 4-point rubric for each trait