The Trait Tote: Everything You Need To Teach 6+1 Trait Writing

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

The Trait Tote

Everything You Need To Teach 6+1 Trait Writing

Strategies, mini-lessons, activities, student writing samples, and MORE to help you teach 6+1 Trait Writing in your classroom.

As the original developer of the 6+1 Trait(R) Writing Model of Instruction & Assessment, the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory has gathered the best of 20 years of material. We've combined it with the expertise gained from training thousands of teachers how to help students become better writers. Drawing from both those sources, we've produced this collection that allows you to "take the trainer home."

Available in two versions, grades 3--5 and grades 6--8
Great for teachers who are new to the traits
Lessons, strategies, and activities even experienced teachers will find valuable
Lots of practice scoring opportunities
Best instructional practices for teaching the model
Support materials to make implementation easy
Fun activities for teaching each trait

Read an interview with Jan Littlebear, co-developer of The Trait Tote

Reviewers comments

...a complete package on teaching the traits, all in one place.

I like the sample papers. These are such an important part of being able to teach writing effectively.

It is one stop shopping and would actually cut down on the need to purchase a bunch of different resources.

I wish this would have been invented earlier so I would have saved lots of time, energy, and money on purchases of so many different writing resources and the frustration I felt when I could not find the right combination, could have been alleviated.