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Culham, Ruth. 2003. //6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide.// New York: Scholastic, Inc.

Culham, Ruth.2 005. //6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades.// New York: Scholastic, Inc.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. 1999. //Seeing With New Eyes.(5th Edition).// Portland, Oregon: NWREL.

Spandel, Vicki. 2005. //Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction. (4th Edition).// Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

Web Sites
[|6 Traits 1] (Madison, WI) : A site with wonderful PDF resources on each of the traits - including activities, scoring guides, and picture book ideas.

[|Ginny Hoover's Six Traits Site]: A nice website with links to many, many more 6 Traits resources.

[|Interactive Six Trait Writing Process]: An interactive site that provides an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and improving student writing using the traits. Scoring rubrics, sample papers, and activities are all a part of this great site.

[|Kent School District (WA) Six Traits Site:] Lesson plans are the best feature of this site, which also provides an overview of the traits.

[|Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL):] "Home" of the 6 Traits, this site provides scoring guides, lesson plan, sample student papers, and more!

[|Reading Lady Six Traits Posters:] Designed by a teacher after seeing Vicky Spandel, these posters can be downloaded in Word or PDF.

[|Six Trait Handbook for Students:] Written by Kimberly Steele, this website has samples of what is given to 8th grade districts in that school district.

[|Teaching That Makes Sense] : While not a 6 Traits source per say, much of the information aligns with the traits. This site has plenty of PDF handouts with activities and student friendly information.

[|Web English Teacher (6 1 Traits):] Full of lesson ideas, rubrics, and a new biography maker!!

[|Wired Instructor:] On-line course that provides even non-participants with sample student papers to score using the 6 Traits scoring model.

[|Writing Fix: Picture Books and the 6 Traits]: Ideas and lessons for using picture books in teaching the traits.

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