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The the Trait Crate(r) Grade 8: Mentor Texts, Model Lessons, and More to Teach Writing with the 6 Traits

AUTHOR Culham, Ruth
PUBLISHER Scholastic Teaching Resources (09/01/2011)
PRODUCT TYPE Other (Boxed Set)

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In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing--ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The eighth-grade version includes:
- 6 mentor texts: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Dinkins by Barbara Kerley; The Black Diamond by Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack; Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi; Do You Read Me? by Diane Webber; The Iceberg Hermit by Arthur Roth; Wings by Christopher Myers
- 6 16-page teaching guides, each with four model lessons, student reproducibles, a scoring rubric, and extension activities
- A CD with mentor-text passages, whiteboard activities, and student reproducibles
- 6 teaching posters perfect for middle school

Add to this Culham's best-selling professional book, Using Mentor to Teach Writing With the Traits, and color-coded stickers, and you've got a complete resource for teaching with the traits. Best of all, these materials are organized in a sturdy box with hanging folders--one for each trait--for easy, expandable storage that will accommodate trait-based lesson materials for years to come.

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ISBN-13: 9780545318648
ISBN-10: 0545318645
Content Language: English
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Carton Quantity: 2
Product Dimensions: 10.20 x 5.40 x 13.30 inches
Weight: 6.90 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product
Country of Origin: US
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Education | Teaching - Subjects - Language Arts
Education | Schools - Levels - Secondary
Education | Professional Development
Grade Level: 8th Grade - 8th Grade
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In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing--ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. The eighth-grade version includes:
- 6 mentor texts: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Dinkins by Barbara Kerley; The Black Diamond by Patricia C. and Fredrick McKissack; Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi; Do You Read Me? by Diane Webber; The Iceberg Hermit by Arthur Roth; Wings by Christopher Myers
- 6 16-page teaching guides, each with four model lessons, student reproducibles, a scoring rubric, and extension activities
- A CD with mentor-text passages, whiteboard activities, and student reproducibles
- 6 teaching posters perfect for middle school

Add to this Culham's best-selling professional book, Using Mentor to Teach Writing With the Traits, and color-coded stickers, and you've got a complete resource for teaching with the traits. Best of all, these materials are organized in a sturdy box with hanging folders--one for each trait--for easy, expandable storage that will accommodate trait-based lesson materials for years to come.

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Author: Culham, Ruth
Ruth Culham is a former classroom teacher and nationally recognized expert in the area of writing assessment. She is the author of the popular 6+1 Traits of Writing model, used throughout the United States and the world as an essential tool for evaluating student writing and planning instruction. Ruth is currently the unit manager for the assessment program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory.
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