Comments on: A Time to Write http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:05:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Miss Profe http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-70283 Miss Profe Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:55:02 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-70283 The Six Traits seems to me to be a template for students writing via blogging. The Six Traits seems to me to be a template for students writing via blogging.

]]> By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69504 Doug Noon Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:14:00 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69504 I was introduced to Six Traits in a workshop several years ago. I took the binder home and forgot about it. Now I'm looking for it, and mining it for ideas. I did a quick presentation on it to my students yesterday, and they seemed...ah...receptive, at least. It was a good beginning, anyway. Now we have to find ways to make it useful, talk it up, etc. I was introduced to Six Traits in a workshop several years ago. I took the binder home and forgot about it. Now I’m looking for it, and mining it for ideas. I did a quick presentation on it to my students yesterday, and they seemed…ah…receptive, at least. It was a good beginning, anyway. Now we have to find ways to make it useful, talk it up, etc.

]]> By: Trina http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69495 Trina Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:37:02 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69495 I was unfamiliar with Six Traits until I ran across it in a classroom orientation for my daughter. It seems like a good way to help kids improve and deepen their writing. Heck, I should probably use it, too... <a href="http://search.everythingaboutlearning.com/cgi-bin/ss_query?e=dta&sitenbr=157390365&keys=six+traits&rel=0&nsrt=0&x=65&y=13" rel="nofollow">Trina</a> I was unfamiliar with Six Traits until I ran across it in a classroom orientation for my daughter. It seems like a good way to help kids improve and deepen their writing. Heck, I should probably use it, too…

Trina

]]> By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69397 Doug Noon Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:09:48 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69397 Thank you all for your responses. Good news on this new plan. The person hired for the position is a retired English teacher. A person I know, already. My long afternoons will be soooo much more productive now. Thank you all for your responses.

Good news on this new plan. The person hired for the position is a retired English teacher. A person I know, already. My long afternoons will be soooo much more productive now.

]]> By: subarctic mama http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69389 subarctic mama Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:59:49 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2008/01/22/a-time-to-write/#comment-69389 I'm secondary, so we get them (generally) uninterrupted for our own little blocks of time. I forget how fragmented a day can get with the pull outs at the elementary level. I use the six traits as a basis for all my writing instruction. It's so useful for students to have a vocabulary for analyzing their writing. Thanks for such a thoughtful post on Monday's inservice. I’m secondary, so we get them (generally) uninterrupted for our own little blocks of time. I forget how fragmented a day can get with the pull outs at the elementary level.

I use the six traits as a basis for all my writing instruction. It’s so useful for students to have a vocabulary for analyzing their writing.

Thanks for such a thoughtful post on Monday’s inservice.

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