Creating Writers: Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction, 5th Edition

by Vicki Spandel

Book Overview

Written by the pioneer of 6-trait writing, this fifth edition brings everything up to date, offering a comprehensive overview of the best education strategies and philosophies of writing assessment... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 020561910X
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.7" x 0.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Practical Traits

This book offers tons of practical approaches and practice scoring for the 6 Traits of Writing. It is written by a recognized master in the field and has been so helpful.

A Friendly Read

Spandel's book is an authentic, engaging, and encouraging read for those that teach writing, want help infusing writing, or want to enhance their own writing. It is written conversationally and is well supported with numerous examples. I found it visually appealing as a reader and insightful. (Another review didn't like the visuals because it isn't easy to lift examples "as is" for sharing in class. To that angle I agree, but as a reader the layout is very pleasing.) Highly recommended.

Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment and Instruction (4th Ed)

This book gives so many examples of the qualities to look for and teach in writing instruction. I especially like the fact that this edition is more inclusive of secondary ideas and samples. With this book as a guide, it is hard to miss what is important to the writing instructional process. The information is comprehensive and user friendly.

6-Trait Assessment is a Winner!

This book was written for writing teachers struggling to find a way to help their students improve, and veterans looking for a new approach. The 6 traits are ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Any characteristic of writing can be placed under one of these traits. The traits provide a common terminology for writing conferences, and help students focus on a specific area that can vastly improve their writing. This practical, application-based book is filled with instructional techniques, rubrics, guidelines, sample essays, trouble-shooting solutions, mini-lessons, great ideas, and so much more. This was a required text in one of my graduate courses and is now my favorite book on writing instruction. If I could give it six stars, one for each trait, I certainly would.

Six Traits - The Book

This textbook was written by two of the current, foremost people in Six Traits: Vicki Spandel and Richard Stiggins. It covers the information often learned in Six Trait training workshops, but also goes beyond training to teacher instruction, troubleshooting, sharing, and involving parents. Nice work!This is an excellent text chocked full of advice, checklists, models, and examples of student writing. For the Six Traits teacher, this book belongs in your collection of Six Trait materials.