First Day 2013--Welcome Back!

Today, we took a look at the six traits of writing: voice, word fluency, organization, word choice, ideas, and conventions. I wrote a list of sentences about myself and Language Arts class, and groups of students tried to organize the sentences into a coherent paragraph. Now, it is their turn: Students will write about themselves, organizing their thoughts into a meaningful paragraph, with attention to the six traits of good writing. Tomorrow, we will take a gallery walk and read about each other, evaluating the papers based on the traits. I look forward to reading about everyone and hearing each student's unique voice.