Web Resources and Lesson Plan helps for Write Traits
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Read the three drafts of the "Day of Infamy" speech and share with your students how Roosevelt's "word choice" changed!
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2001/winter/crafting-day-of-infamy-speech.html
Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison Wisconsin, extensive Write Traits Ideas and resources. http://danenet.wicip.org/mmsd-it/lang_arts/sixtrtcrsmtrl.htm
Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk, an award winning web site for teachers of language arts, specifically for those integrating the
Six Traits.
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com
Kim's Korner ideas for powerful transitions--
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/organization/transitions.html
Kim's Korner ideas for organization--
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/organization/patterns.html
OWL (Online Writing Lab), Purdue University,
Sentence Fluency examples and activities
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_sentvar.html
Paragraphing
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_pgrph2.html
Internet4classrooms, Internet4Classrooms is a collaborative effort by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles. An exhaustive list of Language Arts related online resources,, including the Power Proofreader game!
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm