The Writing Process and 6+1 Writing Traits

• "The Writing Process" Lesson Plan

This lesson plan explains the writing process and has students outline a topic for a research paper.

• "Story Map 2 G.O."

This graphic organizer has you include information about the characters, setting, problem, and solution of your original story.

• "What Is Revising? / What Is Editing"

This lesson plan explains the differences between revising and editing as well as teaches the A.R.R.R. (Adding, Rearranging, Removing, Replacing) and A.R.M.S. (Add, Remove, Move Around, Substitute) acronyms to help students remember the most essential elements of each.

• "Revision and Rewriting Hands-On Exercise"

This exercise illustrates to students exactly why revision and rewriting is a necessary part of the writing process. It’s helpful to do this activity just before a group critique or feedback session on rough drafts.

• "Annotation Marks" H.O.

Use these annotation marks to have others revise your writing. This document is broken up by grade level (K-8).

• "Revision Train"

This presentation shows how students can revise each other's writing by designating areas (or stations) of emphasis based on A.R.R.R. (Adding, Rearranging, Removing, & Replacing). It also uses hidden videos to create fun train-themed transition sounds which act a signaling device for students to move to the next "station."

• "Proofreading Marks"

Have students use these common proofreading marks, so they will be able to understand the changes suggested to them by their peers and by you, the teacher. This also reduces the amount of time students will need to edit as they will not have to write out comments in longhand.

• "Editing Train"

This presentation shows how students can edit each other's writing by designating areas (or stations) of emphasis based on C.U.P.S. (Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, & Spelling). It also uses hidden videos to create fun train-themed transition sounds which act a signaling device for students to move to the next "station."

• "Editing Checklist"

Use this checklist to check for C.U.P.S. (Capitalization, Usage, Punctuation, and Spelling) errors in your research project. Even though we did the editing train activity, you are ultimately responsible for any errors that appear in your presentation.