Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 8 Teacher Edition

Give your eighth graders scaffolded, focused writing practice with Daily 6-Trait Writing!Each of the 25 weekly units provides trait-based writing practice in concise activities that cover the essential traits of strong writing: ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions. The weekly units present a writing skill on Day 1, and writing activities progress in difficulty until students apply what they've learned to a writing prompt on Day 5.Daily 6-Trait Writing is easy to use and offers you the flexibility to teach weekly units in consecutive order or to pick and choose lessons to meet student needs.25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills:Unit 1: IdeasWeek 1: Focusing Your TopicWeek 2: Supporting the Main IdeaWeek 3: Developing Story ElementsWeek 4: Maintaining Your FocusWeek 5: Writing from ExperienceUnit 2: OrganizationWeek 1: Organizing Information LogicallyWeek 2: Connecting DetailsWeek 3: Deciding on the OrganizationWeek 4: Writing an Effective IntroductionWeek 5: Writing Effective ConclusionsUnit 3: Word ChoiceWeek 1: Communicating ClearlyWeek 2: Writing About ActionWeek 3: Using Figurative LanguageWeek 4: Avoiding Overused LanguageWeek 5: Writing for the Topic and the AudienceUnit 4: Sentence FluencyWeek 1: Creating a Purposeful RhythmWeek 2: Varying Sentence Structure and LengthWeek 3: Fluency in PoetryWeek 4: Using QuotationsWeek 5: Writing a Smooth ParagraphUnit 5: VoiceWeek 1: Using Your Own VoiceWeek 2: Writing from Different Points of ViewWeek 3: Making a Story EngagingWeek 4: Using the Right Voice for the PurposeWeek 5: Connecting with Your ReadersThis resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.About Evan-Moor Educational PublishersIgniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.