Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:10:01 -0700 Subject: 6Traits Digest #29 - 07/18/99 From: "SixTraitsMailring" <6Traits@> To: "SixTraitsMailring" <6Traits@> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Sender: <6Traits@> Precedence: Bulk List-Software: LetterRip Pro 3.0.5 by Fog City Software, Inc. List-Subscribe: List-Digest: List-Unsubscribe: 6Traits Digest #29 - Sunday, July 18, 1999 Re: 6Traits- Re: Ideas Example by "dennis.ada.swanson" Re: 6Traits - ideas rubric and examples by "dennis.ada.swanson" 6 traits: Ideas-assignments catching up by Re: 6Traits- Web site update by Re: 6Traits- Web site update by "Susan Nixon" <susan@desertskyone.com> Ideas #1 by "jimnkath" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: 6Traits- Re: Ideas Example From: "dennis.ada.swanson" Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 09:41:20 -0400 an idea my first graders could connect with, especially if it is their first tooth "lost": from : LITTLE RABBIT'S LOOSE TOOTH by Lucy Bate "What should I do with my tooth?" she asked "Whatever you want," said Mother Rabbit. "I could throw it away," said LIttle Rabbit. "Or, you could put it under your pillow for the tooth fairy," said Mother Rabbit. Why should I do that?" asked LIttle Rabbit. "When you are asleep the tooth fairy will take your tooth and leave you a present," said Mother Rabbit. "Does the tooth fairy get to keep my tooth?" "Yes, of course," said Mother Rabbit. Little rabbit put her tongue in the window in her mouth. The she took her tongue out of the window. "What if I don't want the tooth fairy to keep my tooth?," she said. AHA...if you don't know the book and YOU want to know what comes next (who knows when you might need the info =3D) then I guess you got the idea. If I am off the track, let me know. I'm doing this alone and I am NOT brave here. Ada "We are all works in progress!" "Where there's will, there's a way!" first grade North Syracuse, New York ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: 6Traits - ideas rubric and examples From: "dennis.ada.swanson" Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 13:10:44 -0400 Ideas Rubric 1 =96 NOT YET extremely limited or unclear ideas no focus/no central purpose short 2 =96 EMERGING some attempt to develop idea BUT irrelevant, extensive repetition, and/or insufficient details 3 =96 DEVELOPING idea identifiable credible resources questionable difficulty with specific details at times off-topic 4 =96 COMPETENT clear and focused with identifiable main ideas supportive details relevant though may be limited not always suitable for the audience or purpose 5 - EXPERIENCED clear, focused, interesting main ideas and details that hold reader=92s attention well-suited to audience and purpose relevant use of details and resources makes connections and shares insights 6 =96 WOW exceptionally clear and focused and holds reader=92s attention rich and appropriate supporting details thorough and in-depth makes connections and shares insights very well suited to the audience and purpose ex to follow...I am having trouble finding the examples of IDEAS to rate...I get so much mail that I really need the subject line to tell if it is a practice one or someone's response to one... I'm not sure if I got copies of each of the practice ones. This might be a dumb idea, but could the practice examples be posted temporarily on the website while we are doing that trait? I'm working alone here, and trying to do what I can. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 6 traits: Ideas-assignments catching up From: DottieGray@aol.com Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 14:48:07 EDT Hi, I'm a bit behind, pardon the lateness : ) This is a passage from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling The last shop was narrow and shabby. Peeling gold letters over the = door read Ollivanders: Makers of Find Wands since 382 B.C. A single wand lay = on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window. A tinkling bell rang somewhere in the depths of the shop as they stepped inside. It was a tiny place, empty except for a single, spindly chair that Hagrid sat on to wait. Harry felt strangely as though he had entered a very strict library; he swallowed a lot of new questions that = had just occurred to him and looked instead at the thousands of narrow boxes piled neatly right up to the ceiling. For some reason, the back of his = neck prickled. The very dust and silence in here seemed to tingle with some secret magic. Rubric assignment (separators underlined) Level 1--lacks central idea/purpose; ideas extremely limited/unclear; minimal/non-existant development; lack of focus Level 2--main ideas somewhat unclear, minimal development, insufficient details; irrelevant and/or repitition of details Level 3--easily identifiable purpose/main idea, predictable main = ideas/plot; attempted support, details limited, somewhat off-topic; details may not be = credible Level 4--clear main idea, easily identifiable purpose, relevant supporting = details, resources provide accurate support; topic is explored/explained; some connections, insight present; content & details relevant Level 5--main idea stands out, clarity, focus, control present; relevant, carefully selected details; strong, accurate support; thorough explanation/exploration of topic, makes connections, details well-suited = to audience Level 6--exceptionally clear writing, main idea stands out; supporting, relevant, carefully selected details; thorough in-depth explanation/exploration of topic, makes connections, details well-suited = to audience and purpose Rubric assignments Example #1--The Day I Shrunk I gave it a 4-5, feeling that it was closer to a 5, several supporting details, main idea stood out Example #2--Lazonya I thought it closer to a 3 than 2, I could understand the main idea, = though it had limited and repititious details Example #3--I must have deleted! Example #4 It rained last night I gave it a 6, clear, focused, interesting writing that held my attention = and provided great visual images, rich details Anne Harris 1st grade, Clermont, FL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: 6Traits- Web site update From: DLM2nd@aol.com Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:19:35 EDT File Not Found = ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: 6Traits- Web site update From: Susan Nixon <susan@desertskyone.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 16:02:55 -0700 At 03:19 PM 7/18/99 EDT, you wrote: > File Not = Found You won't find it until I make the pages, but I put in the links as I go, so I don't forget to go back and put them in later. =3D) Those are the things we are collecting now and I'll do those web pages this week. The links will become active as each trait is studied. If you get the file = not found notice, it's just because the page isn't up yet. =3D) All the Voice pages that I am doing at this time are up now. Susan Nixon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Ideas #1 From: jimnkath Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 07:58:36 +1000 Firstly sorry this is so late ! I had 2 kids with birthdays and I am not = on vacation . Anyway from Paul Jennings who has achieved legend status with Australian = kids for his quirky and outrageous stories. I ride like I have never ridden before. The wind whips my hair. I puff. I = pant. Sweat runs into my eyes. I ride up Wheeler's Hill without getting off my = bike. No one has ever ridden up Wheeler's Hill before. My heart is hurting. My = legs are aching Kathy Ferguson 4/5 Queensland ,Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of 6Traits Digest