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Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School (Theory and Practice (Scholastic))

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Teaching writing just got easier!

By Linda Brock - January 4, 2010

Teachers, if you are wondering how to spend your Christmas gift cards, stop now and get this book! I loved Ruth Culham's previous book on the traits, but Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School surpasses its predecessor in both content and usefulness. Ruth summarizes current research on writing, explains and illustrates each trait, provides numerous student samples and lesson ideas, and lists mentor texts for each trait. But she doesn't stop there! She includes a CD filled with mode-specific strategies, lessons, and student-friendly scoring guides, all ready to use. All of it is written in Ruth's warm, witty style, which makes this book fun to use.

With this one book, Ruth is saving me hours of time--time I previously spent typing sample papers, time creating lessons and warm-ups, time reformatting lessons for my Smart Board. With the CD included, Ruth is giving us the equivalent of three or four books--what a deal! Our district purchased a book for... read more

A Must For Every Middle School Teacher!

By Shanna S Nason - September 19, 2010

I have been teaching 6th grade for 5 years and I was ecstatic when Ruth Culhams's Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School (Theory and Practice) was released last year. My earlier elementary versions were dog-eared and manipulated to apply to my middle school writing environment. With this new release I have found it to be extremely targeted and well designed for grades 6,7,8. My students love to read and score the included writing samples, and the warm-up exercises are very age appropriate and are great writing starters for young teenagers. I would highly recommend Ruth Culham's Middle School Trait book as well all of her supplemental publications...NO SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD BE WITHOUT THIS WRITING SERIES!

Where has this book been all my teaching life?

By teachermom "teachermom" - January 6, 2010

Thank you, Ruth Culham! Recognizing the dearth of materials for the upper grades, she's actually done something about it. The scored student papers are already proving invaluable, and the cd that's included is full of more papers, and scoring guides (yes!) that are easy for printing or just viewing. I've waited years for a book like this, and all I can say is it has surpassed my expectations. A must-have for all middle-school teachers!

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