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Interactive Tools and Lessons for "Persuasive Writing"

This web site provides an interdisciplinary approach to teaching and improving student writing based on the Six Traits Writing model. The links below provide an overview of the model along with the scoring rubrics for each trait. Exercises provided here will give students and teachers a chance to read sample writings, rate them, and compare their ratings with ratings made by English teachers. This will provide a valuable opportunity for both students and teachers to improve their understanding of the Six Traits and, in the end, improve their own writing.

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Exercise to use with your smartboard to teach/practice paragraphing and topic sentence identification

You already spend a lot of time trying to persuade your parents or teachers to allow you to watch more TV or do less homework. Now you can use those same skills to write a persuasive essay!

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This is the coolest site! Poets are given 20 minutes to write and you can actually see the writing and revision take place.