Using Benchmark Papers to Teach Writing with the Traits: Middle School: Grades 6-8 [With CDROM]

By Ruth Culham

Ready-to-go sample papers organized by trait, with teacher comments.Trait expert Ruth Culham has collected, assessed, and annotated a set of 36 student papers that can be used as the focus of trait-based writing lessons. This unique resource also contains a CD with PDFs of all the papers and 12 interactive whiteboard activities that guide students through the key qualities of a paper; students simply press the color-coded buttons at the bottom of each page, and information about the key quality is displayed and the corresponding text in the paper is highlighted. Interactive whiteboard activities on CD! Time-saving resource!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00QFWNA36
• ISBN13: 9780545138406
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Scholastic Professional
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.4" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8