100 Trait-Specific Comments: Middle School: A Quick Guide for Giving Constructive Feedback to Writers in Grades 6–8

The comments middle school teachers need to help student writers improve.

Giving constructive feedback to student writers is critical to their success. But findinf the right words can be difficultuntil now. In this guide, Ruth Culham provides 100 trait-specific comments that address essential writing skills. The comments are correlated to all-new middle school scoring guides, according to six performance levels-rudimentary, emerging, developing, refining, strong, and exceptional-making it easy to pin-point areas of need and target instruction. Spiral-bound, colour-coded, tabbed by trait, and printed on sturdy paper that will stand up to years of use.Helpful and easy-to-access comments, organized by trait.Ideal for use in one-on-one conferences, in small groups, and with the whole class.Comments can be modified easily and delivered orally or in writing. Contains all-new scoring guides for each trait, developed just for middle school teachers.Attractive, easy-to-use format; sturdy, durable, construction.The perfect companion to Culham's Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School and other middle school resources.

Ruth Culham, Ed.D., is the president of the Culham Writing Company and former Unit Manager of the Assessment Program at Education Northwest in Portland, Oregon. She is the recognized expert in the traits of writing field and author of many professional resources published by Scholastic, including 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up; 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades; and Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School, and is the winner of the 2011 Teacher's Choice award.