Creating 6-Trait Revisers and Editors for Grade 5: 30 Revision and Editing Lessons

Vicki Spandel Creating 6-Trait Revisers and Editors for Grade 5:30 Revision and Editing Lessons Challenge students to be daring, creative, and confident revisers with the help of writing expert Vicki Spandel.Based on its highly successful parent texts,Creating Writers Through 6-Trait WritingandCreating Young Writers, this new grade-level series offers a fresh approach to strengthening revision and editing skills in grades two through eight. Each research-based volume includes a wealth of interactive lessons based on samples of problematic writing that students revise or edit in teams, with a follow-up coaching discussion led by the teacher. What's the best way to teach fifth graders to revise and edit? With focused lessons designed especiallyforthem. These 15 revision lessons and 15 editing lessons stress a process approach that spotlightsone kind of problem at a time, making revision manageable for fifth graders at all ability levels. Clear illustrations, samples, and step-by-step instructions for each lesson show teachers precisely what writing skill to focus onhow to introduce it, present it, and reinforce it in future writing. "I LOVE the fact that Vicki uses strong literature to teach revision skills AND includes the passages in her text. Teachers won't have to spend time searching for the passages; they're included. Thank you!" Cheryl Dick, elementary teacher on special assignment, Nixa, Missouri "Spandel's book is set up in a manner that makes it readable, applicable, and relevant for new and "seasoned" teachers of writing." Karen S. Cohen, elementary educator, Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA Vicki Spandelhas worked as a language arts teacher, editor, journalist, technical writer, and award winning video producer. Since her work developing the original, internationally recognized 6-Trait Model for writing assessment and instruction, she has served as scoring director for more than 75 state, county, and district writing assessments. Vicki is a frequent visitor in writing classrooms, providing coaching on writing, revision, and editing. Her books includeCreating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing, 5eandCreating Young Writers, 2e, (Allyn & Bacon);The 9 Rights of Every Writer(Heinemann); andThe Write Traitsseries (Great Source Education Group).Spandel, Vicki is the author of 'Creating 6-Trait Revisers and Editors for Grade 5: 30 Revision and Editing Lessons', published 2008 under ISBN 9780205580996 and ISBN 0205580998.