This Writing Traits activity ‘Conjunctions’ encourages students to use conjunctions to connect ideas.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Alliteration and Assonance’ encourages students to write with cadence to show that attention has been paid to the sounds of the words as well as the meaning.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Writing with Alliteration’ encourages students to understand and use alliteration in writing.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Descriptive Voice’ encourages students to add descriptive voice in their writing.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Descriptive Voice’ encourages students to establish and develop plots and settings. The students will include sensory details and concrete language.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Expository Voice’ encourages students to compose expository essays.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Persuasive Voice’ encourages students to write an essay in the persuasive voice.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Style’ encourages students to write in a way that directly addresses the reader, and is unique, compelling, and thoughtful.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Adjectives’ encourages students to examine and utilise vivid adjectives to enrich writing.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Descriptive Verbs’ encourages students to identify strong verbs in texts and to select strong, descriptive verbs to use in writing.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Idioms’ encourages students to identify idioms, determine their meaning, and use them in writing.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Similes’ encourages students to use appropriate words to create similes.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Synonyms’ encourages students to pay close attention to word choice to add precision to written work.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Writing with Sounds’ encourages students to use onomatopoeia in written work.