If you enjoyed this post, you might also enjoy a few of my past posts:

The following sites have posted some excellent (free) 6 + 1 Trait Posters that you may also find helpful:

• Edina Public Schools
• Reading Lady.com
• Writing Fix.com
• Teaching that Makes Sense
• This Little Light of Mine
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Writing Exemplars
Writing Exemplars (also called sample or “anchor” papers) are used to help students, teachers, administrators, and parents learn what the expectations are for writers at any given grade level. They also serve as a great way to develop an understanding of how to score students’ writing.
The following sites have posted exemplars that could be used as you start to evaluate the writing program in your school:
GRADES K-5
• Oregon Grade 3 - includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, and Imaginative writing
• Oregon Grade 5 - includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Imaginative writing
• Exemplars.com – includes a small sampling of K-4 writing lessons and exemplars (exemplars are found toward the bottom of each page)
• Houghten Mifflin Benchmark Papers – each set shows a range of scores for all modes taught in  grades K-5 Houghton Mifflin English. An analysis of each model is also provided.
• Anchor Papers for Emergent Readers

GRADES 6-8

• Oregon Grade 6 – includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Imaginative writing
• Oregon Grade 8 – includes five levels of Narrative, Expository, Persuasive, and Imaginative writing
• 6 + 1 Trait Writing Scored Examples

GRADES 9-12

• Maryland Anchor Papers
• Practice Scoring K-12

MULTI-AGE LEVELS

• Ontario Grades 1-8 – the site includes four levels of annotated writing for each grade as well as copies of the assessment rubrics
• New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars – the site includes poetic writing character development and personal experience,  as well as transactional explanation and argument exemplars
• Nova Scotia 1-8 Exemplars
• The Writing Site - select a grade level (1-12)  and a genre to explore various writing exemplars
• Write Source – grades 1-12 (simple exemplars)
Scoring Guides


Scoring guides serve as rubrics  or check lists that teachers can use to assess student writing.  They may vary from state to state and district to district, but should all have similar criteria that incorporates the various traits of writing:  ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.



The following sites have posted writing scoring guides that you can review and consider as you develop assessments for your district:



• New York State Guide to the Grades 3-8 Testing Program
• Oregon Department of Education Official Scoring Guide, Writing 2009-2010
• Bakersfield Writing Prompts and Scoring Guides K-8 (also includes writing exemplars)
• Missouri Dept. of Education Scoring Guides 3, 7, 11
• 6 + 1 Writing Rubric
• Student Friendly Writing Rubric (MS age appropriate)
• Practice Scoring 6 + 1 Writing Traits
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