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Rob Whyte is a university teacher, teacher trainer and writer.

Week 2 – Six Writing Traits Lesson

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This week will learn about and practice Six Writing Traits.

SIX WRITING TRAITS

It’s a framework to help teachers evaluate student writing. The framework has six variables:

IDEA: a clear message, the content. Good writing shows, it does not tell. Bits of information that are often overlooked. Stimulating, interesting, surprising content.

ORGANISATION: The structure of the writing. Is it compare and contrast, point by point analysis, chronological? The story unfolds with ease. There is a beginning and an end.

VOICE: We sense there is a person writing to us, not a template. There is feeling, humor, personality.

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A Quick Lesson About English Words

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Here is a quick lesson about words in the English language.

The New General Service List (2013)

This is a list of about 2800 words. All ESL students need to learn these words. These are the most important words in the English language when you measure how often they are used in daily life. These words represent about 90% of all words that ESL students will find in books.

Get the General Service List from that link.

Sight Words

These are the words children will find in books as they

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Extensive Reading: How People Read

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Here is a short lesson on how people read. From this information, I hope the trainees will develop an understanding about the habits of slow readers and the qualities of fast readers, and how ER helps ESL students improve reading.

EYE MOVEMENTS IN READING

When people read a line of text, the eyes rarely move straight across in a straight line. Usually, the eyes move in three different ways.

Saccades

When reading a line of text, your eyes move in a series of quick jumps. This jumpy movement is

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