Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Six Trait Writing with Twain and Doyle Unit PlanSix Trait Writing with Twain and Doyle Unit Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Unit Plan

Six Trait Writing with Twain and Doyle

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Six Trait Writing with Twain and Doyle unit plan also includes:
  • Project
  • Worksheet
  • Join to access all included materials

Students explore the traits of writing in this six lessons unit. Poems, fiction, and drama are evaluated to identify writing strategies. Utilization of vocabulary and writing rubrics help students judge the effectiveness of their own compositions.

8 Views 6 Downloads
Concepts
reading fluency

Additional Tags

fluency, precise, prompt, relevant, voioce, english language arts
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
4 more...
Resource Type
Unit Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
2003
Usage Permissions
Fine Print

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Shakespeare and Poe Teach Six-Trait Writing

Curated OER
A Six-Trait Writing instructional activity helps your middle schoolers liven up their word choice and shows them how to evaluate their own writing. Class members take a close look at the language used in poems by Shakespeare, Kipling,...
5th - 8th English Language Arts
Activity

Introducing the 6 Traits to Students

Smekens Education Solutions, Inc.
Put together an English language arts unit on the six traits of writing with this helpful collection of resources. From fun songs to differentiated writing exercises reinforcing each of the traits, great ideas are provided for...
K - 8th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Printables

The Six Traits in Plain Language

We are Teachers
If your rockin' writers use Six-Trait Writing, you'll definitely want to include these displays around your classroom throughout the year. Each trait (e.g. voice, word choice, organization, ideas, sentence fluency, conventions) is...
1st - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Organizer

Revision Checklist for the Accordion Essay

Curated OER
Encourage your class to revise their writing and check over their work by requiring them to complete an organization checklist. The checklist, created specifically for a accordion-style essay, asks writers to look over their formatting,...
4th - 8th English Language Arts
Lesson Planet Article

How To Use the Six Traits of Writing

Curated OER
Use these reference tools to plan and organize the Six Traits of Writing Program.
K - 7th English Language Arts
PPT

The Six Traits of Writing

Curated OER
Targeted toward parents, the slides included here could be adapted for classroom use or shown at Back-to-School Night. The focus of the presentation is Six Trait Writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and...
4th - 8th English Language Arts
PPT

Six Traits of Writing

Curated OER
What are the six traits of writing? This cute presentation will show you and your pupils exactly that! For each trait of writing, the creators of this PowerPoint included a quote and bullet points describing the trait. Play this and have...
5th - 9th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Borrowing Narrative Skills from Mr. Fletcher: Using a "Prompts in Reverse" Technique to Inspire Your Writers

Curated OER
Help your class find their writing voices with this lesson which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a "Prompt in Reverse" activity. Using the chapter "First Pen" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher what they...
3rd - 8th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Going Back in Time Using “George Washington’s Socks”

State University of New York
After reading Elvira Woodruff's George Washington's Socks, young readers and writers embark upon writing their own historically based story, with a focus on developing ideas and details throughout the piece. In small groups, class...
3rd - 6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Combining with Participial Phrases

Curated OER
Combine participial phrases and creative writing with this lesson, which is equally helpful for writing skills and conventions. After a mini-lesson on participial phrases and reading the picture book Dancing in the Wings, pupils use a...
4th - 9th English Language Arts
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use