tailieunhanh - Improving Fourth Grade Students’ Writing Skills With 6+1 Traits of Writing and Writer’s Workshop

This study explores the implementation of two contemporary approaches to teaching writing, Writer’s Workshop and 6+1 Traits of Writing. The purpose of the study was to help fourth grade students become proficient writers both in their descriptive writing content and in their written mechanics. The study also compares the transfer of written skills using these approaches versus the commonly taught Daily Oral Language process and grammatical textbook activities. Throughout the study, students were actively involved in many hands-on writing activities. The lessons encouraged students to engage in discussions about their writing, as opposed to. | Improving Fourth Grade Students Writing Skills With 6 1 Traits of Writing and Writer s Workshop Jessica L. Flyte-Rettler Spring 2004 Elem Ed 720 Action Research in Curriculum Instruction and Elem Ed 792 Seminar in Curriculum Instruction Dr. Judith Hankes 1 Improving Fourth Grade Students Writing Skills With 6 1 Traits of Writing Graphic Organizers and Writer s Workshop Jessica L. Flyte-Rettler A Seminar Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Master of Science in Education Curriculum and Instruction University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh Wisconsin 54901-8621 May 2004 Approval Date First Reader ________________________________________________________ Judith Hankes Ph. D. Second Reader __________________________________________ Shawn Jepson Master of Education and Administration 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 4 STUDY SEQUENCE 5 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 7 SITUATING THE PROBLEM 7 LITERATURE REVIEW 9 Traditional Writing Instruction 9 Writer s Workshop 10 6 1 Traits of Writing 12 Just the Right Mix 13 METHODS 14 Participants 14 Data Collection 14 Methods of Data Analysis 14 Intervention 15 RESULTS OF DATA ANALYSIS 20 CONCLUSIONS 25 FUTURE PLANS 26 REFERENCES 28 APPENDIX A 30 APPENDIX B 33 APPENDIX C 36 APPENDIX D 37 APPENDIX E 38 APPENDIX F 39 APPENDIX G 40