To help promote successful teaching of writing using the 6+1 Traits^TM, Heartland Area Education Agency is offering the following resources to support educators.

• New mini-catalogs for professional resources and inservice materials.
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• New Materials Here is the latest materials from Heartland AEA11 that support 6+1Traits^TM
• Excel Spreadsheet developed by Mary Schmidt
  This spreadsheet allows teachers to give scores by a particular trait.
• Children's books that support each trait of writing
  Heartland has trade books that are available for check out from Lending Library to demonstrate the writing traits in the classroom.
• Other trade books that support each trait of writing
  There are excellent trade books that support the traits that may be in local schools or classroom libraries.
• Websites and Full Text articles about 6+1 Traits of Writing
  These professional resources will provide information about traits.