"100 Trait-Specific Comments: Middle School" by Ruth Culham is a valuable resource aimed at educators seeking to provide constructive feedback to student writers in grades 6-8. The book offers a collection of specific comments aligned with the traits of effective writing, allowing teachers to address various aspects of students’ work, such as ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. This guide aims to enhance the writing instruction process, helping educators give targeted feedback that fosters student growth and improvement. With its practical insights, this resource empowers teachers to support students in becoming more skilled and confident writers. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is aimed at children at US 6th grade-8th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 11-13 years.

There are 26 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Scholastic Teaching Resources .

Ruth Culham, EdD, launched a writing revolution with the publication of her book 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up, followed by 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades and Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School, winner of the 2011 Teacher's Choice award. Her groundbreaking work with the writing traits is the culmination of 40 years of research, practice, and passion. Most recently, Ruth has published the bestselling The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing that demonstrates how to read with a writer's eye to lift the best writing techniques from favorite authors. Ruth has also penned What Principals Need to Know About Teaching and Learning Writing for all school leaders and literacy coaches. Ruth's professional books have illuminated both writing and the reading-writing connection for countless educators around the globe. Her many professional resources include the immensely popular, grade-specific Trait Crates that use beautiful children's literature titles to spotlight and teach each writing trait and drive home the reading-writing connection. And, Ruth's ground-breaking, all-in-one curriculum Traits Writing: The Complete Writing Program for Grades K-8 aligns the traits with writing process and writing workshop--and enhances teachers' professional understanding of writing as it elevates the effectiveness of student writing. Ruth is currently a contributor and Writing Department Editor for the professional journal Reading Teacher. She's president of the Culham Writing Company and former Unit Manager of the Assessment Program at Education Northwest in Portland, Oregon. She was English Teacher of the Year in Montana, one of the highlights of her 19-year teaching career. Culham holds specialty degrees in Library Science and Elementary, Middle, and Secondary English Education.