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Ruth Culham
Culham Writing Company
Ruth Culham, Ed.D., is the president of The Culham Writing Company and former Unit Manager of the Assessment Program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, Oregon. She is the recognized expert in the traits of the writing assessment field . . . » See Full Bio

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Scholastic Titles by Ruth Culham

TalkAbout Videos with Ruth Culham

» How to teach and implement the Traits of Writing in primary classrooms (Parts 1-6).

Ruth Culham Podcasts!

» On The Traits of Writing (4:25)
» On Teaching Writing (3:28)

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“In just one-and-a-half years, our district has experienced remarkable improvement in both instruction and student writing. The 6 + 1 TRAIT model gave us the essential elements needed for long-term systemic change . . .”

—Louise L. Cleveland,
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction,
Harrison School District, NY

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6+1 Traits of Writing Model to Life!
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Available on DVD

» Inside the Writing Traits Classroom (Grades K-2)
» Sample Clips

» Traits of Writing for the Primary Grades (Grades K-2)
» Sample Clips

» Traits of Writing (Grades 3-5)
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Additional Resources for Ruth Culham

» 6 Traits: Building a Foundation for Writing (K-2) Scholastic RED online professional development course taught by Ruth Culham.
» “The Trait Lady Speaks Up”: Article by Ruth Culham in October 2006 issue of Educational Leadership published by ASCD.
» 6+1 Traits for Revision: A toolbox of skills to give teachers and students a common vision for revision. Article by Ruth Culham.
» Writing Traits Instruction: Unit Plan for Grades 9-12, by Rita McLary for Scholastic.
» Books for Trait-Based Writing Instruction: With these books, you will never run out of writing lessons for students in any grade level, compiled by Rita McLary for Scholastic.
» The Culham Writing Company Web site

NEW from Ruth Culham

100 Trait-Specific Comments: Middle School

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In this guide, Ruth Culham provides 100 trait-specific comments that address essential writing skills. The comments are correlated to the all-new middle school scoring guides, according to six performance levels–rudimentary, emerging, developing, refining, strong, and exceptional–making it easy to pinpoint areas of need and target instruction.

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