I honestly don't remember the website. I tried doing a google search
just now and the site didn't come up. It was basically just a
description of each of the traits. I'm the one that developed the
visual aids, they weren't on the site. I noticed that each description
lent itself to a tangible prop, a mental image.

I believe it described "ideas" as the "heartbeat" of the paper. A
student had given me a plush heart for Valentine's Day once, so I used
that as my prop. Organization was described as the "road map" of the
paper, so I used a road map. Sentence fluency was the "rhythm" of the
paper, so I borrowed drumsticks and a drum pad from the music teacher.
Voice was the "flavor" so I brought in salt and pepper shakers.
Conventions were the "rules" so I tied a string around a foam finger.
My idea was that you tie a string around your finger to remember
important things -- this was a way to remember the rules. I forget what
word choice was, but I seem to remember using an onion....

I worked off the visual aids to create a poster and corresponding
worksheet. (I don't have them on file, they're at school right now).
For ideas I found heart clipart, enlarged it, and pasted it onto poster
board. I printed off the key points about ideas and pasted them below
the clipart. Then I took the same clipart and points and made the
worksheet.

You can create whatever visual images work for you. The site I found
made sense for me, but it might not have worked for others. One site I
found described organization as the "trail" you follow. You could work
off that and find a picture of a trail, etc. I hope this helps!

On 8/01/09, teach4 wrote:
> Could you share the web address for th site with the mental pics? I
> would like to try looking at it. Thanks!

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