Re: 6+1 vs. 4 Square

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Four Square is a format for organizing your writing. It goes
well with the 6 trait writing.

On 8/30/09, el-toro wrote:
> Our school mandated the use of 6+1 about 5 years ago. Every
> teacher in the school, regardless of subject, has been
> trained on it. We are supposed to be using it with all
writing.
>
> I noticed it was odd that many of the kids didn't know much,
> if anything, about 6+1 by the time they got to me in 8th
> grade, which I thought was odd.
>
> I recently found out that one teacher has been teaching 4
> square writing for a few years now. She has gotten a few
> other teachers to follow her and they are going to training
> on it next month.
>
> I'm not really familiar with 4 square. My question is:
> Does it compete with 6+1? I am not in love with 6+1. If
> the teachers want to go a different direction, I'll adopt 4
> square. I just think we all need to be consistent with what
> we teach. If I get kids that have had 4 square for 3 or 4
> years and I'm expecting them to know 6+1 it doesn't work
> very well.
>
> I wanted some information on the similarities/differences
> between 6+1 and 4 square before I approach these teachers to
> discuss.
 

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