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I just had to share...my principal send myself and 3 other
8th grade teachers to a 6-traits seminar sponsored
by "Great Source" which is an educational products
company. Our speaker was Jeff Anderson, a veteran
teacher/trainer from Texas. NEVER in my life have I come
home from a workshop with more ideas for my own classroom.
He's a phenomenal trainer, and the Great Source folks gave
us SO much material to use in the class. For the first
time in a long time, I'm excited to go into the classroom
and teach writing.

We had already purchased the 8th grade Traits kit from
Great Source with some of our LA money last year, but we
also won, as a door price, another kit, so we chose the 1st
high school level kit, which really helps with our style of
writing in the 8th grade (expository/persuasion). Again,
it's simply full of exemplary ideas for teaching the traits
in a real classroom.

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I just looked up the workshop online... it looks great. My only thought is it is
pretty expensive. Do you think it is worth $300? Also, what resources do you
get to take home with you? I teach 5th grade, do you think it is worth the price?

On 11/03/07, tgs/ga/8 wrote:
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Nov 22, 2007
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Our principal paid for all of his 8th grade teachers to go (we
presented the information to him last spring), because in my
state, we have a mandatory 8th grade writing test. The test's
scoring rubric is based on the 6-traits, as are many other
state writing tests.

You will receive a large binder to...See More
Dec 2, 2007
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is effective??

don't assume that all the trainers are good just b/c he is.
He is good. Don't assume transfer
Dec 20, 2007


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