Voice

"Idiom is larger than geography; it is the hot breath of a people singing, slashing, explorative. Imagery becomes the magic denominator, the language of a passage, saying the ancient unchanging particulars." Mari Evans (1923 - ) US poet, educator, editor

6+1 TRAITS^TM of Writing Rubrics and Definitions NWREL's definitions of the 6+1Traits™ of Writing

Finding Your Voice by Christopher Meeks

"STYLE as Substance" by Christopher Meeks

The writer's voice and diversity, This story about Bruce DeSilva, and editor for the associate press explains DeSilva’s definitions for voice in journalistic writing.

Mini-Lessons for Teaching Writing Just what you were looking for! Here's a nice collection of practical classroom mini-lessons that will give you great ideas for each of the traits and more.

It always helps to see what others have done with this Trait. Here are several links to Voice specific lesson plans:

Strategies for Teaching VOICE (K - 6) This is a quick and effective lesson on adding Voice.

Tuning Your Voice Here you'll find a lesson that will appeal to high school students.

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