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Ruth Culham, aka The Trait Lady, is the president of The Culham Writing Company and former Unit Manager of the Assessment Program at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (recently renamed Education Northwest) in Portland, Oregon.

She is the recognized expert in the traits of writing assessment field and author of numerous professional resources published by Scholastic, including 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up; 6+1 Traits of Writing for the Primary Grades; Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School, and Using Picture Books to Teach Writing with the Traits.

As a pioneering researcher in this field, she creates and conducts teacher workshops and videos, designs national and international institutes f ...more

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I’ll be presenting at ILA 2017 on Sunday, July 16th,8:30-9:30AM
OCCC W414C (Orlando Conference Center)

Burn the Worksheets and Fire Up Your Writers
or… What’s in Your Writing Wallet?

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,980 ratings · 111 reviews · 104 distinct works • Similar authors

	6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up by Ruth Culham, Beverly Ann Chin (Foreword) 4.02 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing 4.14 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades 4.36 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School (Theory and Practice 4.34 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Using Picture Books To Teach Writing With The Traits (Scholastic Teaching Strategies, Grades 3 and Up) 4.17 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teach Writing Well: How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	40 Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom 4.02 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Using Picture Books to Teach Writing With the Traits: K–2: An Annotated Bibliography of More Than 150 Mentor Texts With Teacher-Tested Lessons by Ruth Culham, Raymond Coutu 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing With the Traits: Middle School: An Annotated Bibliography of 150 Picture Books, Chapter Books, and Young Adult Novels With Teacher-Tested Lessons by Ruth Culham, James Blasingame, Raymond Coutu 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom: Middle School: Checklists, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Scoring Sheets, and More to Boost Students' Writing Skills in All Seven Traits 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Teachers are the single most important determinant of a student’s schooling experience and academic outcomes. Social science studies have demonstrated not only that highly effective teachers are capable of producing nearly three times the student achievement gains of low-performing teachers, but also that a series of five above-average teachers can overcome the deficit typically reported between economically disadvantaged and higher income students. (p. 3)”
― Ruth Culham, The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing

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