Grateful to Be Traitful: Reflections on a PAWLP Day
By Janice Ewing
On the first day of summer
with much on our plates
a group got together
to discuss the Six Traits
For PAWLPers a day
of immersion in writing
is our kind of fun
our kind of exciting
We started with ideas —
do they hold our attention?
Then organization —
a sense of direction
If you want to know a writer
you must listen for voice —
you’ll be pulled right in
with fresh word choice
Sentence fluency is a trait
that tends to be tricky
as rule-bending variety
is not for the nitpicky
The next one’s a double
conventions and presentation —
is the writing dressed up
and ready for publication?
As we talked and we laughed
wrote and reflected
our day was fulfilling
just as we expected.
If this sounds like your kind of fun, consider joining us for Three Modes/Three Days/Six Traits: An Academy for Implementing the Common Core Standards. The course runs from July 22nd-24th and can be taken for two credits or Act 48 hours. See pawlp.org for details, or contact Sally at smalarney@wcupa.edu if you have any questions.
Janice Ewing is an adjunct for Cabrini College and a co-director for the Pennsylvania Writing & Literature Project. Janice co-facilitates PAWLP’s “Continuity Days” and this blog. She is an avid reader and writer, and especially enjoys writing poems.
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