Name_______________________________________ Date:​ ​9.11.

18​ No______ 
 
6-Trait Writing: ​Ideas/Content 
Write a 5-paragraph essay teaching another student about Morning Meeting. 
Remember the five areas you need to teach your reader in order for them to fully 
understand ​what​ Morning Meeting is and ​how​ they can do it in their own classroom. 
● Where 
● Respect 
● Morning Greeting 
● Games 
● When 
Use the rubric below to gauge your writing: 
IDEAS/CONTENT RUBRIC 

  5: ​Focused, clear, specific.    3: Some really good    1: Just beginning to figure 

It keeps the reader’s  parts, some not there  out what I want to say 
attention  yet! 

  I know a lot about this    I introduced some    I haven’t shared much 

topic and added  things about subject,  information. I don’t 
interesting tidbits.  but I missed a few  seem to know much 
important parts  about this topic 

  I fully explained by    Details are explained    My details are so vague 

answering 5Ws and H  in a general way (nice,  it’s hard to picture or 
questions.  fun, some, good.)  understand anything 

  My topic for each    Some paragraphs    I’m still thinking aloud 

paragraph was small  have clear topics,  on paper. In each 
enough to handle.  some do not.  paragraph my 
ideas/topics are 
unclear. 

  I can easily answer the    My essay has some    My essay jumps around 
question, “What is the  clear points but the  and there is no clear 
point of this paper?”  main idea of what I am  point. 
teaching is a bit 
confusing. 
 
Due Date: Tomorrow 9.12.18