100 Trait-Specific Comments: Middle School: A Quick Guide for Giving Constructive Feedback to Writers in Grades 6–8

Giving constructive feedback to student writers is critical to their success. But finding the right words can be difficult…until now. In this guide, Ruth Culham provides 100 trait-specific comments that address essential writing skills. The comments are correlated to the all-new middle school scoring guides, according to six performance levels—rudimentary, emerging, developing, refining, strong, and exceptional—making it easy to pinpoint areas of need and target instruction!

The comments middle school teachers need to help student writers improve.