| Sayre’s Books As Models For Teaching The 6 + Traits of Writing |
| Ideas | (details, development, focus) | Trout Are Made of Trees
Stars Beneath Your Bed: the Surprising Story of Dust Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls of Whales, Elephants, and Birds Ocean, Coral Reef, and other in the “Exploring Earth’s Biomes” series |
| Organization | (internal structure) | Vulture View
Trout Are Made of Trees Home At Last: a Song of Migration Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls of Whales, Elephants, and Birds Ocean, Coral Reef, and other in the “Exploring Earth’s Biomes” series |
| Voice | (tone, style, purpose, audience) | Trout Are Made of Trees
The Bumblebee Queen If You Should Hear a Honey Guide Army Ant Parade Dig, Wait, Listen: a Desert Toad’s Tale |
| Word Choice | (precise language and phrasing) | Vulture View
The Bumblebee Queen Stars Beneath Your Bed Dig, Wait, Listen: a Desert Toad’s Tale Shadows Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls of Whales, Elephants, and Birds |
| Sentence Fluency | (rhythm, cadence) | Vulture View
Bird, Bird, Bird: a Chirping Chant Home At Last: a Song of Migration Trout, Trout, Trout: a Fish Chant Ant, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant Shadows |
| Conventions | (mechanical correctness) | any |
| Presentation | (handwriting, formatting, layout) | The Bumblebee QueenTrout, Trout, Trout: a Fish Chant
One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab (Great for pagination.) |