Writing expert Ruth Culham gives you picture books, model lessons, and more to help you teach writing with the 6 traits like a pro. In each kit you get: six grade-perfect full-color picture books, six 16-page teaching guides (one for each trait) with step-by-step model lessons, graphic organizers, a scoring rubric and extension activities, 12 teaching transparencies, and 6 full-color teaching posters. Add to this Culham's best-selling professional book, Using Picture Books to Teach Writing with the Traits, and color-coded stickers, and you've got a complete resource for teaching with the traits. Best of all, these materials are organized in a sturdy box with hanging folders, one for each trait, for easy, expandable storage that will accommodate your materials for years to come. Picture books and mentor texts selected for the Seventh Grade Trait Crate are: After Ever After, The Boy Who Dared, Oh My Gods, A Drop of Water, Music of the Dolphins, Henry's Freedom Box.