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. Spiral-bound, color coded, tabbed by trait, and printed on sturdy paper that will stand up to years of use. For use with Grades 6€“8.