Samples Of 6 Trait Writing

Business Sense: On Airlines, Entrepreneurs and the Fourth Quarter

”Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!” -- Oscar Wilde

I started writing this column from Cleveland, Ohio, while attending an airline recruiting conference called “Jumpstart.” It's one of two conferences held each year where, in a highly structured format, airport and airline representatives meet to talk about service opportunities. I went with Humboldt County Aviation Director Jacquelyn Hulsey and our consultants from Mead & Hunt. Our goal was simple, to talk to our existing airline and potential new airlines to get them interested in increasing service from our local airport. All we want are more flights to more destinations. We were one of more than 150 airports represented at the conference. Also attending were representatives from 25 different airlines, all of whom are being courted by our “competitors.”

It's interesting to sit and talk to colleagues from other small airports and hear their issues. Santa Rosa is starting the process of expanding their runway to better accommodate passenger air service. They will have to go through an extensive community process and will have significant environmental and community issues to contend with to get their project done. When completed, their runway will be a full 6,000 feet long, just like ours. In Oxnard, they are dealing with the loss of all passenger air service. It was a year ago when their last carrier, United Express, left their market. Their representative was in Cleveland trying to find another airline to start service to their community. Yet another airport is looking to expand an aging terminal. Of course, all three were at the conference to compete with us to attract an airline's business.

I have to say that while we've struggled with our air service lately, we're pretty fortunate that we have completed major upgrades to our runway and terminal and can offer modern facilities for air carriers. We now have to be very entrepreneurial in our efforts to increase our service.

Speaking of being entrepreneurial, In June I had the pleasure of teaching a group of seventh graders in Ferndale. I was asked by the Arcata Economic Development Corp. and the Small Business Development Center to lead a six-session class on being an entrepreneur. We used a curriculum developed by Junior Achievement.

6 Trait Rubrics

I am also using "6 +1 Traits". I teach 7th8th so it is a little easier for me to go over the rubric; however,when I read your post I remembered seeing primary rubrics for each area. Here are the links...if they do not open please let me know so I can figure out another way to get them to you...they are great!! It almost makes me wish I taught primary...almost As far as presenting these rubrics to the class, I would either make copies for them to include in their writer's notebooks or make posters of them to hang in the room so that you could refer to them as needed instead of trying to go over it all at once. For example, when you see a problem with word choice, refer to the chart and have them examine their work choice in their own writitngs...

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