A Teacher's Guide to Mentor Texts, 6-12

A Teacher's Guide to Mentor Texts, 6-12

Author: Allison Marchetti

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780325120034

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"This book is a practical guide to using mentor texts in the teaching of writing in middle and high school classrooms"--


Mentor Texts

Mentor Texts

Author: Rose Cappelli

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 1003843484

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In their first edition of Mentor Texts, authors Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli helped teachers across the country make the most of high-quality children's literature in their writing instruction. Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6, 2nd Edition the authors continue to show teachers how to help students become confident, accomplished writers by using literature as their foundation. The second edition includes brand-new Your Turn Lessons, built around the gradual release of responsibility model, offering suggestions for demonstrations and shared or guided writing. Reflection is emphasized as a necessary component to understanding why mentor authors chose certain strategies, literary devices, sentence structures, and words. Dorfman and Cappelli offer new children's book titles in each chapter and in a carefully curated and annotated Treasure Chest. At the end of each chapter a Think About It'sTalk About It'sWrite About It section invites reflection and conversation with colleagues.The book is organized around the characteristics of good writing'sfocus, content, organization, style, and conventions. The authors write in a friendly and conversational style, employing numerous anecdotes to help teachers visualize the process, and offer strategies that can be immediately implemented in the classroom. This practical resource demonstrates the power of learning to read like writers.


The Relatives Came

The Relatives Came

Author: Cynthia Rylant

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1993-07-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785713913

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The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time


Mentor Texts That Multitask [Grades K-8]

Mentor Texts That Multitask [Grades K-8]

Author: Pamela Koutrakos

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2021-12-21

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1071859293

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Streamline literacy learning with power-packed children’s books Two of the most common challenges educators face is lack of time and resources. In Mentor Texts That Multitask, Pam Koutrakos shows how to streamline literacy instruction by using a single mentor text to teach reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and listening. When you integrate literacy instruction this way, concepts start to come together more clearly for children – and teachers save time and expense. This user-friendly resource is packed with ready-to-go lessons and tools to create, plan, and teach using multitasking texts. The lessons and accompanying ideas can jumpstart learning in the classroom by integrating and connecting literacy concepts in time-efficient ways. Resources include Full lessons centered on high-quality children’s literature to take the guesswork out of planning A DIY section to help teachers plan and teach lessons around other favorite texts Dozens of student and classroom examples to show you what’s possible Printables available online to help with immediate implementation. Designed to help teachers build a more inclusive classroom library and instructional practice, this guide highlights texts that represent and celebrate a multitude of characters and topics.


Craft Moves

Craft Moves

Author: Stacey Shubitz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-10

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1003841597

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How do you choose mentor texts for your students? How do you mine them for the craft lessons you want your students to learn?In Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts , Stacey Shubitz, co-founder of the Two Writing Teachers website, usestwenty recently published picture books to createmore than 180 lessons to teach various craft moves that will help your students become better writers.Each of the 184 lessons in the book includes a publisher's summary, a rationale or explanation of the craft move demonstrated in the book, and a procedure that takes teachers and students back into the mentor text to deepen their understanding of the selected craft move. A step-by-step guide demonstrates how to analyze a picture book for multiple craft moves.Shubitzintroduces picture books as teaching tools and offers ways to integrate them into your curriculum and classroom discussions. She then shares different routines and classroom procedures designed to help students focus on their writing during the writer's workshop as well as focusing how teachers can prepare for small group instruction.Using picture books as mentor texts will help your students not only read as writers and write with joy but also become writers who can effectively communicate meaning, structure their writing, write with detail, and give their writing their own unique voice.


Saturdays and Teacakes

Saturdays and Teacakes

Author: Lester L. Laminack

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2023-01-10

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1682630811

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A lyrical picture book memoir of one boy and his beloved grandmother, from award-winning author Lester L. Laminack. Every Saturday, a young boy rides his bicycle up and down country roads, past farms and a filling station, until he reaches his Mammaw's house. She is waiting for him. There, the young boy helps her. She picks tomatoes and he pushes the lawnmower through the dew-wet grass. But the best part of the day is helping his Mammaw make teacakes from scratch and eating the hot, sweet cakes fresh from the oven. Lester L. Laminack's richly detailed prose perfectly portrays the special relationship of a young boy and his grandmother. Award-winning illustrator Chris Soentpiet's remarkably detailed watercolor images beautifully capture the setting.


One Word from Sophia

One Word from Sophia

Author: Jim Averbeck

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-06-16

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1481405144

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All Sophia wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one. Includes glossary.


Writing with Mentors

Writing with Mentors

Author: Allison Marchetti

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780325074504

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In Writing with Mentors, high school teachers Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell prove that the key to cultivating productive, resourceful writers-writers who can see value and purpose for writing beyond school-is using dynamic, hot-off-the-press mentor texts. In this practical guide, they provide savvy strategies for:--finding and storing fresh new mentor texts, from trusted traditional sources to the social mediums of the day --grouping mentor texts in clusters that show a diverse range of topics, styles, and approaches --teaching with lessons that demonstrate the enormous potential of mentor texts at every stage of the writing process.


Nonfiction Mentor Texts

Nonfiction Mentor Texts

Author: Lynne R. Dorfman

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1571104968

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Guides teachers through a variety of projects, samples, and classroom anecdotes that demonstrate how teachers can help students become more effective writers of good nonfiction.