Picture Book Month Day 26: Picture Books as Mentor Texts featuring WHEN MARIAN SANG
WHEN MARIAN SANG: THE TRUE RECITAL OF MARIAN ANDERSON
Illustrated by Brian Selznick
Scholastic, 2002
Summary:
WHEN MARIAN SANG is a biography featuring the life of African-American singer, Marian Anderson, a woman who broke barriers for African-Americans during the time of the Jim Crow laws.
Mentor Text Writing Skills:
* Word Choice
* Specificity
* Figurative Language
* Sensory Words
* Narrative Nonfiction
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