Writing Wednesday: Using HERE COME THE HUMPBACKS as a Writing Mentor Text

HERE COME THE HUMPBACKS

By April Pulley Sayre

Illustrated by Jamie Hogan

Charlesbridge, 2013

This nonfiction book about humpback whales combines lyrical first lines on each page, with narrative facts and separate factoids on each page. Beautifully written and chock-full of information that will delight animal lovers, it can also be used as a non-fiction writing mentor text.

Writing Skills:

* Vivid Verbs

* Alliteration

* Figurative Language

* Specificity

* Organization of the text

* Onomatopoeia

* Poetic language in a nonfiction text