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Mentor Texts for Writers: Building a Picture Book Biography
Recently, I have been writing a picture book biography. I love the topic, I love the research, but I do not love how it’s structured at this point. I haven’t yet captured the essence of the story through the way I’m telling it. So, I began investigating unique ways…
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Mentor Texts for Writers E-Book is Here!
Last year, I put together an e-book for teachers on tips for using mentor texts in the classroom. I’m pleased to announce the my newest e-book is for writers. I hope it is one of several to come. Mentor Texts for Writers, Book 1 is a compilation of many…
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NF 10 for 10: Nonfiction Poetic Picture Books
I’ve been reading a lot of nonfiction picture books lately because we are doing a nonfiction mentor text book study at my school using FINDING THE HEART OF NONFICTION by Georgia Heard. One of the things I admire about nonfiction is an author’s ability to convey facts…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: First Chapter Makeover by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
By day, I am a teacher who uses mentor texts with students. I also help other teachers utilize mentor texts in their classrooms. By night, I utilize mentor texts myself in an attempt to improve my writing by studying from the best. One of my favorite books…
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Mentor Texts in the Classroom: Learning to Write from Writers by Karen Drexler
I always learn from other teachers. When I hear about what they are doing in their classrooms, especially when it comes to mentor texts, I start writing down the books they use and how they use them. Today I’m excited because Karen Drexler introduced me to a new book…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: How to Unstick Your Opening Line by Marcie Colleen
Marcie Colleen and I not only share a first name (spelled the same way and everything), but we also share a love of picture books and mentor texts. When I do presentations about mentor texts for teachers or writers, I always tell them, you must not just study the…
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Mentor Texts for Teachers: Resources for You to Use in the Classroom
Check out some of the new resources for writing teachers. Professional Books The Writing Thief by Ruth Culham This new book on using mentor texts in the classroom is full of great ideas for using mentor texts in the classroom. In the fall, Ruth, Kate Messner, Lisa Yee, and…
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Mentor Texts for Word Play Guest Post
I’m over at the GROG today talking about mentor texts for word play. Whether you are a writer looking to make your writing more playful, or a teacher looking to help kids play with words, this post has a bunch of fun books to check out! Here is the…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: Carrie Charley Brown Breaks the 4th Wall
Carrie Charley Brown is our first guest for Mentor Texts for Writers 2015. She challenged herself to write a picture book about breaking the 4th wall, but FIRST, she studied mentor texts that had done it well. Stay tuned. At the end of her post, she offers you a…
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Mentor Texts for Writers 2015: Guest Posts
On Tuesdays, I will be feature a new series for a few months in 2015. I love to see how other writers use mentor texts to help them become better writers. I have some amazing writers who are doing guest posts to tell us how they use mentor texts!…
