• ReFoReMo is Here!

    February 27, 2017 /

    ReFoReMo stands for Reading for Research Month. It is run by Carrie Charley Brown and her team and focuses on diving into picture books as mentor texts. My post is the first one in the line up today with a focus on reader engagement in picture books. Hop on…

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  • New Mentor Text Lessons, Mentor Texts Lists, and More!

    September 1, 2016 /

    Guest Posts Around the Web You may have noticed I haven’t been blogging much lately, but I have been doing some writing out and about on the web-o-sphere. Using Mentor Texts to Revise a Novel in Verse at Teach Mentor Texts (Jen Vincent’s blog) Author Study on Newbery Award…

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  • Guest Post: Platform Building

    April 20, 2015 /

    As many of you know, I write mostly about mentor texts (both for teachers and for writers) and I also write occasionally about organization and time management. All of that is part of my “platform.” I’m over at Alayne Kay Christian’s blog talking about platform. Check out my post…

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  • Guest Post at Raising Book Monsters

    February 20, 2014 /

    I’m over at RAISING BOOK MONSTERS as a guest blogger. The title of the article is “How to Make Children’s Books Part of Everyday Language in Your Family.” 

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  • Submissions, Submissions, Submissions

    February 17, 2014 /

    Are you ready to submit? Not sure how to keep track of everything? Not sure if your work is ready to submit? I’ve been guest posting at Alayne Kay Christian’s blog. I hope these articles will be useful, if you are submitting your work. Organization Tools and Tips for…

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  • Mentor Texts for Writers Resources

    January 20, 2014 /

    If you follow this blog, you know that I spend a lot of time talking about using mentor texts to teach young people how to write. But really, it will work for us “old” writers as well. Mentor Text for Writers Webinar Last week, I did a webinar on…

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  • Guest Post at DIYMFA on Focusing

    January 9, 2014 /

    I’m guest posting over at DIYMFA on FOCUS for 2014. If you follow my blog regularly, you have seen much of this information before, but you can still hop over there and check it out. If you would like to download the printables I mention, you can download them…

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  • Guest Post on Using Mentor Texts

    August 16, 2013 /

    I write a lot about mentor texts in the classroom, but I also use them to help my own writing. Today, one of my guest posts is live on DIYMFA on reading like a writer. It’s called “Reading and Studying Mentor Texts.”     

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