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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!…
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Nonfiction Mentor Texts for Teachers
Historical Fiction and Nonfiction Mentor Texts Pinterest Page on Nonfiction Mentor Texts Finding the Heart of Nonfiction by Georgia Heard Nonfiction Picture Books as Mentor Texts Posts
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Nonfiction Mentor Texts for Writers
Historical Fiction and Nonfiction Mentor Texts Mentor Text Webinar
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Mentor Texts for Teachers 2015: Guest Posts
When I did my list of most popular blog posts in 2014, I noticed that six of the ten posts were mentor texts posts. I want to bring more mentor texts posts to you in 2015. I’m inviting other teachers and librarians to post about how they use mentor…
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Historical Fiction and Nonfiction Mentor Texts
Mentor Texts Whenever I’m reading someone else’s work for critique or whenever I’m struggling in a particular area of my writing, I always turn to mentor texts. They are like “guiding lights.” I’ve been involved in some discussions online that are asking for great suggestions for picture book biographies…
