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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Type Up the Text
Using Mentor Texts Myself I learned a lot of tips by writing myself and knowing what helps me. In one class I took at Hollins, Lisa Rowe Fraustino encouraged us to read like writers. We took a look at Katherine Paterson’s BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA. She made us find a…
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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Laminate the Text
I’m starting a new summer series for teachers called “Mentor Text Tip Tuesdays.” These will be practical tips on using mentor texts in the classroom. If you follow my blog, you know that I’ve been posting mentor text lesson plans. I hope these tips will help you visualize how easy…
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Mentor Text Lesson Plan: Onomatopoeia
I love onomatopoeia! You know, those noisy words that really make you hear the story like it’s happening right in front of you? Kids love onomatopoeia too. This lesson plan doesn’t focus in on just one book. I use a whole pile of books for this one. This…
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Novel in Verse Week: Mentor Text Lesson Plan for GONE FISHING by Tamera Will Wissinger, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Clear Eyes, Full Shelves is hosting Novel in Verse Week as part of National Poetry Month. To see all of the novel in verse related posts, go to the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves website. GONE FISHING: A Novel in Verse Written by Tamera Will Wissinger Illustrated by Matthew…
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Mentor Text Lesson: NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS by Jeri Chase Ferris, illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch
Jeri Chase Ferris recently won the 2013 SCBWI Golden Kite Award for non-fiction for her picture book biography, NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS. This book is illustrated by Vincent X. Kirsch. This mentor text lesson plan for writing will assist teachers with teaching the following writing skills: Specific…
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Mentor Text Lesson: Stone Bench in an Empty Park, selected by Paul B. Janeczko
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an annotated list of haiku books for using in the elementary classroom. The truth is, haiku is one of my favorite things to teach and write. So for the other haiku teachers out there, I give you a mentor text lesson plan for…
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Mentor Text Lesson: The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington
Janice N. Harrington’s THE CHICKEN CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR COUNTY first came to my attention in 2007 when I was on the Cybils Fiction Picture Book Committee. Since 2008, I’ve been using THE CHICKEN CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR COUNTY in my classroom. Today, I’m adding a mentor text…
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Mentor Text Lesson and Guest Post Links: Wisdom by Darcy Pattison
Do you want to know more about mentor texts? I have two articles that came out today as guest blog posts and a mentor text lesson plan. An Article about Mentor Texts for Writers: Mentor Texts: Market Your Book to Teachers on Darcy Pattison’s Fiction Notes An Article about…
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Mentor Text Lesson: Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
By day, I’m a teacher. The thing I love to teach the most is writing (no surprise there). I love using mentor texts–really awesome literature to serve as a model for student writing. In the next few months, there will be more to come on mentor texts including some…