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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Make a Chart
Tip When I’m introducing a mentor text to students for the first time, we talk together about the things we admire about the writing. One way to do this is by making a chart. It gives us a chance to color-code phrases or words and talk about it in…
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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…