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Picture Book Month Day 8: Picture Books as Mentor Texts for Writing Featuring BEETLE BOP
BEETLE BOP By Denise Fleming Scholastic, 2007 Summary: This poetic text follows beetles as they move through nature. Mentor Text Writing Skills: * Specificity * Word Choice * Vivid Verbs For more information about mentor texts, check out these links: Mentor Text Resources Mentor Text Lesson Plans…
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Picture Book Month Day 7: Picture Books as Mentor Texts Featuring TWILIGHT COMES TWICE
TWILIGHT COMES TWICE By Ralph Fletcher Illustrated by Kate Kiesler Clarion, 1997 Summary: Full of concrete imagery, this poem lets the reader bask in dawn and dusk–the two times we have twilight. Mentor Text Writing Skills: * Imagery * Specificity * Word Choice * Vivid Verbs For…
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Picture Book Month Day 6: Picture Books as Mentor Texts for Writing Featuring HOT ROD HAMSTER
HOT ROD HAMSTER By Cynthia Lord Illustrated by Derek Anderson Scholastic Press, 2010 Summary: Hamster has many choices to make on how to make his hot-rod the best out there. He enlists a little help from the reader, and eventually he wins the race. Mentor Text Writing Skills:…
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Picture Book Day 5: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts Featuring THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT
THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT By Drew Daywalt Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers Philomel/Penguin, 2013 Summary: Each crayon in the box writes a note to Duncan complaining about being used too much or too little. Duncan has to think of a clever way to keep them all happy.…
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Picture Book Month Day 4: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts Featuring I STINK!
I STINK! by Kate and Jim McMullan Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, 2002 Summary: The garbage truck speaks in this picture book, telling the reader of his nighttime adventures moving trash in the city. Mentor Text Writing Skills: * Specificity of language * Alliteration * Voice * Point of…
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Picture Book Month Day 3: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts Featuring ARNIE THE DOUGHNUT
ARNIE THE DOUGHNUT by Laurie Keller Henry Holt, 2003 Summary: Arnie the doughnut doesn’t realize that doughnuts are for eating. Told from Arnie’s point of view, we follow Arnie on his adventure to not be eaten. Mentor Text Writing Skills: * Specificity of language *…
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Picture Book Month Day 2: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts Featuring A ZEAL OF ZEBRAS
A ZEAL OF ZEBRAS: AN ALPHABET OF COLLECTIVE NOUNS by Woop Studios Chronicle Books, 2011 Summary: This nonfiction text features a collective noun for every letter of the alphabet. A paragraph featuring interesting facts about each group of animals is also on each page. Mentor Text Writing…
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Picture Book Month Day 1: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts Featuring THESE HANDS
November is Picture Book Month. For the main site, click on this link. I’ll be highlighting a picture book a day here at my site, focusing on ways you can use them as mentor texts for writing. THESE HANDS by Margaret H. Mason Illustrated by Floyd Cooper Houghton…
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November is for Picture Books
It’s almost November and there are two great things going on in the month of November (and I’m not talking about Thanksgiving, even though that’s pretty awesome). PiBoIdMo is for Writers I’m participating in PiBoIdMo, sponsored by Tara Lazar. As a writer, this is a great way to get…