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Picture Book Month Day #28: Picture Books as Writing Mentor Texts featuring GIANT DANCE PARTY

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GIANT DANCE PARTY

by Betsy Bird

Illustrated by Brandon Dorman

Greenwillow, 2013

Summary:

Lexy loves to dance, but when she gets up on stage, she freezes. When she offers to help others with their dancing skills, she doesn’t anticipate that giants will sign up to dance.

Mentor Text Writing Skills:

* Figurative Language

* Vivid Verbs

* Alliteration

* Specificity

 


 

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