Writing Wednesday: Using HERE COME THE HUMPBACKS as a Writing Mentor Text
Illustrated by Jamie Hogan
Charlesbridge, 2013
This nonfiction book about humpback whales combines lyrical first lines on each page, with narrative facts and separate factoids on each page. Beautifully written and chock-full of information that will delight animal lovers, it can also be used as a non-fiction writing mentor text.
Writing Skills:
* Vivid Verbs
* Alliteration
* Figurative Language
* Specificity
* Organization of the text
* Onomatopoeia
* Poetic language in a nonfiction text
