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Mentor Texts
Glossary of Mentor Text Terms Mentor Text Lessons Mentor Text Workshop Mentor Texts in the Classroom Blog Series Mentor Text Tips Picture Book Month Mentor Texts Marcie Flinchum Atkins Challenges You to Steal Second, A Mentor Text Post on using 2nd person POV (ReFoReMo, March 1, 2015) Marcie Flinchum…
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Historical Fiction Mentor Texts: ReFoReMo 2021
Every year it’s such a joy to participate in ReFoReMo–Read for Research Month. It’s an opportunity to study mentor texts as a writer. There are hundreds of books featured this month. I’m there today talking about historical fiction picture books. Do you have a favorite historical fiction picture book?…
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Studying Mentor Texts with Spreadsheets
I’m over at ReFoReMo (Read for Research Month) today with a guest post about first and last line in nonfiction picture books. I talk about 10 books specifically. Hop on over to read my post there. I thought it might be helpful to dive deeper into how I read…
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New Mentor Text Lessons, Mentor Texts Lists, and More!
Guest Posts Around the Web You may have noticed I haven’t been blogging much lately, but I have been doing some writing out and about on the web-o-sphere. Using Mentor Texts to Revise a Novel in Verse at Teach Mentor Texts (Jen Vincent’s blog) Author Study on Newbery Award…
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NF10for10 2016: Nonfiction Books as Mentor Texts for Writing
This is the first time I’m doing a 10 for 10 post as a librarian instead of a classroom teacher. There are a few differences in this: 1) I’m in a position now where people are asking for book recommendations on a daily basis, and 2) I am in…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: Anything Can Be a Mentor Text by Jen Vincent
I have been following Jen’s blog for years. We both are teachers and writers and we both love mentor texts. I love that Jen gives us a glimpse into the various ways she uses mentor texts. Please be sure you visit Jen’s website where she is one of the…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: A Little Help From My Friends by Pat Miller
One thing is for sure, I couldn’t do this series “Mentor Texts for Writers” without a little help from my friends. I have been so fortunate to have amazing writers post about their experiences using mentor texts. Pat Miller and I both blog on the GROG blog. I also…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: A Storytime Capsule by Carter Higgins
I can not wait for Carter’s books to come out because I know they will be absolute treasures! I hope this blog post will have you basking in words, one of the main reasons we writers want to write ourselves. If you missed Carter’s blog post for teachers…
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Mentor Texts in the Classroom: A Storytime Collective by Carter Higgins
Carter and I share a love for books, the Braves, and Virginia. She is a librarian, and I’m a soon-to-be-librarian, so I particularly loved this post about how she uses mentor texts in the library. Carter is an amazing champion of books and this post is no…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: Meet My Mentor Texts by Linda Bozzo
I’m so excited that Linda Bozzo is on my blog today because I’ve actually met her in REAL LIFE. Linda and I met at the WOW Conference in Georgia last summer. I always learn so much by how others study mentor texts, and Linda is no exception. …
