-
Poetry as Mentor Texts: Raindrops Roll by April Pulley Sayre
April is poetry month. Every Friday in April, I will feature a poetic picture book that can be used as a mentor text for writing. For past Poetry Month resources, check out these resources. Raindrops Roll By April Pulley Sayre Beach Lane, 2015 I can’t say enough good things…
-
Mentor Texts in the Classroom: A Second Person Point of View Writing Challenge
I love it when my day job and my writing life merge together–when research and studying in one feeds the other. I was working on a post for ReFoReMo on second person point of view (which you can read here) in my writing life. In my teaching life, I…
-
NF 10 for 10: Nonfiction Poetic Picture Books
I’ve been reading a lot of nonfiction picture books lately because we are doing a nonfiction mentor text book study at my school using FINDING THE HEART OF NONFICTION by Georgia Heard. One of the things I admire about nonfiction is an author’s ability to convey facts…
-
Mentor Texts in the Classroom: Learning to Write from Writers by Karen Drexler
I always learn from other teachers. When I hear about what they are doing in their classrooms, especially when it comes to mentor texts, I start writing down the books they use and how they use them. Today I’m excited because Karen Drexler introduced me to a new book…
-
Mentor Texts for Teachers: Resources for You to Use in the Classroom
Check out some of the new resources for writing teachers. Professional Books The Writing Thief by Ruth Culham This new book on using mentor texts in the classroom is full of great ideas for using mentor texts in the classroom. In the fall, Ruth, Kate Messner, Lisa Yee, and…
-
Mentor Texts for Word Play Guest Post
I’m over at the GROG today talking about mentor texts for word play. Whether you are a writer looking to make your writing more playful, or a teacher looking to help kids play with words, this post has a bunch of fun books to check out! Here is the…
