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Mentor Texts for Writers E-Book is Here!
Last year, I put together an e-book for teachers on tips for using mentor texts in the classroom. I’m pleased to announce the my newest e-book is for writers. I hope it is one of several to come. Mentor Texts for Writers, Book 1 is a compilation of many…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: First Chapter Makeover by Marcie Flinchum Atkins
By day, I am a teacher who uses mentor texts with students. I also help other teachers utilize mentor texts in their classrooms. By night, I utilize mentor texts myself in an attempt to improve my writing by studying from the best. One of my favorite books…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: How to Unstick Your Opening Line by Marcie Colleen
Marcie Colleen and I not only share a first name (spelled the same way and everything), but we also share a love of picture books and mentor texts. When I do presentations about mentor texts for teachers or writers, I always tell them, you must not just study the…
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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…
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Mentor Texts for Writers: Carrie Charley Brown Breaks the 4th Wall
Carrie Charley Brown is our first guest for Mentor Texts for Writers 2015. She challenged herself to write a picture book about breaking the 4th wall, but FIRST, she studied mentor texts that had done it well. Stay tuned. At the end of her post, she offers you a…
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Mentor Texts for Writers 2015: Guest Posts
On Tuesdays, I will be feature a new series for a few months in 2015. I love to see how other writers use mentor texts to help them become better writers. I have some amazing writers who are doing guest posts to tell us how they use mentor texts!…
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Historical Fiction and Nonfiction Mentor Texts
Mentor Texts Whenever I’m reading someone else’s work for critique or whenever I’m struggling in a particular area of my writing, I always turn to mentor texts. They are like “guiding lights.” I’ve been involved in some discussions online that are asking for great suggestions for picture book biographies…
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Mentor Texts for Writers and Character Post
Mentor Texts for Writers Recently I had the privilege of doing a workshop in Northern Virginia for a group of writers. The lovely and amazing Dianna Aston spoke in the morning about the stories behind her books. I spoke in the afternoon on using mentor texts to become a better…
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Mentor Texts for Writers Resources
If you follow this blog, you know that I spend a lot of time talking about using mentor texts to teach young people how to write. But really, it will work for us “old” writers as well. Mentor Text for Writers Webinar Last week, I did a webinar on…
