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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Type Up the Text
Using Mentor Texts Myself I learned a lot of tips by writing myself and knowing what helps me. In one class I took at Hollins, Lisa Rowe Fraustino encouraged us to read like writers. We took a look at Katherine Paterson’s BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA. She made us find a…
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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Haiku Magnets
Tip: Make Haiku Magnets I love writing haiku with my students. One of the tricky parts about writing haiku is getting to them to be highly selective with their word choice. I ban words like cool, awesome, great, fun. But sometimes it’s hard to for them to know what…
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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Laminate the Text
I’m starting a new summer series for teachers called “Mentor Text Tip Tuesdays.” These will be practical tips on using mentor texts in the classroom. If you follow my blog, you know that I’ve been posting mentor text lesson plans. I hope these tips will help you visualize how easy…
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Mentor Text Lesson Plan: Onomatopoeia
I love onomatopoeia! You know, those noisy words that really make you hear the story like it’s happening right in front of you? Kids love onomatopoeia too. This lesson plan doesn’t focus in on just one book. I use a whole pile of books for this one. This…
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Novel in Verse Week: Mentor Text Lesson Plan for GONE FISHING by Tamera Will Wissinger, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
Clear Eyes, Full Shelves is hosting Novel in Verse Week as part of National Poetry Month. To see all of the novel in verse related posts, go to the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves website. GONE FISHING: A Novel in Verse Written by Tamera Will Wissinger Illustrated by Matthew…
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VerseDay: Poetry Month Post #4
Poetry Book of the Week POETRY MENTOR TEXTS: MAKING READING AND WRITING CONNECTIONS, K-8 by Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli Stenhouse, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-57110-949-1 POETRY MENTOR TEXTS was written for teachers who want to use mentor texts in teaching students how to write poetry. Each chapter walks teachers through…
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VerseDay: Poetry Month Post #3
Poetry Book of the Week ONE BIG RAIN: POEMS FOR RAINY DAYS Compiled by Rita Gray, illustrated by Ryan O’Rourke Charlesbridge, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-57091-716-5 Do you ever think about rain in various seasons? This poetry collection captures rain in each season. Featuring poets new and classic (Robert Frost,…
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Mentor Text Lesson: Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
By day, I’m a teacher. The thing I love to teach the most is writing (no surprise there). I love using mentor texts–really awesome literature to serve as a model for student writing. In the next few months, there will be more to come on mentor texts including some…
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Making Time to Write Monday: Getting Unstuck
A couple of months ago, I’d been writing at a rapid pace in my hour every morning. It was pouring out of me. Then it wasn’t. My book that I’d been working so hard to revise was at a standstill, and I wasn’t happy about it. I could force…