Mentor Texts
Mining Memories
Writing Trait/Strategy:Where authors get ideas; ideas trait Mentor Text Suggestions:Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem FoxMemory String by Eve BuntingThe
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Mapping for Ideas
Writing Trait/Strategy:Generating Ideas; prewriting strategies; techniques authors use to generate writing topics Mentor Text Suggestions:My Map Book by Sara FanelliMarshfield
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Write About What You Know
Writing Trait/Strategy:Ideas Trait; Where authors get ideas Mentor Text Suggestions:Arthur Writes a Story by Marc BrownTreasures of the Heart by
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How Do Writers Work?
Writing Trait/Strategy:Ideas trait; studying how real authors work Mentor Text Suggestions: Arthur Writes a Story by Marc BrownAuthor: A True Story by Helen
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Reading Like a Writer
When we read with the eyes and ears of a writer, we focus less on what the writer is trying
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Teachers as Writing Mentors
As important as it is for students to be introduced to mentor authors, I think it is even more important
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Mentor Text Background
What Are Mentor Texts? A mentor text is any piece of writing that can be used to teach a writer
