Poetry
Spring into Poetry…and Mother’s Day
It’s already mid-April and that means there isn’t much time left to enjoy National Poetry Month. It also means that
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Writing Mini-Lessons
Poetry
Found Poems
I had never heard of “found poetry” until I read about it a few years ago in Mentor Texts: Teaching
Comprehension
Narrative vs. Expository
Writing Trait/Strategy: text structure; organization Mentor Text Suggestions: (links at end of post) Description: To help students see
Grammar
Apostrophe Detectives
Writing Trait/Strategy:Writing conventions Mentor Text Suggestions:Alphie the Apostrophe by Moira Rose DonohueThe Girl’s Like Spaghetti by Lynne TrussGreedy Apostrophe by
Mentor Texts
Walk Around in the Author’s Syntax
Writing Trait/Strategy:Sentence fluency; conventions Mentor Text Suggestions:The Whale’s Song by Dyan SheldonCrab Moon by Ruth HorowitzShortcut by Donald Crews Description:This
Mentor Texts
Be Specific
Mentor Text Suggestions:Beach by Elisha CooperBig Mama’s by Donald CrewsOutside, Inside by Carolyn CrimiIn the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise
Mentor Texts
Paint a Picture
Writing Trait/Strategy:Word Choice; Sentence Fluency Mentor Text Suggestions:Come On, Rain! by Karen HesseThe Storm Book by Charlotte ZolotowTwilight Comes Twice
Mentor Texts
Show, Don’t Tell
Writing Trait/Strategy:Ways with words; creating mind pictures for the reader Mentor Text Suggestions:Night Noises by Mem FoxWidget by Lyn Rossiter
