Writing Mini-Lessons

Writing Trait/Strategy: Organization; Endings Mentor Text Suggestions: Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch The

Writing Trait/Strategy:Organization Mentor Text Suggestions:Hey Al by Arthur Yorinks (description of character and question)Bigmama’s by Donald Crews (question)My Mama Had

Writing Trait/Strategy:Ideas; Organization Mentor Text Suggestions:A Writer’s Notebook by Ralph FletcherMy Father’s Hands by Joanne Ryder“Ga-Ga’s Hands” from Confessions of

Writing Trait/Strategy:word choice; sentence fluency Mentor Text Suggestions:Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O’NeillWhite is for Blueberry by George ShannonColor

Writing Trait/Strategy:word choice; organization; revision Mentor Text Suggestions:Cow by Jules OlderOne Dark Night by Lisa WheelerWhen a Monster is Born

Writing Trait/Strategy:Word choice/Word awareness Mentor Text Suggestions:Fancy Nancy series by Jane O’ConnorDonovan’s Word Jar by Monlisa DegrossMiss Alaineous by Debra

Writing Trait/Strategy:Generating ideas; write about what you know Mentor Text Suggestions: Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Gooney Bird Greene by Lois