Articles/blogs about using mentor text:

• New York Time's Learning Network Column on mentor text

• Using Mentor Texts to Motivate.... and 8 Tips forTeaching with Mentor Text

• Suggestions for teaching students to read like a writer: Moving Writers about scaffolds and Moving Writers Part II

• Two Writing Teachers . on using mentor text

Mentor Text Dropbox

Mentors for Writing

Mentor Text Central

For authentic models of analysis: Problematic favs and the AV Club

For models of essays, check out Katherine Bomer's website. (Warning: this is not essay in the boring sense.)