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“Mentor texts are pieces of literature that you — both teacher and student — can return to and reread for many different purposes."
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
This story Is about a small caterpillar who emerges from an egg and eats everything In sight before pupating and becoming a butterfly. This book connects to the the trait of writing convections. This book encourages students to take a closer look at grammar and convections of writing. An activity for the classroom could be having the students write what they would eat If they were a hungry caterpillar, focusing on grammar and convections.
Dog Diaries
Dog Diaries
This book Is about a funny dog who Is excited and happy to find his forever home. The dog goes through a series of events getting adopted, getting trained, competing In a dog show and graciously failing but with the best Intentions. This story connect to point of view and using the first person through the view of the dog. A good activity Is a Peak-a-boo book scene, where students create a representation of what the character can see.
Break Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News That Matters to Cats
Break Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News That Matters to Cats
This book follows news stories of very interesting, slightly boring cats. This book models the models writing by using voice, different reporters on the team report news In various ways. An activity to use In the classroom could giving students a topic to report on, the variety of perspectives can model voice and can be shared a loud to the classroom.
The Boxcar Children
The Boxcar Children
This book teaches the Importance of resilience and resourcefulness. The characters are orphans who are set out to find a place to live. This mentor text falls under the genre of mystery and shows that against all odds good things can happen. An activity to use could be the usage of cause and effect. Students could make Inferences about what may happen next and understand the consequences some actions can have, whether they are positive or negative.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
This book falls under the genre of realistic fiction. It takes place during the roaring '20s and depicts the American class system at the time very well. It describes authentic events and provides Insight for how human nature functions In this reality. A writing activity to pair with this book would be analyzing powerful sentences used In the book and the significance between them. Many of these sentences are foreshadowing and able to analyze the specific word choice by the author.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The main character of this book Is a teenaged Indian boy who Is trying to leave the Reservation he has lived on to get a better education at an all-white high school. This book tells the story of him trying to find a place In this world. I would connect this book to one of the six writing traits; voice. The main character talks In a humorous and sincere way that makes it hard to put the book down. The writing prompt that I would use to connect with this book would be "To write about a time you were dissappointed In yourself or someone else."
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