Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6 + 1 Writing Traits
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Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6 + 1 Writing Traits: Mini Lessons for K-8 Teachers

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In this book, you’ll find a wealth of mini lessons designed to improve the quality of students’ writing. Each lesson uses a key mentor text and spotlights one of the 6 + 1 Writing Traits to allow students to focus on the essential aspects of good writing – content, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation. Inviting and practical, the lessons are concise and follow a consistent model for easy implementation. With seven lessons per chapter, each includes step-by-step guidance, open-ended prompts, and suggestions for additional suitable mentor texts. The chapters are organized by genre – including fiction, informational texts, and poetry – and feature graphic novels and graphic informational mentor texts to inspire and engage students. Aligned with the Common Core State Standards, this resource is essential for any K-8 or pre-service teacher who wants to instill in their students the skills to become independent, confident writers.

Table of Contents:
Meet the Author Preface Chapter 1: Primary Fiction Trait: Content – Those Shoes Trait: Organization – Can I Be Your Dog? Trait: Word Choice – Chrysanthemum Trait: Voice – Julius: The Baby of the World Trait: Sentence Fluency – Dear Peter Rabbit Trait: Conventions – Memory Jars Trait: Presentation – The Camping Trip Chapter 2: Elementary Fiction Trait: Content – Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis Trait: Organization: Flashback – Jangles: A Big Fish Story Trait: Word Choice – Magnificent Homespun Brown Trait: Voice – Encounter Trait: Sentence Fluency – Walk Two Moons Trait: Conventions – Bud, Not Buddy Trait: Presentation – New Kid Chapter 3: Informational Primary Texts Trait: Content – Dolphins and Sharks: Fact Tracker Trait: Organization – ABC Insects Trait: Word Choice – The Cloud Book Trait: Voice – Sea Turtles Trait: Sentence Fluency – Amazing Dolphins! Trait: Conventions – North American Animals: Bald Eagles Trait: Presentation – Life Cycle of a Butterfly Chapter 4: Informational Elementary Texts Trait: Content – Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood Trait: Organization – Cheetahs Trait: Word Choice – Locomotive Trait: Voice – Endangered Desert Animals Trait: Sentence Fluency – Bananas! Trait: Conventions – Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Trait: Presentation - Science Comics: Coral reefs: Cities of the Ocean Chapter 5: Primary Poetry Trait: Content – "What Is Yellow?" in Hailstones and Halibut Bones Trait: Organization – "Picnic" Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic Trait: Word Choice - "The Whales Off Wales" in Book of Animal Poetry Trait: Voice – Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku Trait: Sentence Fluency – "Our Tree" in Sing a Song of Popcorn Trait: Conventions – "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too" in Where the Sidewalk Ends Trait: Presentation - "All Wet" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems. Chapter 6: Elementary Poetry Trait: Content – Bug Off! Creep, Crawly Poems Trait: Organization – Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers Trait: Word Choice - "The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven" in Something Big Has Been Here Trait: Voice – "Foul Shot" in Reflections on a gift of a watermelon pickle Trait: Sentence Fluency – "The Toy Eater" in Falling Up Trait: Conventions – "Mirror, Mirror" in Falling Up Trait: Presentation - "Cool, Sweet…But enough about me" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems. Final Takeaways References


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781032229393
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 150
  • Weight: 298 gr
  • ISBN-10: 103222939X
  • Publisher Date: 30 Dec 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Mini Lessons for K-8 Teachers
  • Width: 152 mm


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