| Description |
1 online resource (384 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Chapter 1 Reinventing the Writer with Mentor Texts -- What Are Mentor Texts? -- Choosing a Mentor Text -- Introducing Mentor Texts -- The Teacher as Writer -- The Student as Writer -- How Mentor Texts Fit into the Curriculum -- Using Your Turn Lessons -- Our Hope for This Book -- Think About It-Talk About It-Write About It -- Chapter 2 Digging for Treasure: Discovering Personal Stories by Connecting with Literature |
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Welcoming Responses to Read-Alouds -- Filling Our Treasure Chests -- An Outdoor Writer's Café -- Think About It-Talk About It-Write About It -- Your Turn Lessons -- Drawing and Talking to Find Topics -- Finding Topics from a Memory Chain -- Finding Topics and Using Senses to Create First Memories -- Every Picture Tells a Story -- Developing a "What if" Story -- Chapter 3 What Are You Really Writing About? Discovering the Inside Story -- Exploring Writing Territories -- Students Discover Their Territories -- Moving from a Territory to a Specific Topic -- Heart Mapping to Find Writing Topics |
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The Point Versus the Topic -- Using Classroom Conversations to Discover the Inside Story -- Think About It-Talk About It-Write About It -- Your Turn Lessons -- Using an Inverted Triangle to Find a Specific Writing Topic -- Creating a Heart Map -- Creating a Hand Map -- Creating a Neighborhood Map -- Finding the Point of Your Story -- Chapter 4 When Writers Use a Magnifying Lens -- Slowing Down Time in Writing -- Dipping into Dialogue -- Descriptions: Digging Deeper -- Appealing to the Senses -- Using Anecdotes to Reveal Details -- Moving from Here to There -- Focusing on a Moment |
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Think About It-Talk About It-Write About It -- Your Turn Lessons -- Adding Details Through Questioning -- Using Illustrations to Add Details -- Building Content Through Showing, Not Telling -- Building Content with Dialogue -- Examining Details for a Good Fit -- Chapter 5 Growing a Narrative from Beginning to End -- Understanding and Controlling Narrative Time -- Beginnings -- Introducing Characters Through Settings -- Weather Leads: A Good Place to Start -- Choosing the Right Lead -- Transitioning to the Middle -- Endings -- Building a Narrative -- The Importance of a Road Map |
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Think About It-Talk About It-Write About It -- Your Turn Lessons -- Creating a Physical Description of a Character Using Roald Dahl -- Crafting a Lead Sentence -- Moving to the Middle -- Adding a Satisfying Ending -- Building an Ending Using the Final Illustration(s) -- Chapter 6 Using Scaffolds to Organize Texts -- Organizational Scaffolds in Children's Literature -- The Seesaw Scaffold -- Global Structures Versus Substructures -- Structures That Complete a Circle -- Alphabet, Numbers, Colors, and More! -- Inside a Character's Head: Letters and Journals |
| Summary |
In their first edition of Mentor Texts, authors Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli helped teachers across the country make the most of high-quality children's literature in their writing instruction |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Think About It-Talk About It-Write About It |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003843481 |
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1003843484 |
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