Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6 + 1 Writing Traits
Mini Lessons for K-8 Teachers
Paperback Engels 2022 9781032229393Samenvatting
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.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
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
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