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=Writing Ideas Using Mentor Texts=

The following are ideas I've gathered/created for using mentor texts to promote fun and exciting student writing. This wiki holds directions to help me remember the steps I've taken in teaching the lessons and allows me to access these ideas from any computer (I love wikis for this reason!).

Books I have used for the ideas include:

//Mentor Texts// by Lynne R. Dorfman (MT) //Non Fiction Mentor Texts// by Lynne R. Dorfman (NFMT) //Teaching the Elements of Powerful Writing Using Great Fiction and Nonfiction Models// by Jane Sullivan and Midge Madden.

Mentor Texts used: //African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways// by Avis Harley (PCL) //Almost Gone…// by Steve Jenkins (591.68 JEN) //Animal Acrostics// by David Hummon (can’t find)

//Bat Loves the Night// – Davies (E DAV)

//Grace for President -// //Hey, Little Ant// by Phillip and Hannah Hoose

//I Can Read About Creatures of the Night//

//Imagine a Day// by Sarah Thomson (PCL)

//Lightning// by Stephen Kramer (551.5 KRA)

//Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic// by Steven Schnur