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Webinar with Adrienne Gear: Book Talk — Powerful Writing Structures

Using Mentor Texts to Inspire writing

Using mentor texts in the classroom

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Edutopia Resources

8 Tips for Teaching With Mentor Texts
Using great writing as a model doesn’t come naturally to students—it’s a skill that needs to be taught.
Using Mentor Texts to Motivate and Support Student Writers
If we want students to do something well, it helps to both tell them and show them what we expect.
Curating Mentor Texts That Inspire Student Writers
Mentor texts that reflect the breadth and depth of student experiences not only get students enthusiastic about writing but also help build a sense of belonging at school.

Writing Mentor Texts for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade

Writing Mentor Texts for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade
Need some narrative, opinion/persuasive, and informational mentor texts for your Kindergarten, 1st grade, or 2nd grade students?

Grades 2-3: Writing With Mentor Texts

Grades 2-3: Writing With Mentor Texts

5 Reasons to Use Mentor Text in Your Classroom

5 Reasons to Use Mentor Text in Your Classroom
"Mentor text are anchor text that are used as an example for students. Students use the mentor text to help impact their own learning. The mentor text can be read during a mini lesson to help students learn about the skill you are focusing on. A mentor text provides students with an example of the standard or skill you are working on and sets expectations for their own learning. Mentor text can model genres of writing, grammar skills, conventions of writing, and other writing skills. Mentor text can also provide students examples of important reading skills like inferences, cause and effect, characters, and more. A mentor text can be a short text, a teacher or student example, a picture book, or excerpt of a longer text."

Pie Corbett - Reading As A Writer

Talk for Writing founder Pie Corbett discusses how to delve deeper into model texts to teach children how to read 'as a writer', focusing on the author's crafting of language and their use of literacy devices.