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Mentor Text Click on the title to go to Goodreads for more information about the book. These books are excellent mentor text for the skills/strategies listed. However, we encourage teachers to always be on the lookout for a text that you are currently using or have used that could incorporate skills/strategies needed and provide possible instructional opportunities. |
WRITING MENTOR TEXT Intro: Funny Story or Personal Anecdote
by Muhammad Yunus & the Village Bank Published 2018 Intro: Thought Provoking Question
By Elizabeth Cady Stanton & the Right to Vote Published 2010 Intro: Introduce Narrator
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again By Dan Santat Published 2017
By Sharee Miller
Published 2018
Intro: Dramatic or Eye-Opening Statement
By Jacqueline Woodson Published 2018
Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt By Doreen Rappaport Published 2009 Intro: Start in Middle of Scene – With Action or Dialogue
By Danny Schnitzlein Published 2010 Ending: A Quote!
Liberty Rising: The Story of the Statue of Library By Pegi Deitz Shea Published 2013 Ending: A Surprise!
By Belle DeMont Published 2017
By Nicola Davies Published 2018
By Ross Watkins Published 2018
By Jessie Oliveros Published 2018
By Mac Barnett Published 2012 Ending: A Profound Thought!
By Cozbi Cabrera Published 2018
By Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings Published 2014 Ending: A Laugh!
Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis By Dav Pilkey Published 2019 Ending: A Literary Device
My Hair is a Garden (Metaphor) By Cozbi Cabrera Published 2018 Ending: A Question!
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin By Gene Barretta Published 2008 Ending: Circular Ending
By Jeri Watts Published 2016
Grandpa’s Stories: A Book of Remembering By Joseph Coelho & Allison Colpuys Published 2019
By Adam Rubin Published 2013 VOICE - PICTURE BOOKS
By Ashley Spires Published 2014
By Pat Zietlow Miller Published 2018
The Pigeon Has to Go to School! By Mo Willems Published 2019
7 Ate 9: The Untold Story By Tara Lazar Published 2017
By Max Amato Published 2019
By Mo Willems Published 2013
Hats Are Not For Cats By Jacqueline Rayner Published 2019 VOICE -NONFICTION TEXT
By Martin Jenkins Published 2011
Hot Diggity Dog: The History of the Hot Dog By Adrienne Sylver Published 2010 | READING MENTOR TEXT For Modeling Nonfiction Reading Strategies
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team By Christina Soontornvat Published October 13, 2020 For Making Inferences
By Frances Park & Ginger Park Published 2000 For Making Predictions For Beginning, Middle & Ending of a story
By Danny Schnitzlein Published 2001 For Making Inferences
By Maribeth Boelts Published 2009 For Making Predictions For Making Inferences
By Sheena Knowles Published 1998 |
