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• Title:A teacher's guide to mentor texts : grades 6-12 / Allison Marchetti, Rebekah O'Dell.
  
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• Author/Creator:Marchetti, Allison, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:O'Dell, Rebekah, author.
  
• Published/Created:Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2021]
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1631 .M385477 2021
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Secondary)
  Mentor texts (Language arts)
  
• Description:xi, 121 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 26 cm
  
• Series:Classroom essentials.
  
• Summary:"This book is a practical guide to using mentor texts in the teaching of writing in middle and high school classrooms"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 119-121).
  
• ISBN:9780325120034 paperback
  032512003X paperback
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One Why Mentor Texts?
  Qualities of Mentor Texts
  Mentor Texts Are Engaging and Relevant
  Mentor Texts Are Professionally Crafted
  Mentor Texts Inspire and Guide
  Mentor Texts Take Many Forms
  Mentor Texts Are Accessible
  Mentor Texts Help Writing Teachers
  Diversify the Teaching Voices in the Classroom
  Teach Writing Authentically
  Multiply Instructional Power
  Strengthen the Reading Curriculum
  Streamline Planning and Reduce Instructional Decision Fatigue
  Mentor Texts Help Student Writers
  Practice Authentic Patterns of Learning
  Build Writing Identity
  Make Authentic Writing
  Face Future Writing Challenges
  ch. Two Teaching Students to Read Like Writers
  First, Read Like Readers
  Next, Introduce Students to Different Way of Reading
  Then, Share the Process
  Step One Notice Something About How a Text is Written
  Step Two Make a Theory
  Step Three Name the Craft
  Step Four Think About Using This Move in your Own Writing
  ch. Three Learning About Craft and Punctuation
  How to Study a Mentor Text at the Word, Line, or Sentence Level
  Guiding Questions for Studying Craft and Punctuation
  Gallery of Craft I and Punctuation Moves
  Just-Right Words
  This Word, Not That
  DIY Words
  Hyphenated Words
  Lingo
  Interesting Images
  Synesthesia
  Sentences That Taste and Smell
  Comparisons
  Meaningful Repetition
  Repetition of a Word or Phrase
  Say-It-Again Sentences
  Anaphora
  Strong Sentences
  Magic-Three Sentences
  Lists
  Contrasting Lengths
  Contrasting Types
  Sentences That Begin with a Conjunction
  Authentic Voice
  Talking to your Reader
  Code-Mixing
  Showing Vulnerability
  Powerful Punctuation
  Comma as Zoom Lens
  Colon as Drumroll
  Asyndeton
  Items in a Series
  Sleek Em-Dashes
  ch. Four Learning About Structure
  How to Study the Structure of a Mentor Text
  Studying a Specific Structural Element
  Studying a Text's Overall Structure
  Guiding Questions for Studying Structure
  Two Tools for Visualizing Structure
  Index Cards
  Scissors
  Gallery of Structure Moves
  Beginnings
  Drop into a Scene
  Start with the Facts
  Endings
  Zoom Out
  Breakaway Scene
  Have the Last Word
  Paragraphs
  One Idea in Two or More Paragraphs
  Single-Sentence Paragraph
  Microstory Paragraph
  All-Questions Paragraph
  Idea-Evidence-Explanation Paragraph
  Sum-Up Paragraph
  Transitions
  Bridge Words
  Pivot
  Continuing Action
  ch. Five Learning About Genre
  How to Study Mentor Texts to Learn About Genre
  Guiding Questions for Studying a Genre
  Genre Gallery
  Personal Essay
  How-to and Other Guides
  News Article
  Feature Article
  Review
  Analysis
  Open Letter
  Letter to the Editor
  Free Verse Poetry
  Bonus Genre Possibilities
  ch. Six Planning Instruction with Mentor Texts
  Planning Content
  Read Like a Writer
  Select the Move
  or Moves
  You Want to Teach
  Planning Teaching
  Direct Instruction
  Modeling
  Inquiry
  Blended Teaching
  ch. Seven Assessing Students' Work with Mentor Texts
  Student Work with Mentor Texts: A Continuum
  Quick Tools for Assessment
  Mentor Move Conference
  Mentor Move Exit Ticket
  Collaborative Annotation
  Padlet Wall
  Revision Talk
  Draft Highlighting
  Tracking and Self-Assessment
  Building Independence Through Transfer: the Craft Glossary.