Mentor Texts, 2nd edition: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6 / Edition 2

ISBN-13: 9781625311313 Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers Publication date: 05/01/2017 Edition description: second edition Pages: 368 Product dimensions: 7.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.00(d) Age Range: 5 - 11 Years In their first edition of Mentor Texts, authors Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli helped teachers across the country make the most of high-quality children's literature in their writing instruction. In Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6, 2nd Edition the authors continue to show teachers how to help students become confident, accomplished writers by using literature as their foundation. The second edition includes brand-new “Your Turn Lessons,” built around the gradual release of responsibility model, offering suggestions for demonstrations and shared or guided writing. Reflection is emphasized as a necessary component to understanding why mentor authors chose certain strategies, literary devices, sentence structures, and words. Dorfman and Cappelli offer ne