{"product_id":"using-mentor-texts-to-teach-6-1-writing-traits-9781032229393","title":"Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6  1 Writing Traits","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, you'll find a wealth of mini lessons designed to improve the quality of students' writing. Each lesson uses a key mentor text and spotlights one of the 6 + 1 Writing Traits to allow students to focus on the essential aspects of good writing  content, organization, word choice, voice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation. Inviting and practical, the lessons are concise and follow a consistent model for easy implementation. With seven lessons per chapter, each includes step-by-step guidance, open-ended prompts, and suggestions for additional suitable mentor texts. The chapters are organized by genre  including fiction, informational texts, and poetry  and feature graphic novels and graphic informational mentor texts to inspire and engage students. Aligned with the Common Core State Standards, this resource is essential for any K-8 or pre-service teacher who wants to instill in their students the skills to become independent, confident writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the Author \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Primary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Content – Those Shoes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Organization – Can I Be Your Dog?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Word Choice – Chrysanthemum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Voice – Julius: The Baby of the World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Sentence Fluency – Dear Peter Rabbit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Conventions – Memory Jars \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Presentation – The Camping Trip\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Elementary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Content – Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Organization: Flashback – Jangles: A Big Fish Story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Word Choice – Magnificent Homespun Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Voice – Encounter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Sentence Fluency – Walk Two Moons\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Conventions – Bud, Not Buddy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Presentation – New Kid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Informational Primary Texts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Content – Dolphins and Sharks: Fact Tracker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Organization – ABC Insects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Word Choice – The Cloud Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Voice – Sea Turtles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Sentence Fluency – Amazing Dolphins!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Conventions – North American Animals: Bald Eagles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Presentation – Life Cycle of a Butterfly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4: Informational Elementary Texts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Content – Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Organization – Cheetahs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Word Choice – Locomotive \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Voice – Endangered Desert Animals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Sentence Fluency – Bananas!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Conventions – Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Presentation - Science Comics: Coral reefs: Cities of the Ocean \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Primary Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Content – \"What Is Yellow?\" in Hailstones and Halibut Bones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Organization – \"Picnic\" Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Word Choice - \"The Whales Off Wales\" in Book of Animal Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Voice – Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Sentence Fluency – \"Our Tree\" in Sing a Song of Popcorn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Conventions – \"Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too\" in Where the Sidewalk Ends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Presentation - \"All Wet\" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Elementary Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Content – Bug Off! Creep, Crawly Poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Organization – Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Word Choice - \"The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven\" in Something Big Has Been Here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Voice – \"Foul Shot\" in Reflections on a gift of a watermelon pickle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Sentence Fluency – \"The Toy Eater\" in Falling Up \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Conventions – \"Mirror, Mirror\" in Falling Up \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrait: Presentation - \"Cool, Sweet…But enough about me\" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinal Takeaways\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018913481047,"sku":"9781032229393","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032229393.jpg?v=1750778639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/using-mentor-texts-to-teach-6-1-writing-traits-9781032229393","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}