Mentor Texts for Writing and Discussions About Race

by Amanda | Nov 4, 2020 | Equity, Mentor Texts, Podcast, Social Justice

Share Tweet Pin It Our classrooms are microcosms of the society we live in. The sad reality (that many have a hard time admitting) is race matters in our society and it matters in our classrooms. The majority of teachers in America are white and female....

Places to Find Mentor Texts That You May Not Have Thought Of!

by Amanda | Jan 10, 2019 | Mentor Texts, Podcast

615SHAREShare Tweet Pin It One of the biggest challenges many writing teachers face is finding quality mentor texts. But is it really all that big of a challenge when we look closely at what mentor texts really are? The phrase “mentor text”...

Mentor Texts for Middle School by Genre+Summaries and Skills to Teach

by Amanda | Sep 23, 2018 | Featured Post, Mentor Texts, Podcast

6.9kSHAREShare Tweet Pin It Every writing unit should start with mentor texts. Students need many examples of the type of writing we expect them to do. In this article, I’ve compiled my favorite middle school mentor texts. Each mentor text...

Teach Students HOW to Use Mentor Texts

by Amanda | Sep 23, 2018 | Mentor Texts, Podcast

643SHAREShare Tweet Pin It   Most writing workshop teachers know what a mentor text is (examples of writing in books, short stories, articles, poems etc.). But, what about how to use a mentor text? When I scoured the internet for the answer to this...

Ten Places to Find Mentor Texts

by Amanda | Apr 28, 2016 | Featured Post, Mentor Texts

1.5kSharesShare Tweet Pin It What is a mentor text anyway? A mentor text is any text used to model the type of writing your students are learning. Mentor texts are the backbone of writing workshop because students need to see what the pros do, to get...