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

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

The phrase “mentor text” is pretty new. Ralph Fletcher, a guru in the writing instruction world defines mentor texts as, “Any writing that you can learn from…”, this definition is so satisfying. It’s satisfying because often, one of the biggest challenges about being a writing workshop teacher is finding mentor texts. But, this definition opens a plethora of texts up to us.

Teach Students HOW to Use Mentor Texts

Teach Students HOW to Use Mentor Texts

  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 pressing question I found very little....

Ten Places to Find Mentor Texts

Ten Places to Find Mentor Texts

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 inspired in their own writing. Mentor texts...