Read aloud picture books to exemplify how writers use smilies and metaphors to convey meaning. Use these mentor texts to teach similes and metaphors in your writing workshop. Picture Books to Teach Similes and Metaphors Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr Lyrical, evocative language captures a quiet winter evening when the little […]
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Picture Books to Teach Problem and Solution
Use mentor text picture books to teach problem and solution text structure which improves reading and writing skills including making informed predictions. Show children what to expect in a problem-solution story as well as how authors structure a problem-solution story or essay. While there are many picture books that model problem and solution, these are […]
Mentor Text Children’s Books to Teach Vivid Description
We can model for our kids how good writers use all their senses in their writing to show not tell. Use mentor texts in your writing workshop to teach growing writers descriptive writing using sensory images, vivid verbs, precise adjectives, and rich figurative language. Certainly, many poetry books capture this kind of vivid description in […]
Picture Books to Teach Perspective
Teachers and parents, use picture books as mentor texts to teach perspective. Stories like these help you model for your students and children that our perspectives and the perspectives of different characters, including the narrator, is how we see the world and the events in it. It’s easy to call this point of view […]
Picture Books for Teaching Personification
When writers give human qualities to an object or animal, it’s called personification. It’s delightful to read and very fun to use in your own writing. Use these picture books as mentor texts to teach the concept of personification. If you’re a teacher, these are perfect for writing workshop. They’ll most definitely be a way […]
Picture Books to Teach Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is FUN to read with kids. Because sounds. Encourage your kids to join you in making lots of sounds. These are great books to read aloud. You can also use these picture books as mentor texts to model for your elementary level students how to write using onomatopoeia pr spimds wprds. These books show […]
New and Favorite Poetry Books for Children
It’s April. Happy Poetry Month! It’s time to get kids interested in reading and writing poetry with poetry books. Kids gravitate towards funny, rhyming poetry which is a place to get them hooked. But, I don’t like using rhyming poetry with kids too much or their writing becomes only rhyming. (Which usually stinks and makes no […]