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Mentor Text Writing Lessons: Picture Books
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 Lesson title: Using 90th Street's Advice Lesson's Mentor Text: Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Silly Animal Problems Lesson's Mentor Text: Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey Focus Trait: Idea Development (creating a unique story based on a model) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Unlikely Diary KeepersLesson's Mentor Text: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin Focus Trait: Idea Development (putting researched ideas into one's own words) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: The Important Thing about Good Writing: Details! Lesson's Mentor Text: The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with memorable and strong details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Unique Imaginary Friends Lesson's Mentor Text: Ted by Tony DiTerlizzi Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality and strong details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Four Metaphor Poems Lesson's Mentor Text: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox Focus Trait: Idea Development (exploring details using figurative language) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Emotions & Colorful Days Lesson's Mentor Text: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss Focus Trait: Idea Development (using "snapshot" details; painting word pictures) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Top Secret Rule Reasons Lesson's Mentor Text: The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups by David Wisniewski Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality based on a model) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Scheming Against an Adversary Lesson's Mentor Text: Enemy Pie by Derek Munson Focus Trait: Idea Development (using originality and strong details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Rolling with the Animals Lesson's Mentor Text: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong, memorable details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Fairy Tales in New Settings Lesson's Mentor Text: Bubba the Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman Focus Trait: Idea Development (writing with originality and strong details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Scary Somethings Lesson's Mentor Text: Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenbach Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: What Got Stolen? Lesson's Mentor Text: Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Same-Theme/Different-Story Stories Lesson's Mentor Text: Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore Focus Trait: Idea Development (focusing on story theme) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Between Repeated Lines Lesson's Mentor Text: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers by Mary Ann Hoberman Focus Trait: Idea Development (focusing on story theme) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Same-Theme/Different-Story Stories Lesson's Mentor Text: Fox by Margaret Wild Focus Trait: Idea Development (focusing on story theme) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Other Bad Cases to Write About Lesson's Mentor Text: A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon Focus Trait: Idea Development (using strong and memorable details) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Showing How to Deal with Anger Lesson's Mentor Text: When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang Focus Trait: Idea Development (reflecting on a personal experience to develop an idea) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Powerful First Paragraphs Lesson's Mentor Text: Brave Margaret by Robert De San Souci Focus Trait: Organization (creating a strong opening paragraph) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: A Scientific Mishap Lesson's Mentor Text: Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey Focus Trait: Organization (planning for purposeful paragraphs) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Floating Down a River Lesson's Mentor Text: Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett Focus Trait: Organization (planning for sequencing and pacing) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Three-Meal Weather Lesson's Mentor Text: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi & Ron Barrett Focus Trait: Organization (planning purposeful paragraphs and story parts) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: The Sibling Report Lesson's Mentor Text: Tub-boo-boo by Margie Palatini Focus Trait: Organization (planning for sequencing) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Pros, Cons, and Hooks Lesson's Mentor Text: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long Focus Trait: Organization (planning purposeful paragraphs and strong leads) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Weird Animal Adventures Lesson's Mentor Text: Tuesday by David Wiesner Focus Trait: Organization (planning beginnings, middles. and ends) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Overcoming a Personified FearLesson's Mentor Text: There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer Focus Trait: Organization (using a variety of transition words to sequence a story's parts) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Who's to Blame Stories Lesson's Mentor Text: Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo by Rosetta Stone (Dr. Seuss) Focus Trait: Organization (planning for sequencing) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Between Repeated Catch Phrases Lesson's Mentor Text: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: A Vocabulary Fashion Show Lesson's Mentor Text: Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier Focus Trait: Organization (using a variety of transition words) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Fracturing Tales Through Titles Lesson's Mentor Text: The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman Focus Trait: Organization (letting a title drive original writing) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Start with What Isn't There Lesson's Mentor Text: Caves by Stephen Kramer Focus Trait: Voice (establishing mood) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: I Wanna [Something] Lesson's Mentor Text: I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufmann Orloff Focus Trait: Voice (exploring and using effective persuasive techniques) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Interjected Emotions! Lesson's Mentor Text: No David! by David Shannon Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotions through interjections) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Unusual Friendly Letters Lesson's Mentor Text: Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague Focus Trait: Voice (effective persuasive techniques) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Giving Voice to Opposites Lesson's Mentor Text: I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotion) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: "Just the Facts, Ma'am." Lesson's Mentor Text: The Web Files by Margie Palatini Focus Trait: Voice (imitating authentic voice) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Put 'em on Oprah! Lesson's Mentor Text: Cindy Ellen: a Wild Western Cinderella by Susan Lowell Focus Trait: Voice (using realistic dialogue and monologues) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: A Pet's Adventure StoryLesson's Mentor Text: Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotion) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Serendipitous Fairy Tale Tabloids Lesson's Mentor Text: The Fairy Tale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins Focus Trait: Voice (imitating real world voice) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Voicing an Original Fairy Tale Narrator Lesson's Mentor Text: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka Focus Trait: Voice (shifting point of view) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Emotional Monologues Lesson's Mentor Text: My Brother Dan's Delicious by Stephen L. Layne Focus Trait: Voice (conveying emotion) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Creative Convincing Lesson's Mentor Text: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin Focus Trait: Voice (using persuasive techniques) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Perspective Paragraphs Lesson's Mentor Text: Tough Boris by Mem Fox Focus Trait: Word Choice (choosing strong adjectives) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Haiku Riddles Lesson's Mentor Text: If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky Focus Trait: Word Choice (using powerful adjectives and verbs) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: What If Poems Lesson's Mentor Text: What If by Regina J. Williams Focus Trait: Word Choice (using precise nouns, and strong verbs and adjectives) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: An Onomatopoetic Field Trip! Lesson's Mentor Text: Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root Focus Trait: Word Choice (exploring and using thoughtful onomatopoeia) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Listen to the Word Choice of an Author Lesson's Mentor Text: Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Focus Trait: Word Choice (choosing words that affect mood) Click on the lesson title or the image to read an overview and access the entire lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Poems to Bug Your Reader Lesson's Mentor Text: Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian Focus Trait: Word Choice (playing with words) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Noun-Inspired Animal Reports Lesson's Mentor Text: We Are Bears by Molly Grooms Focus Trait: Word Choice (using precise nouns and strong verbs) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Alliterative Insects Lesson's Mentor Text: Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Brown Focus Trait: Word Choice (playing with words) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources.
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 Lesson title: Counting Sentences' WordsLesson's Mentor Text: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (varying sentence lengths) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Special Days to Love Lesson's Mentor Text: All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (varying sentence beginnings and adding prepositional phrases) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Combining with Participial Phrases Lesson's Mentor Text: Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (varying sentence beginnings by adding participial phrases) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Ain't Gonna Rain No MoreLesson's Mentor Text: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Impersonating Great Poets Lesson's Mentor Text: Science Verse by Jon Scieszka Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Animals Not to [Verb] with... Lesson's Mentor Text: Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: School Song Parodies Lesson's Mentor Text: Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: Ballads about Family Lesson's Mentor Text: Family Reunion by Mary Ann Hoberman Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency (experimenting with sentence rhythm) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
 Lesson title: A Conventional Family Lesson's Mentor Text: Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver Focus Trait: Conventions (thinking about punctuation or parts of speech creatively) Click on the lesson title or the book cover to read an overview and access the entire on-line lesson and its resources. |
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