Mentor Texts for Writers Workshop

Kimberly at Funky First Grade Funis having a linky party to share mentor texts to use with writing lessons. Here are two of my fave's.

1. Tuesday by David Wiesner and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. There are no words and the story is really different. Frogs/toads are floating around on lilly pads throughout the town in the middle of the night.  It's great for teaching introductions, writing about characters feelings, or for writing good descriptions. I like to show a picture in the middle of the story and ask my students to write about what they think is happening. (Sometimes I can ask them to write about it from the toad's point of view) Really funny stuff! It also leads to great discussions about how important details are in our pictures and how they can help tell the story or help us plan our stories.


2. Maybe I just love this book and I work it into writing, but I think it's great as an example of voice in writing. True, in first grade we don't hit that hard. But I do tell my students that I want their writing to sound like they wrote it. I want it to have feeling and expression, just like when we read.  Alice the Fairy by David Shannon is just hilarious. Truly told from a childs point of view. Great imagination and wonderful pictures!


I hope you'll link up! I could use some fresh ideas!

5 comments:

  1. I love using the Tuesday book for writing! :)

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  2. Hi Jennifer,
    If you have time (that's a joke, right) I would love it if you would link your post to the linky party. I'm gonna have to put Alice the Fairy in my Amazon shopping cart! Enjoy your week!
    Kimberly
    Funky First Grade Fun

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  4. Thanks for the idea for the Tuesday book! We are working on voice in our writing now. That'll be a great addition!

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