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01/10/24

Free Webinar: Help Students Learn from Mentor Authors

Watch this free edWebinar with Carl Anderson and Matt Glover, who show you what the immersion period of writing workshop looks and sounds like.  (continue reading)
12/26/23

6 New Tools to Introduce into Your Classroom Writing Center

Here are six tools you can slowly introduce into your classroom writing center to support student independence.  (continue reading)
02/28/23

Reflections on Learning: Writing Instruction, K-8

Highly effective writing teachers teach with mentor texts. In direct instruction lessons, teachers explain the techniques to students.  (continue reading)
12/08/22

Teach Students to Read Like Writers During Whole-Class Text Study

Watch Carl Anderson demonstrate how to help students learn to read like writers.  (continue reading)
09/16/21

Using Digital Mentor Texts to Scaffold Writers

Dedicating a section of the classroom library to mentor texts gives students the opportunity to access and choose the mentor texts that work best for them.  (continue reading)
06/10/21

On the Podcast: Developing Writing Skills with Mentor Texts with Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell

Mentor texts from a variety of high-interest sources along with diverse authors can be a real game changer in secondary writing classrooms.   (continue reading)
04/27/21

Starting Small with Mentor Texts: Studying Craft and Punctuation

It helps to start small. A beautifully crafted sentence is filled with interesting decisions the writer has made, and there’s so much to learn.  (continue reading)
03/26/21

The Power of Using Mentor Texts in Secondary Classrooms

We can prepare our students for academic writing tasks when we invite them to make the kind of writing real writers make.  (continue reading)
07/07/20

It’s Almost Time for Summer Camp!

Jen Serravallo has received a lot of questions regarding her Reading & Writing Summer Camp: Exploring Mentor Texts to Teach Strategies for Summer 2020. Here are some answers to help you get ready.  (continue reading)
06/26/17

Where to Find Mentor Texts

Where to Find Mentor Texts  (continue reading)

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