Last week, we shared our four fundamental beliefs about teaching with mentor texts — beliefs that apply to any students in any classroom, from kindergarten to senior year. We believe that: Real writing is the result of studying real writing Students benefit from studying hot-off-the-presses mentor texts Students need to study multiple mentor texts in […]
Author: Rebekah O'Dell
Translating Writing With Mentors for Elementary and Middle School, Part I
Our bookshelves are jammed full with books meant for elementary and middle school teachers. Donald Graves, Nancie Atwell, Georgia Heard, Katie Wood Ray, Ralph Fletcher, the gals at Two Writing Teachers — these are the teachers who have taught us how to teach writing, who continually push us to reconsider what we think we know […]
#writingwithmentors Tweet-a-thon Wrap Up & Winners!
Writing With Mentors is officially out in the world and making its way to your mailbox as I type! Over the last two days we wrapped up our marathon Tweet-a-thon — 14 days of sharing hot-off-the-presses mentors texts that will inspire, engage, and teach your students myriad writing techniques and elements of excellent craft! Here […]
#Writingwithmentors Tweetathon Days 12 & 13
Gentle readers, tomorrow is the day — the day we have been anticipating and dreaming about for more than a year. Tomorrow is the day that Writing With Mentors is released and available to you! Tomorrow also wraps up our amazing Tweet-a-thon! Here’s what we shared on Days 12 & 13. There is still ONE MORE […]
#writingwithmentors Tweetathon Days 10 & 11
This morning, we get to officially say, “Our book comes out this week.” How cool is that? Meanwhile, the Tweetathon rolls on. Here is a wrap up of the mentor texts from this weekend. We have had hundreds of amazing, hot-off-the-presses mentor texts shared over the last week and half. Texts you can print off, copy, […]
#writingwithmentors Tweetathon Days 8 & 9
Yesterday, Writing With Mentors showed up in our mailboxes, hot off the presses! Which means it is only a matter of days before it shows up in yours! It. is. beautiful. In the meantime, readers, friends, colleagues from across Twitter have been burning up the Internet sharing their own hot-off-the-presses treasures: mentors texts to inspire and […]
#writingwithmentors Tweet-a-thon Days 6 and 7
In ONE WEEK, Writing With Mentors will officially be out in the world. While you’re waiting, you can get a sample of the book on the Heinemann website! http://www.heinemann.com/products/E07450.aspx We are also halfway through our Tweet-a-thon! We have gathered some amazing, hot-off-the-presses mentor texts in our #writingwithmentors Tweet-a-thon over the last week. Here’s what we shared […]
#writingwithmentors Tweet-a-Thon Day 5 Wrap Up
Day 5 of our Tweet-a-thon saw mentor texts for writing about fashion, sports profiles, history, poetry, memoir. We even had some mentors being literally pulled straight off the shelf at Barnes & Noble and Tweeted from the racks! Here’s a wrap-up of day 5! The Tweet-a-thon continues through September 3, the day that Writing with Mentors […]
#writingwithmentors Tweet-a-thon Days 3 & 4
The mentor text love didn’t slow down over the weekend! What joy it is to get a bundle of new mentor texts and teaching ideas to usher us into the school year! You can see this weekend’s conversation here. Eventually, each of these texts will be added to our growing Mentor Text Dropbox! It’s never […]
#writingwithmentors Tweet-a-thon Days 1 and 2
The mentor texts have been rolling in, and we are in mentor text heaven! Catch up with the Tweet-a-thon Day 1 and Day 2 , then Tweet-a-mentor text of your own! Remember that in addition to the camaraderie of sharing resources, every Tweet enters you to win a copy of Writing With Mentors, available September 3 (read […]
