mentor text countdown – moving writers

August 10, 2015August 10, 2015Rebekah O'Dell

Mentor Text Countdown Finale: Hear from Our Students!

For the past ten weeks, we have been sharing some of our most popular posts about mentor texts as we get ready to share our first book, Writing With Mentors, with the world on September 3! (You can order it here or here — an Amazon even gives you a sneak peak inside!) But, it’s one thing for […]

July 20, 2015July 15, 2015Rebekah O'Dell

Summer Mentor Text Countdown Week 7: Ways to End (or Begin) a Year of Writing with Mentor Texts

We have been sharing Moving Writers’ most popular posts about mentor texts as we move toward the September release of our book, Writing With Mentors. (Want a tiny sneak peek at the contents of Writing With Mentors? Check out our Table of Contents and a couple of reviews on the Heinemann site!) Last week in our Summer Mentor […]

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015Rebekah O'Dell

Summer Mentor Text Countdown Week 5 – Mentor Sentences to Boost Student Writing

As you saw two weeks ago with our post about using mentor texts for Notebook Time, mentor texts can be large or small. Even a tiny mentor text can have spectacular results for student writing. Mentor sentences can be a great way for both you and your students to wade into the waters of mentor text study! […]

June 29, 2015July 1, 2015Rebekah O'Dell

Summer Mentor Text Countdown: Week 4

We are sure that Flannery O’Connor would agree that like a good man, a good mentor text is hard to find. And, like you, we don’t have hours and hours to devote to the search. We need a short-hand, a fast protocol, some never-let-you-down sources. In Writing With Mentors, we devote all of chapter two to how […]

June 15, 2015June 13, 2015Rebekah O'Dell

Moving Writer’s Mentor Text Countdown: Week 2

Over the next few weeks, we are preparing for the publication of our book, Writing with Mentors, by sharing our most popular mentor text-related posts over the last two years. This week, we are sharing “Questions to Help You Choose Mentor Texts”. Finding the right mentor texts can be daunting in a world full of words, but […]