Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing with the Traits: Middle School AUTH-10128757 Publisher: Octavia Randolph

Publisher: Octavia Randolph

And some debts can't be paid in gold

he reaches horse handlers through his magazine

Nell has fallen so deeply in love with Brent that every man she sees reminds her of him

Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing with the Traits: Middle School AUTH-10128757 Publisher: Octavia RandolphBecoming a better writer begins with reading well written books and trying what their authors do successfully. So why not help middle schoolers improve their writing by exposing them to mentor texts written just for them? Culham, Blasingame, and Coutu have selected 150 fiction and nonfiction books by master writers, annotated them, and organized them by trait. Each annotation explains what the book is about and why it's a good model. Twenty ready to