Teach Writing with Mentor Texts!

Carl Anderson

Date: July 19th (full morning session)

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Description:

Every writing teacher has this question:  How do I teach my students to write well?

The answer? Teach with mentor texts. To help students learn how to craft their writing in effective and beautiful ways, students need to see and study mentor texts in mini-lessons, small group lessons, and individual writing conferences in the writing workshop.

In this workshop, Carl Anderson will explain how to use mentor texts to teach students the craft of writing in any genre. You’ll learn about:

• What it means to “read like a writer”
• Strategies for “immersing” (or familiarizing) students with mentor texts at the beginning of a unit of study
• How to do whole-class craft study
• How to teach with mentor texts in mini-lessons and small group lessons
• Taking on the special challenges of conferring with mentor texts

By the end of the workshop, you’ll have learned numerous strategies you can use to teach with mentor texts.