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Mentor texts are any text that can be used as an example of good writing for writers.  Writers use a mentor text to inform their own writing. The texts are read for the purpose of studying the author’s craft, or the way the author uses words and structures the writing. The goal is to provide students a model they could emulate in crafting their own piece.

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"Mean Jean", the "Recess Queen", is the playground bully that all the kids are afraid of -- until a new student comes in and shows just how far kindness can take you.

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In "How Full Is Your Bucket?" "Felix" begins to see how every interaction in a day either fills or empties his bucket. Felix then realizes that everything he says or does to other people fills or empties their buckets as well.

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The main character is a girl named Camilla Cream who loves lima beans but doesn't want to eat them because her friends dislike them and she wants to be just like them. One day she wakes up to discover thick, solid-colored stripes all over her body.

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Students can compare and contrast the vocabulary words in the book, "The Recess Queen", to identify characteristics of bully and someone who is not a bully.

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Meet Brian, the invisible boy. Nobody ever seems to notice him or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party... until, that is, a new kid comes to class. When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian is the first to make him feel welcome.

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Students can analyze the characteristics that make a bully and apply it to themselves. This art and ELA activity allows students to reflect on their own actions.

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In this art and ELA activity, students may reflect on the positive attributes of a "recess friend" as well as identifying the character traits and analyzing its effect at the end of the story.

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the fish in the story has rainbow-colored, iridescent scales. ... The rainbow fish ends up ostracized by all the other fish, and his scales begin to mean less to him with "no one to admire them."

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Using Mentor Texts to Motivate and Support Student Writers

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Using Mentor Texts to Motivate and Support Student Writers

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https://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-mentor-text-motivate-and-support-student-writers-rebecca-alber