https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s en-us 2019-10-15 00:23:13 UTC 2024-12-12 21:52:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png acortez19 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397682724 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. ]]> 2019-10-15 00:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397682724 asanchez355 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397683229 "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.]]> 2019-10-15 00:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397683229 acortez19 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397684023 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. ]]> 2019-10-15 01:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397684023 asanchez355 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397687409 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.]]> 2019-10-15 01:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397687409 asanchez355 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693408 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.]]> 2019-10-15 01:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693408 acortez19 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693414 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.]]> 2019-10-15 01:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693414 asanchez355 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693718 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.]]> 2019-10-15 01:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693718 asanchez355 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693829 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.]]> 2019-10-15 01:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397693829 acortez19 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397696578  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."]]> 2019-10-15 01:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397696578 acortez19 https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397701892 https://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-mentor-text-motivate-and-support-student-writers-rebecca-alber ]]> 2019-10-15 01:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/asanchez355/1q7pi2xnzf9s/wish/397701892