My mentor text library by

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-18 13:46:53 UTC

In this book, Maaz Khan clearly demonstrates good use of voice in each of his characters and as a whole throughout his entire story. There are so many unique perspectives and feelings in each of the characters.

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This book revolves around the idea trait because the characters inspire each other to use their imagination to create personalized artwork.

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This story relies on the text to tell the story but it also heavily relies on the illustrations and harmony of both the text and pictures to come together to tell the story.

Conventions

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Conventions are things like punctuation, grammar, paragraphing, etc. Quality books with conventions will help the reader easily follow the text and gain meaning from it. These books demonstrate good conventions.

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-18 13:47:12 UTC

This is a story about a little boy who wants to write like his sister, but can only draw pictures. It is a great example of organization because the sister teaches him how to organize his thoughts into one document and create a story.

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-18 13:47:18 UTC

One and Everything includes a plethora of adjectives, verbs, and nouns. It is a great example of word choice because of the diverse choices shown.

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In this book, the main character Henry shares his multitude of ideas with the other characters. This is a great example of a piece of literature that showcases many ideas and the use of imagination.

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:12:32 UTC

In "Book's Big Adventure" the author clearly gives book a clear and powerful voice throughout his adventure.

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:15:28 UTC

This story has text displayed in a way that highlights the authors word choice.

Voice

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:15:50 UTC

Voice is how the writer feels about their text or idea and how they convey that in their words. The books below are examples of work that clearly show the author's voice.

Ideas

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:16:35 UTC

A piece of writing needs to follow a general idea that makes sense, is explained, is focused, and follows good development. The books below show examples of writing that follows a well constructed idea.

Presentation

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:17:32 UTC

Presentation is all about the look, feel, and organization of the piece of work. Any pictures or elements should enhance and connect to the text. These books below are examples of good presentation.

Organization

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:18:06 UTC

Organization revolves around the structure of the text or in other words, the main idea. Quality pieces of writing follow a main idea that will not get lost throughout the story. The books below are organized and set up in a way that is easy to follow.

Word Choice

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:18:16 UTC

Word choice involves choosing words that accurately represent the stories message, tone, feeling, and gives clarity when reading. The books below show good word choice.

Sentence Fluency

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-23 14:19:07 UTC

Sentence fluency can be discovered when you read the story, it is the rhythm and flow of the words. The books below demonstrate good sentence fluency.

Purpose

kayleejune03 — 2024-09-30 13:17:34 UTC

The purpose of this padlet is to give teachers, students, and parents an idea of quality literature. There are many components to a great children's book, however it goes beyond structure. Here, I hope you find some inspiration or examples of Children's literature that can support the love and process of writing.

kayleejune03 — 2024-10-23 13:42:16 UTC

This is a silly book about a boy who begs his mother for a pet Iguana. It is a great example of conventions because he begs by writing his mother letters. This will help students understand how to properly use conventions.

kayleejune03 — 2024-10-23 13:43:07 UTC

This mentor text is filled with letters for text!

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This story follows a dog named Ike who writes letters to Mrs. Larue. Another great example of how to write a letter.

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Knuffle Bunny has a very interesting presentation. In this book, the illustrator uses real photos as the setting or some elements. But, they also combine these photos with illustrated characters and items.

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This story is also another story that has letters in it. The cows post notes outside the farm for the farmer to read. It shows great organization of text and letters.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 19:46:18 UTC

This book can be sung aloud! It is in the form of a song or poem and is easily read.

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Voices in the park is a very fun book to look at because there is something different on every page. At first glance you may see something regular, and then with a deeper look things expand.

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I used to read this endlessly in Elementary school. This is a collection of all different types of poems in one book.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 19:49:59 UTC

This is a great book to read for primary grades because it is repetitive and therefore predictable.

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This entire series of books show a great use of conventions in the text and even in the pictures. The use of punctuation is especially strong here.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 19:58:39 UTC

The presentation of this book involves the text and pictures being in a different design on each page. On almost every page, there is a different text in each sentence or thought.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:02:52 UTC

The Diary of a Worm shows a great example of ideas because the main worm character put entries into his diary showing his imagination and perspective on his life.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:03:58 UTC

Fireflies shows a story about a little boy catching and longing for the fireflies outside of his house. The ideas shown in this book represent the boys feelings and thoughts.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:04:23 UTC

Ugly fish is one of my favorite childhood books. This book demonstrates multiple different ideas and perspectives of the fishes and how they handle their rivalries.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:05:15 UTC

In this work of art, each of the characters has a clear voice that shows their difference in ideas from each other.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:05:50 UTC

The illustrations in this book relate to the mood and emotions of the text and story. But, the text also works with the story and voice because the Author uses uppercase words, italicized, and bold words to convey meaning.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:07:05 UTC

The main character in The Other Side displays a voice that clearly demonstrates her thoughts and feelings. Making this a great mentor text for the voice trait.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:07:44 UTC

This piece of literature relies heavily on the use of commas in a specific long sentence that is repeated throughout the book.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:08:16 UTC

Each page of this story is in the format of a letter. It is a great mentor text for teaching organization because it shows correct organization of ideas and conventions in a text.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:08:35 UTC

This story follows a strict process of going on a journey. The author takes the reader through an organized adventure that is easy to follow.

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Max chooses words from a newspaper to display word choice.

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This book repeats things that hands can do, except each time it uses a different action or adjective.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:17:09 UTC

This text is easily read and flows, which makes for easy fluency.

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kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:19:18 UTC

This was one of my favorite childhood books! This follows a little boy who hears common noises at night, but turns them into endless possibilities.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:19:35 UTC

Skippy Jon Jones is a classic! It is an adventure to read and is engaging and fun.

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-02 20:20:23 UTC

Corduroy follows a stuffed bear looking for a button so that he will be picked by an owner.

Wordless Picture Books

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-12 22:01:17 UTC

Each of these mentor texts are wordless picture books. Meaning, they have little to no text and convey the story through pictures only.

Letters

kayleejune03 — 2024-12-12 22:02:12 UTC

Each of these books has some demonstration of frequent letters that the characters send to each other, demonstrating proper letter format.