Mentor Text Padlet Project- Tabita Dabica by Tabita Dabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt Writing Strategies en-us 2022-03-13 16:56:49 UTC 2022-03-13 21:41:47 UTC hello@padlet.com tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092594308 2022-03-13 19:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092594308 Grade Level: This book would be good to use with students in grades 4-6 in either an ELA or SS class. tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092594898 2022-03-13 19:33:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092594898 Serravallo Strategy: 5.20 Nonfiction Leads tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092597972 I could use this strategy to teach students to try out a different lead to engage a reader's interest and to entice them to read more.]]> 2022-03-13 19:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092597972 The author wrote an informational text about John F. Kennedy. On the first page, to interest the readers, she used a lead that speaks directly to her readers. tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092602942 " John F. Kennedy loved to read about history. But history isn't just in books-- it's happening all around us. And the people who make history aren't just famous leaders or characters in stories. They're real people, just like you. Sometimes, they ARE you."]]> 2022-03-13 19:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092602942 tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092604009 2022-03-13 19:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092604009 Grade Level: This book would be good to use with students in a 6-8 grade Social Studies class. tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092617542 2022-03-13 20:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092617542 Serravallo Strategy: 6.11 Take Notes From an Illustration or a Photo tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092618989 I could use this strategy to teach students to think critically about illustrations/photos to help them learn more about a topic they are researching. ]]> 2022-03-13 20:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092618989 Political Cartoon (pg.41) tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092626027 2022-03-13 20:19:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092626027 This book includes many pictures of artifacts, letters, maps, illustrations, and political cartoons. tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092632081 Students could do a Notice and Wonder or a KWL about a political cartoon. Students in Gwinnett County learn about Australia and its history in the second semester. They could use political cartoons to make inferences about the relationship between Australia and New Zealand. ]]> 2022-03-13 20:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092632081 Political Cartoon (pg.40) tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092633515 2022-03-13 20:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092633515 tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092634686 2022-03-13 20:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092634686 Grade Level: This book would be good to use with students in grades 4-6 in an ELA/Writing class. tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092636257 2022-03-13 20:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092636257 Serravallo Strategy: 6.15 Let Your Readers Know Who's Talking! tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092638339 I could use this strategy to help students write dialogue clearly when they are working on narratives, so that readers do not get confused with who is speaking. ]]> 2022-03-13 20:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092638339 When it comes to dialogue, the author makes it very clear who is speaking. For example: tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092645742 pg. 4 - "Did you get the toys we sent you?" asked Papa. Papa always asked about the toys. "Si," said Areli.

pg. 30 - "More than twelve million immigrants passed through here on their way to America," said the tour guide.

pg. 36 - "I could do anything here," Areli said to the city sky. "Someday, I will."]]> 2022-03-13 20:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092645742 tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092650679 2022-03-13 20:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092650679 Grade Level: This book would be good to use in grades 4-5 in both ELA and Science classrooms. tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092657077 2022-03-13 21:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092657077 Serravallo Strategy: 6.22 Support Your Facts tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092659262 I can use this strategy to teach students to explain their facts when writing informative texts to help readers learn more about the topic they are presenting. ]]> 2022-03-13 21:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092659262 This author uses this strategy throughout the book, but a specific example I want to share in found on page 20: tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092661659 The author states this fact: "The Portuguese man-of-war is not really a jellyfish." 
The author directly follows with more information to explain that fact: "It is a colony of small animals called polyps that need one another to survive. There are four types of polyps within a single colony." The author goes on to describe each type. The author took one fact and then built on it to write a whole section. ]]> 2022-03-13 21:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092661659 tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092663973 2022-03-13 21:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092663973 Grade Level: This book would be good to use with students in grades 4-8 in an ELA class. tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092665269  ]]> 2022-03-13 21:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092665269 Serravallo Strategy: 6.24 Use a Refrain tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092666847 I would use this book as a mentor text during a narrative or poetry unit. I could use this strategy to teach students to repeat a line to communicate a meaning or to emphasize an emotion, characteristic, or trait. ]]> 2022-03-13 21:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092666847 There are a few lines/phrases that are repeated in this book that emphasize Libba's perseverance. She was left-handed. Guitars are made for right-handed people. That didn't hold her back from learning how to play guitar. She simply switched the guitar to the other side and played it "backwards". tabitadabica https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092673658 For example:
pg. 6 - "She turned the guitar upside down and played it backwards."
pg. 9 - "But Libba never stopped in her tracks. She kept rolling."
pg. 11 - "So Libba put her mother to sleep, playing upside down and backwards."
pg. 26 - "Soon the whole house was turned upside down and backwards."
pg. 29 - "Libba turned her guitar upside down and backwards so she could play it her own way. She turned the music world upside down and backwards, too. Libba Cotten never stopped in her tracks. She kept rolling."]]> 2022-03-13 21:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tabitadabica/trogjse9wwocavt/wish/2092673658