Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6 + 1 Writing Traits

Meet the Author

Preface

Chapter 1: Primary Fiction

Trait: Content - Those Shoes

Trait: Organization - Can I Be Your Dog?

Trait: Word Choice - Chrysanthemum

Trait: Voice - Julius: The Baby of the World

Trait: Sentence Fluency - Dear Peter Rabbit

Trait: Conventions - Memory Jars

Trait: Presentation - The Camping Trip

Chapter 2: Elementary Fiction

Trait: Content - Leo Geo and the Cosmic Crisis

Trait: Organization: Flashback - Jangles: A Big Fish Story

Trait: Word Choice - Magnificent Homespun Brown

Trait: Voice - Encounter

Trait: Sentence Fluency - Walk Two Moons

Trait: Conventions - Bud, Not Buddy

Trait: Presentation - New Kid

Chapter 3: Informational Primary Texts

Trait: Content - Dolphins and Sharks: Fact Tracker

Trait: Organization - ABC Insects

Trait: Word Choice - The Cloud Book

Trait: Voice - Sea Turtles

Trait: Sentence Fluency - Amazing Dolphins!

Trait: Conventions - North American Animals: Bald Eagles

Trait: Presentation - Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Chapter 4: Informational Elementary Texts

Trait: Content - Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

Trait: Organization - Cheetahs

Trait: Word Choice - Locomotive

Trait: Voice - Endangered Desert Animals

Trait: Sentence Fluency - Bananas!

Trait: Conventions - Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

Trait: Presentation - Science Comics: Coral reefs: Cities of the Ocean

Chapter 5: Primary Poetry

Trait: Content - "What Is Yellow?" in Hailstones and Halibut Bones

Trait: Organization - "Picnic" Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic

Trait: Word Choice - "The Whales Off Wales" in Book of Animal Poetry

Trait: Voice - Won Ton and Chopstick: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku

Trait: Sentence Fluency - "Our Tree" in Sing a Song of Popcorn

Trait: Conventions - "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too" in Where the Sidewalk Ends

Trait: Presentation - "All Wet" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems.

Chapter 6: Elementary Poetry

Trait: Content - Bug Off! Creep, Crawly Poems

Trait: Organization - Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers

Trait: Word Choice - "The Turkey Shot Out of the Oven" in Something Big Has Been Here

Trait: Voice - "Foul Shot" in Reflections on a gift of a watermelon pickle

Trait: Sentence Fluency - "The Toy Eater" in Falling Up

Trait: Conventions - "Mirror, Mirror" in Falling Up

Trait: Presentation - "Cool, Sweet...But enough about me" in Ode to a Commode: Concrete poems.

Final Takeaways

References

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