One of our readers, Kelly, asked me to share the list of texts my students went for when looking for mentor texts to help them revise the endings of their short fiction pieces today. Here’s the list of texts they used:
Fly Away, Home by Eve Bunting
“Josie’s First Allowance Day” by Rosie Perez
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Mutt Dog by Stephen Michael King
This School Is Not White! by Doreen Rappaport
Here’s the lists of books they told ME I should look at to help improve my ending:
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan, Mutt Dog by Stephen Michael King, and Mrs. Katz & Tush by Patricia Polacco. (They had some FANTASTIC suggestions for how to revise my story. It’s great having your students show you what you can fix/make better. I love getting their insight on my writing.)
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I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island.
I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).
I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.
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Thanks for posting the list Stacey! Some I have, but others I do not. They will make great additions to my mentor library.
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