Category: Modernizing Mentor Texts Blog Series

Cream background with planet earth at the center. A variety of mentor text types surround the earth. This image promotes TWTBlog’s Modernizing Mentor Texts Winter 2025 blog series. ICYMI and Giveaway Winner: Modernizing Mentor Texts
Modernizing Mentor Texts Blog Series

ICYMI and Giveaway Winner: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Sarah Valter

Did you catch our latest blog series, Modernizing Mentor Texts? Check out this roundup of the full collection of resources and tips!

Mentor Texts for Emergent Writers: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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Mentor Texts for Emergent Writers: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Jenna Komarin2 Comments

What role do mentor texts play in the writing lives of our youngest children?

Students as Creators: Modernizing Mentor Texts
Modernizing Mentor Texts Blog Series

Students as Creators: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Lainie Levin2 Comments

I also believe young writers can and should take guidance from one another. In my classroom, student mentor text falls into three general categories. In this post, I’ll share how I gather that text, when I use it, and why it benefits our community of writers. 

Boost Independence: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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Boost Independence: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Leah Thomas1 Comment

Adult writers research and choose their own mentors: let’s empower young kids to do the same! Today's post offers something for all teachers, regardless of their experience with mentor texts.

A two-page spread that explains what an infographic is. Craft Knowledge With Infographic Design: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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Craft Knowledge With Infographic Design: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

In a world where digital literacy is evolving at breakneck speed, are we preparing our students for the writing challenges of tomorrow? Discover how infographics can transform your students into active content creators, equipping them with the skills they need in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Opinionated Mentors: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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Opinionated Mentors: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Betsy Hubbard4 Comments

When choosing texts for any genre, engagement, purpose, and accessibility play a part in finding mentors that will move writers.

Harnessing Multimedia Texts To Enhance Writing Instruction: Modernizing Mentor Texts
Modernizing Mentor Texts Blog Series

Harnessing Multimedia Texts To Enhance Writing Instruction: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Sarah Valter2 Comments

Curious about how to expand writing possibilities for students with multimedia mentor texts? This first post in TWT's Modernizing Mentor Texts series is full of ideas and resources for your classroom!

Cream background with planet earth at the center. A variety of mentor text types surround the earth. This image promotes TWTBlog’s Modernizing Mentor Texts Winter 2025 blog series. Introduction to the Blog Series: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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Introduction to the Blog Series: Modernizing Mentor Texts

Melanie Meehan2 Comments

Throughout this blog series, the Two Writing Teachers shares modernized mentors, providing ideas for current and responsive texts, ways to build agency, and ideas for multi-media mentors.