What role do mentor texts play in the writing lives of our youngest children?
Students as Creators: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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.
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Boost Independence: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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.
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Craft Knowledge With Infographic Design: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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.
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Opinionated Mentors: Modernizing Mentor Texts
When choosing texts for any genre, engagement, purpose, and accessibility play a part in finding mentors that will move writers.
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Tuesday Slice of Life
Welcome back to the weekly Slice of Life! Write what’s on your mind, share your links below, and give some comment love to your online colleagues.
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Harnessing Multimedia Texts To Enhance Writing Instruction: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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!
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Introduction to the Blog Series: Modernizing Mentor Texts
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.
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Overview and Sign Up for the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Now in March!
Sign up for the 2025 Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge! Challenge the writers in your class to write every day in March.
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Tuesday Slice of Life
Welcome to the first Slice of Life Tuesday of 2025! Whether you’re sharing a one-word intention for the year, reflecting on your holidays, or just expressing what’s on your mind, we’d love for you to share your posts in the comments below. While you’re at it, visit and comment on other writer’s blogs as well. That’s where the fun is!
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Teaching Poetry with a Bracket Competition: Ready-to-Go Tip
Here is a ready-to-use lesson plan for a poetry bracket competition you can use with kidnergarten to eighth grade and beyond!
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Building the Foundational Strength of Writers
Students can show us a lot of about the cognitive energy they are using to write! The brain has work to do before any letters show up on pages, so the more automated that work can be, the more brain energy can head in the direction of words, sentences, and composition.
