{"product_id":"writing-with-mentors-how-to-reach-every-writer-in-the-room-using-current-engaging-mentor-texts","title":"Writing with Mentors: How to Reach Every Writer in the Room Using Current  Engaging Mentor Texts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Writing With Mentors is one of the best books Ive read on harnessing the power of mentor texts to spur authentic student writing.\" --Kelly Gallagher  author of Write Like This \"Writing With Mentors has transformed the way I think about using exemplar pieces.\" --Christopher Lehman  coauthor of Falling in Love with Close Reading \"I am certain Don Graves would have celebrated these wise  kind  and fearless advocates for young writers.\" --Penny Kittle  author of Write Beside Them In Writing with Mentors  high school teachers Allison Marchetti and Rebekah ODell prove that the key to cultivating productive  resourceful writerswriters who can see value and purpose for writing beyond schoolis using dynamic  hot-off-the-press mentor texts. In this practical guide  they provide savvy strategies for: --finding and storing fresh new mentor texts  from trusted traditional sources to the social mediums of the day --grouping mentor texts in clusters that show a diverse range of topics  styles  and approaches --teaching with lessons that demonstrate the enormous potential of mentor texts at every stage of the writing process. In chapters that follow the scaffolded instruction Allison and Rebekah use in their own classrooms  youll discover how using mentor texts can unfold across the year  from inspiration and planning to drafting  revising  and going public in final publication. Along the way  youll find yourself reaching every writer in the room  whatever their needs. Our hope in this book  they write  is to show you a way mentors can help you teach anything you need or want to teach in writing. A way that is grounded in the work of real writers and the real reading you do every day. A way that is sustainable and fresh  and will serve your students long after they leave your classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985054036021,"sku":"ByrdShop_032507450X","price":29.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780325074504.jpg?v=1770844651","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/writing-with-mentors-how-to-reach-every-writer-in-the-room-using-current-engaging-mentor-texts","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}