Writing minilessons are a powerful tool for teachers, helping students to grow as independent writers.
July 29, 2024
Here are six tools you can slowly introduce into your classroom writing center to support student independence.
December 26, 2023
Highly effective writing teachers teach with mentor texts. In direct instruction lessons, teachers explain the techniques to students.
February 28, 2023
Watch Carl Anderson demonstrate how to help students learn to read like writers.
December 8, 2022
Dedicating a section of the classroom library to mentor texts gives students the opportunity to access and choose the mentor texts that work best for them.
September 16, 2021
Mentor texts from a variety of high-interest sources along with diverse authors can be a real game changer in secondary writing classrooms.
June 10, 2021
It helps to start small. A beautifully crafted sentence is filled with interesting decisions the writer has made, and there’s so much to learn.
April 27, 2021
We can prepare our students for academic writing tasks when we invite them to make the kind of writing real writers make.
March 26, 2021
Jen Serravallo has received a lot of questions regarding her Reading & Writing Summer Camp: Exploring Mentor Texts to Teach Strategies for Summer 2020. Here are some answers to help you get ready.
July 7, 2020
Where to Find Mentor Texts
June 26, 2017
What Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell Mean to Me
March 23, 2017
This excerpt from Writing with Mentors details the necessity of using mentor texts throughout every phase of the writing process.
March 14, 2017
How Our Book Provides an Approach for Teachers
March 2, 2017
Coauthors Marchetti and O'Dell dive into the necessity of timely mentor texts to engage students beyond the writing classroom.
February 24, 2017
PLC Series: How Mentor Texts Engage Secondary Students Through Play
February 20, 2017
Writing With Mentors: Who Is It For?
June 14, 2016
Why Essay, Why Now?
May 12, 2016
Colleen Cruz: Show Your Thinking
March 24, 2016
