The use of mentor texts to teach writing in kindergarten, first and second grades

Author

Mary Heeringa, University of Northern IowaFollow

Availability

Open Access Graduate Research Paper

Keywords

Creative writing--Study and teaching (Primary); Books--Evaluation;

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to research and analyze high quality fiction and nonfiction texts to be used as mentor texts to teach writing in kindergarten, first and second grades. The researcher created a checklist and a table to analyze 81 different texts and then selected 29 to be used as mentor texts to assist in teaching opinion/persuasive, narrative and informational writing. Annotated bibliographies for the 29 texts were written and include how the texts can be used to teach writing in a classroom and/or library setting.

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Year of Submission

2016

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Department

Division of School Library Studies

First Advisor

Karla Krueger

Date Original

2016

Object Description

1 PDF file (66 pages)

Copyright

©2016 Mary Heeringa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Heeringa, Mary, "The use of mentor texts to teach writing in kindergarten, first and second grades" (2016). Graduate Research Papers. 141.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/141