In today's class I read aloud the short story, "Eleven" and then each student went back and reviewed the story, underlining parts where they felt the writing was especially strong. I explained that one thing good writers often do is use mentor texts to help them raise the level of their own writing. Students then got out their writer's journals and began drafting an entry - trying to use some of the techniques that we noticed in Cisnero's story.
Homework" D11-D15 Verbs, Figurative Language Book Talk
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