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Mentor Text: Author's Purpose
Books that can be used to teach a specific reading or writing strategies or skills. The books listed can be found in the Woodbury Library.
Sensory Words /Imagery/Descriptive Lang.(Craft/Structure)
Word Choice
Personal Narrative
Voice
Ideas
Organization (Craft/Structure)
Author's Purpose
Point of View
Sentence Fluency
Persuasive Writing
Examples of Author's Purpose
Smoky Night
by
Eve Bunting; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: FIC BUN
ISBN: 9780152699543
Publication Date: 1994-03-31
Bomb
by
Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: 623.4 SHE
ISBN: 1596434872
Publication Date: 2012-09-04
Jubal's Wish
by
Audrey Wood; Don Wood (Illustrator)
Call Number: FIC WOO
ISBN: 043916964X
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
I Wanna Iguana
by
Karen Kaufman Orloff; David Catrow (Illustrator)
Call Number: FIC ORL
ISBN: 0399237178
Publication Date: 2004-09-09
Examples of Author's Purpose
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
by
Abraham Lincoln; Gabor S. Boritt (Introduction by); James Daugherty (Illustrator)
Call Number: 759.13 DAU
ISBN: 9780807545508
Publication Date: 2013-02-01
Step-by-Step Cakes
by
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: 641.86 BRE
ISBN: 9780756692674
Publication Date: 2012-04-30
Hey, Little Ant
by
Phillip Hoose; Hannah Hoose; Debbie Tilley (Illustrator)
Call Number: 782.42164 HOO
ISBN: 9781883672546
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
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