[MOSAIC] memoirs

[Paula Rushia]

Meg,
  Have you shared the passage describing Mrs. Prachett, the owner of the candy store?  It is the perfect piece to use for "Show, don't tell" in writing!  
  Paula/5/NH

meg krause <mdkrause at gmail.com> wrote:
  Sue asked:
Does anyone have any suggestions for memoirs to use for guided reading in
4th grade? My kids are reading on levels M to about T.

I am sharing excerpts from BOY by Raold Dahl with my 5th graders to
model characteristics of memoir. Definitely written at a higher
reading level than M but the kids love it. After I have read a
vignette aloud I send the kids back into the text to find a specific
writing craft (i.e. strong verbs, descriptive language, metaphors,
etc.)

I have also used Owl Moon (sensory language) and Childtimes by Eloise
Greenfield.
-- 
Meg

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