[MOSAIC] Models of essays

[Domina.Natasha]

I hope this doesn't count as straying too far off the topic of reading comprehension.  I just wanted to share the title of a nonfiction book that is written very much in the style of academic essays:  Chameleons are Cool by Martin Jenkins.  I love it because it is so very much in the style of the essays I'm supposed to get students writing, and it also shows how essays can have a strong sense of voice.  

(Hmm.  Connect this to reading comprehension.  Well-it could also be a great nonfiction read aloud, and you could use it to teach about recognizing nonfiction text structures, and/or transitions.  And it's short--so it could fit in the category of "less is more" that people were talking about a few weeks ago.)

If anyone else has good suggestions of short essays to have elementary students read I'd love to hear them.  My e-mail is Domina.Natasha at north-haven.k12.ct.us.  Thanks!

Natasha