Read and Respond by Monday, March 4: About the Authors: Chapter 3 and Appendix D (two-part prompt)
Part I: What are some ideas you find interesting, confusing, or that you like from chapter 3? Point us to a couple of places in the chapter (either give us a page number or a quote or explain the idea you’re referencing from the chapter) and explain why you chose that idea. Use this prompt to explore ideas you might try out in your classroom or ideas that seem daunting that you would want to know more about.
Part II: On page 176, the authors give us a list of mentor writers. Choose one of the writers from the list and do a little research: find the author’s books online (once you know their books, you can almost always find a youtube video of someone reading the book), look for their websites, and/or find interviews with the authors.
What do you notice about this author’s writing that could make for interesting mentor text for your future students? What might you highlight in the writing or use as a model? What features do you like from their work?
As always: Once you’ve shared your post, respond to a peer’s post. Make some interesting, meaningful connections to another person’s ideas, and give them some new ideas to think about.
Extra information: For part 2, I do not have the book pages, but I know the person I would liketo research is Eric Carle who writes the big hungry caterpillar, this part will be the second source, and the first source will be the book I provided in pictures below. (Chapter 3)
