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Text Structures from the Masters: 50 Lessons and Nonfiction Mentor Texts to Help Students Write Their Way in and Read Their Way Out of Every Single Imaginable Genre, Grades 6-10 by Jennifer L. Koppe, Gretchen S. Bernabei

sydmae's review

5.0

This isn't a book you read so much as you reference it. It is chock-full of lessons that you can directly apply to your teaching as well as many ways to adapt them to be used for a variety of different subjects, learners, ages, and purposes. I started using Bernabei's kernel essay method last semester, and I had the kids write one based on the Declaration of Independence on our first day back this year. It is impressive how quickly and willingly kids get their ideas on paper using this method. This also provides students with plenty of choices for organizing their essays, and I am trying to move towards that as I push my students to understand that it doesn't matter how they are organized, as long as they are organized.