Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing with the Traits: Middle School
Help middle schoolers improve their writing by exposing them to mentor texts written just for them. Each annotation explains what the book is about and why it's a good model. Twenty ready-to-use, literature-based lessons are also included with powerful lessons for modeling what skilled writers do along with help in boosting narrative, expository, and persuasive writing skills. 128 pages.

Grade Level: 6, 7, 8