Dream wakers : mentor texts that celebrate Latino culture / Ruth Culham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Culham, Ruth.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Elementary).

English language.

Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Composition (Language arts).

Children's literature--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Children's literature.

Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 162 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Portland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

This book offers a wide variety of ideas to teach writing using some of the richest and most beautiful children's books available. It provides an annotated list of more than 120 books with do-it-today lesson ideas for teaching the traits of writing; eleven original essays by renowned children's authors of some of the featured books; and a handy reference chart that helps teachers locate books quickly by trait, genre, language, and author/publisher information.

Contents:

chapter 1. Words to awaken dreams : the importance of mentor texts that celebrate latino culture

chapter 2. The center of attention : ideas

chapter 3. The meticulous planner : organization

chapter 4. The energizer : voice

chapter 5. The nitpicker : word choice

chapter 6. The conversationalist : sentence fluency

chapter 7. The curmudgeon : conventions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-003-84191-0

1-003-83901-0

1-03-268104-7

1-62531-112-5

9781032681047

OCLC:

953576388