Traits Crate Plus, Digital Enhanced Edition Grade 5: Teaching Informational, Narrative, and Opinion Writing with Mentor Texts

Bring literature to life in the writing classroom
With six all-new mentor texts per grade and 24 time-saving lessons, Ruth Culham s Trait Crate Plus expands and enriches the reading-and-writing experience. In addition to the valuable features and components of the original Trait Crate, this enh [...]
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Bring literature to life in the writing classroom
With six all-new mentor texts per grade and 24 time-saving lessons, Ruth Culham s Trait Crate Plus expands and enriches the reading-and-writing experience. In addition to the valuable features and components of the original Trait Crate, this enhanced edition offers:
An emphasis on modesnarrative, informational, and opinionto help you address higher standards
A companion website that provides access to dozens of downloadable pages for students, video interviews with children s authors, and student-friendly scoring guides
Culham s bestseller, The Writing Thief, which takes a deep dive into the theory and practice of using mentor texts to teach the craft of writing
Grade 5 Mentor Texts:
Ideas: Buried Sunlight
Organization: Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
Voice: The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
Word Choice: Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson
Sentence Fluency: Jangles: A Big Fish Story
Conventions: What s New? The Zoo
Using fiction and nonfiction children s books as models, Trait Crate Plus makes teaching writing engaging and relevant through the lessons and activities that inspire complex literacy thinking and learning for every student."