TY - BOOK AU - Culham,Ruth TI - Dream wakers: mentor texts that celebrate Latino culture SN - 1625311125 AV - LB1576 U1 - 372.62/3 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Portland, Maine PB - Stenhouse Publishers KW - English language KW - Composition and exercises KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Composition (Language arts) KW - Children's literature KW - Hispanic Americans KW - Hispanic Americans in literature KW - Composition (Exercice littéraire) KW - Étude et enseignement (Primaire) KW - Américains d'origine latino-américaine KW - Américains d'origine latino-américaine dans la littérature KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1359783 ER -