Modeling the Masters: Using Mentor Texts to Encourage, Engage, and Inspire Middle & High School Writers

Location: Tundra AB

Description: Sylvia Plath once quipped, "Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences." How can we equip our young writers with the confidence to take a chance on telling their own stories in good sentences or good lines of poetry? One way is to develop their confidence through modeling their own writing after mentor texts. Join these presenters as they share some of their favorite mentor texts and offer the scaffolding necessary to inspire students to find their voice mirrored in the voices of the masters.


Participant Outcomes: Support student writers and inspire creativity.