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College of Education
Mailstop 288
Univ. of Nevada-Reno
Reno, Nevada 89557
Phone: 775-784-1161
Fax: 775-784-4758
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July's featured lesson and prompt:
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Lesson of the Month:
Moving through the Machine
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency
Support Trait: Idea Development
Mentor Text: Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
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Prompt of the month:
The Feeling Game
Students will enjoy the opportunity to create an original piece of writing that is inspired by applying a random feeling to a random topic. If your kids like this prompt, be sure to check out all of our Writing Prompts for Kids at WritingFix.
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Writing Lessons of the Month for 2009:
(all past featured lessons can be accessed at the bottom of this page) |
January 2009:
The Onomatopoetic Field Trip
Focus Trait: Word Choice
Support Trait: Idea Development
Mentor Text: Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root
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February 2009:
Overcoming a Personified Fear 
Focus Trait: Organization
Support Trait: Idea Development
Mentor Text: There's a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Mayer
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March 2009:
Giving Voice to Opposites
Focus Trait: Voice
Support Trait: Idea Development
Mentor Text: I Am the Dog. I am the Cat by Donald Hall
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April 2009:
What Got Stolen?
Focus Trait: Idea Development
Support Trait: Organization
Mentor Text: Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement
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May 2009
Summertime-inspired Memories
 Focus Trait: Voice
Support Trait: Word Choice
Mentor Text: Various renditions of he song Summertime from the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
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June 2009
What If... Poetry
Focus Trait: Word Choice
Support Trait: Idea Development
Mentor Text: What If... by Regina Williams
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July 2009
Moving through the Machine
Focus Trait: Sentence Fluency
Support Trait: Idea Development
Mentor Text: Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
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August 2009
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Our Mentor Text of the Year Teacher Network
This year we're exploring innovative ways to use Roni Schotter's Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street as a classroom mentor text. Click here to hear ideas from your fellow educators.
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