Our sixth grade team just finished a memoir unit and the following books were good mentor texts. Sequential or narrative structure (one topic, one moment) My Brother's a Pain in the Back Seat by Dale Bulla Thundercake by Patricia Pollaco Saturdays and Teacakes by Lester Laminack Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (maybe not a true memoir but it worked) Descriptive structure (one topic, many moments) Roxaboxen by Alice Mclerran When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant Halloween by Jerry Seinfield _________________________________________________________________ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live.Download today it's FREE! http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_sharelife_112007 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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