Mentor Text of the Week- What If You Had Animal Teeth by Sandra Markle

What If You Had Animal Teeth by Sandra Markle

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This text is a narrative nonfiction piece of text, most appropriate for grades 2-5.

Possible Minilessons for Writing Workshop:

• Clever introduction
• Close up photographs that let the reader really examine the subject
• Interesting, shocking, and new facts presented to the reader
• Repetition ("If you had..."
• Analogies to the reader's own life helping them truly understand the information being presented 
• Humorous illustrations that make the facts relatable to the reader
• Illustrations of background reveal clever connections to the topic
• Extra fact bubble on each page for additional information about the topic
• Varied sentence lengths
• Main idea and supporting details
• List structure
• Varied sentence beginnings
• Varied sentence types (questions, statements, exclamations, etc.)
• Content specific vocabulary introduced 
• Conclusion that relates the topic to real life and wraps up the text
• Extra information about the topic ("Where Do Teeth Come From?" and "Teeth Need Care")
• Photo credits that show the validity of the photographs
• Clever title

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