Using Micro Mentor Texts: Standing Next to & Teaching Beautiful Writing

In this S2E31 Schoolutions conversation, Penny Kittle lives by her words, "When you stand next to beautiful writing, your writing is just kind of set free." Penny shares how her latest book, Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer's Craft offers a process for studying and teaching on the shoulders of incredible authors as mentors to transform student writing. Ep. Mentions: Donald Murray Donald Graves Thomas Newkirk Tom Romano Book Love Foundation Matt de la Peña Kelly Gallagher-180 Days & Four Essential Studies Andrea Davis Pinkney Rebekah O'Dell Kwame Alexander (My Mother's Fried Chicken Was a Link to My Past—and My Daughter's Future) All Parents are Cowards Sarah Zerwin-Point-Less Ezra Klein Chris Crutcher Peter Elbow Jacqueline Woodson Penny's Recommendations: Writing with Mentors: How to Reach Every Writer in the Room Using Current, Engaging Mentor Texts The Teacher You Want to Be: Essays about Children, Learning, and Teaching Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre Penny's Selected Writing: On Joy, Teaching, and the Deep Satisfaction of Writing NCTE Speech: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in Teaching Engaged in Young Adult Literature: A Collaborative Conversation Connect: via Website on Instagram (Penny&Book Love Foundation) on Twitter on LinkedIn on YouTube on Mighty Networks Schoolutions is the podcast for educators and school leaders, families and homeschoolers, and the coaches, counselors, and mentors who believe every student deserves to thrive. Join our community of educators committed to cultivating student success, inspired teaching, and creating inclusive classrooms with a pro-kid mindset focused on the whole child. 🌿Ready to grow alongside your children? Book a coaching session with me here. We'll unlock the expert who is already within you and surround you with a community of educators committed to forever getting better through collective expertise. 🎵 Music: Benjamin Wahl Don't forget to🔔SUBSCRIBE for more teaching tips, and 💬SHARE with fellow educators! #schoolutions #schoolutionspodcast #forevergettingbetter #curiositydriven #evidencebasedstrategies #classroomreadystrategies #TeacherPodcast #WritingInstruction #MentorTexts #InstructionalCoaching #TeacherTips #StudentEngagement #EffectiveTeaching #ProfessionalDevelopment #WholeChildEducation #TeachersOfYouTube #PennyKittle #TopTeacherEpisodes When teachers, coaches, administrators, and families grow together, they create schools where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged, supported, and ready to thrive.