Writers Workshop

Units Of Study

Authors As Mentors

Grade: All

This Writers Workshop booklist is about students focusing on a highly engaging author and using the text to get ideas about how they can improve their writing. Students can look at the strategies famous authors use to keep their audience engaged, create imaginative scenes, create realistic dialogues, characters that evolve, humor that comes off naturally, and much more.

Writers Workshop Booklist: Authors As Mentors

Alexander and Terrible…

By Judith Viorst

Guided Reading Level: L

Appalachia The Voices of Sle…

By Cynthia Rylant

Guided Reading Level: O

Dogzilla

By Dav Pilkey

Guided Reading Level: L

Cat in Hat, One Fish Tw…

By Dr Seuss

Guided Reading Level: J – K

Freight Train

By Donald Crews

Guided Reading Level: G

Houndsley & Catina…

By James Howe

Guided Reading Level: K

Lily Brown’s Paintings

By Angela Johnson

Guided Reading Level: I

Make Way for the Ducklings

By Robert McCloskey

Guided Reading Level: L

Pet Show

By Ezra Jack Keats

Guided Reading Level: K

Peters Chair

By Ezra Jack Keats

Guided Reading Level: J

Rain Feet

By Angela Johnson

Guided Reading Level: I

The Meanest Thing to Say

By Bill Cosby

Guided Reading Level: K

The Snowy Day

By Ezra Jack Keats

Guided Reading Level: J

When I am Old with You

By Angela Johnson

Guided Reading Level: I

Where Butterflies Grow

By Joanne Ryder

Guided Reading Level: N

Where’s Spot?

By Eric Hill

Guided Reading Level: E


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