Bring literature to life in the writing classroom!

With six all-new mentor texts per grade and 24 time-saving lessons, Ruth Culham´s Trait Crate Plus expands and enriches the reading-and-writing experience. In addition to the valuable features and components of the original Trait Crate, this enhanced edition offers:
· An emphasis on modes—narrative, informational, and opinion—to help you address higher standards
· A companion website that provides access to dozens of downloadable pages for students, video interviews with children´s authors, and student-friendly scoring guides
· Culham´s bestseller, The Writing Thief, which takes a deep dive into the theory and practice of using mentor texts to teach the craft of writing
Grade 3 Mentor Texts:
Ideas: The Swing
Organization: Train
Voice: The Pet Shop Revolution
Word Choice: Lizards
Sentence Fluency: Too Many Toys
Conventions: Exclamation Mark

Using fiction and nonfiction children´s books as models, Trait Crate Plus makes teaching writing engaging and relevant through the lessons and activities that inspire complex literacy thinking and learning for every student.