10 Great Mentor Texts for Creative Narrative Writing

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Our last writing unit of the year is here! Hello Creative Narrative! Our primary unit is space themed, but I like to incorporate creative narrative into our reading block as well with some great mentor texts!

Without further ado, here are my 10 favorite books to use while teaching about dialogue, plot, and characters during creative narrative writing:

Brainstorming: The Best Story

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Planning/Writing Plot: The Plot Chickens

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Dialogue: Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street

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Fictional Events: The Night I Followed the Dog

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Graphics Novels/Art as Creative Narrative: Page by Paige

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Plan & Climax: The Wednesday Surprise

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Descriptive Words: Mars Needs Moms

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Fantasy Plot: King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson

A screenshot of the cover of the book King Arthur's Very Great Grandson

Dialogue & Plot: Jumanji

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Descriptive Words & Revision: Little Red Writing

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