Mentor Text Set

Samantha Stewart
Reading 3301-020
March 3, 2015

Narrative

A multi genre text set is when you take different collections of books and pull
them all together for a definitive purpose. The purpose is to pull your resources
together and have everything in one location so that whatever you are studying or
presenting will be made easier. They are designed to be supportive and resourceful
for readers needing multiple books with varying details on one topic. They are very
useful, especially in classrooms, and can help make researching a topic all the much
easier. It is also a great tool for students because if they are having a tough time
learning something or wanting to just know more you can pull up a text set, show
them the books available to them in the library, and they can go research more. A
multi genre text set can also include e-books, media, and other ways to help
students learn. If a book is not the best way for the student to learn you can begin
exploring other options that are best for the student. It is a fantastic tool for
students.
Multi genre text sets are great for learning because it gives students multiple
chances to find a book that works for them all on the same topic or subject.
Sometimes you can have every student read the same book about a topic and only
half will understand the information. This gives each student a fair and equal
opportunity to learn and receive the information in the way that is best for them.
Opening up literature like this to students in an appealing way could be one of the
big distinctions that helps them learn to love reading and setting up a solid
foundation for the rest of their school years. This is very relevant to public school
children because sometimes they do not receive near as much support at home in
terms of their academics and it harder for them to keep up with demanding pace of
school work. They do not always have time or resources to go and search for books
for projects or anything else happening in the classroom. Having a text set

available to this child so that they can easily go and look up books to take home or
share could be another changing point in what a child needs to succeed. It is
sometimes the littlest of things that can change everything and help a child through
the hardest of times.

Book One

Title: Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More About Adverbs

Author: Brian P. Cleary
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: First grade and up
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next)
Summary
Through rhyming and comedy, Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally is a cute book
that makes it easy to identify exactly what words in a sentence are an adverb.
When learning is fun and uplifting it usually has a greater effect on the students and
they will remember it better.

Book Two

Title: Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns

Author: Ruth Heller
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Picture Books
Reading Level: Second Grade
TEKS: (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (ii) nouns (singular/plural, common/proper)

Summary
A fun and quick book over how to identify nouns and what they are. Ruth
Heller has a way of making it fun and exciting to learn how to slowly pick a part
each sentence.

Book Three

Title: Up, Up, and Away! A Book About Adverbs

Author: Ruth Heller
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reading Level: First Grade

Summary: This book is about learning how to identify adverbs. It is fun and
interactive for the students.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (iv) adverbs (e.g., time: before, next)

Book Four

Title: A Mink, A Fink, A Skating Rink: What is a Noun?

Author: Brian Cleary
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: First Grade
Summary: A cute and fun story to help students easily identify what a noun is.
TEKS: (6) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary
and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to: (A) identify words
that name actions (verbs) and words that name persons, places, or things (nouns)

Book Five

Title: Behind The Mask

Author: Ruth Heller
Genre: Non Fiction

Reading Level: Third Grade

Summary: A fun book that gets the students excited to learn about
prepositions and makes it easier for them to identify them.
TEKS: (6) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new
vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to:
(E) identify words that name actions (verbs) and words that name persons,
places, or things (prepositions)
Project: Have students create a short book describing an object moving
around with different prepositions. Example: Kitty walked down the hallway.
Kitty went around the table.

Book Six

Title: Im and Wont, Theyre and Dont: Whats a Contraction?

Author: Brian Cleary
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Third Grade
Summary: Contractions can be tough for kids to catch onto sometimes. Luckily,
this book makes it easy and fun for them to identify and see how contractions are
used daily.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (iii) contractions
Product: Student create a posters with the words would, could, should, can etc,
one with not, and a little sliver with an apostrophe. Students can then mix the
words around to create different contractions such as wouldnt, couldnt, shouldnt
cant etc. The apostrophe will help students visually see what happens with the
words join together.

Book Seven

Title: To Root, To Toot, Parachute: What is a verb?

Author: Brian Cleary
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: Verbs are what makes sentences fun! Showing how common verbs are
can really help identify basic sentence structure.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (ii) verb

Book Eight

Title: Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal! A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions
Author: Ruth Heller
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: Interjections and Conjunctions can be hard for some people to identify.
They can some of the hardest parts of the basic parts of speech.
Product: Students draw a giant exclamation point on a sheet of paper. They then
choose interjections and put them inside of the exclamation point. On the border of

the paper have the student write their own definition of interjections so that they
can remember it more easily.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (vii) interjections

Book Nine

Title: Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What Is A Synonym?

Author: Brian Cleary
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reading Level: Third Grade
Summary: Synonyms and antonyms can be hard to tell the difference between in
the beginning. Brian Cleary makes it all the much easier for students and helps
them learn.
Product: Have a student write out 8 words (you can choose noun, verb, adjective,
etc) on 8 separate piece of paper. Then have the students all stand. Have the
student select one of their words. Give them fifteen seconds to go around the room
and find a friend that has a synonym of their word. Repeat.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (iv) synonyms

Book Ten

Title: Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym?

Author: Brian Cleary

Genre: Non-Fiction
Reading Level: Third Grade
Summary: Antonyms are hard! Opposites can be tough to tell the difference in
during basic parts of speech.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (viii) antonyms

Book Eleven

Title: Raining Cats & Dogs

Author: Will Moses
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: Idioms are weird! Trying to teach word twisters to students can be tough,
but Will Moses helps your classroom out with these beautiful examples.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (vx) idioms
Product: Give the students a list of idioms or have them choose one of their own.
Have them draw it out their own way and write what it is.

Book Twelve

Title: Punctuation Celebration

Author: Elsa Knight Bruno
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: Punctuation can be awesome and is a reason to celebrate and have a
good time. Punctuation is the reason that you can have a question or be excited.
Punctuation can save lives.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (viiii) punctuation

Book Thirteen

Title: Alfie the Apostrophe

Author: Moira Donahue
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: First Grade
Summary: Alfie the Apostrophe is having some trouble getting into the talent show.
The other punctuation all have a special talent. Alfie must do something to stand
out.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (viiii) punctuation

Book Fourteen

Title: Penny and the Punctuation Bee

Author: Moira Donahue

Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: A fun book about different punctuation and how they compete against
each other in a spelling bee. They must use their punctuation correctly in order to
win.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (viiii) punctuation

Book Fifteen

Title: Hairy, Scary, Ordinary

Author: Brian Cleary
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: A perfect childrens picture book to help them understand what an
adjective is and how to defy it.
TEKS: (20) (A) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (vi) adjectives

Book Sixteen

Title: Dear, Deer

Author: Gene Barretta
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Fourth Grade
Summary: English can be hard sometimes, a lot of words sound the same but look
and mean different things. This is a book to help distinguish between those
differences.
TEKS: (27) (C) understand and use the following parts of speech in the context of
reading, writing, and speaking, (vi) Monophones

Book Seventeen

Title: Around the House the Fox Chased the Mouse

Author: Rick Wilson
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Fifth Grade
Summary: A cute and fun story that rhymes the whole time to keep kids interested
and learning.
TEKS: (24) (B) recognizing rhyming and syllables in everyday text

Book Eighteen

Title: Eats, Shoots, and Leaves

Author: Lynne Truss
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Third Grade
Summary: A very important lesson can be learned just by adding in commas. It can
mean one thing in one sentence and mean something completely different in
another.
TEKS: (21) (A) Recognizing commas and where they belong in sentences (grammar)

Book Nineteen

Title: But and for, Yet and Nor

Author: Brian Cleary
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: A very important lesson can be learned just by adding in commas. It can
mean one thing in one sentence and mean something completely different in
another.
TEKS: (27) (B) Recognizing the parts of speech and what they each mean, extended,
(ii) Conjunctions

Book Twenty

Title: The Girls Like Spaghetti

Author: Lynne Truss
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Second Grade
Summary: Apostrophes can be life changing! This is proven in the book where it
shows just how important apostrophes are and what they mean to grammar.
TEKS: (27) (B) Recognizing the parts of speech and what they each mean, extended,
(vii) apostrophes