
The story is inspired by the life of a Holocaust survivor. When the Nazis invade Poland, a family is split apart.

The Harmonica by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Ron Mazellan To see the original messages this list is based on, click here.ĭid we miss one? Please let us know on Twitter! In the second part of this blog on mentor texts for narrative writing, we’ll be focusing on picture books, short stories, and more.

So far, we’ve shared our community’s recommendations for mentor texts to teach argument writing and chapter books to teach narrative writing. As a follow-up to our November 2017 #NCTEchat, Using Mentor Texts, we asked our social media community to share some of their favorite mentor texts with us.
