"Goodbye, Vietnam" + "Inside Out & Back Again" Mentor Text Study • similes

This is a "Goodbye, Vietnam" + "Inside Out & Back Again" Mentor Text Study • similes.

Spotlight simile sharpening techniques with this editable writing/revision workshop lesson featuring mentor sentences from Gloria Whelan's Goodbye, Vietnam and Thanhha Lai’s  Inside Out & Back Again.

This resource includes:

Intro explainer video

Discussion questions

Graphic organizers and sentence-frames

Motion Verb Word Bank

Simile Success Kit: Infographic, Editable Chart & Explainer Videos 

Links to Quizziz games that reinforce concepts introduced in this lesson

Tone & Traits: A Moody Word Bank

• Links to student writing samples that model approaches to applying the mentor author techniques under consideration.

1-page PDF with links to FULLY EDITABLE Google docs