Patterns of Power en español

Inviting Bilingual Writers into the Conventions of Spanish

Caroline Sweet, Jeff Anderson, and Whitney La Rocca

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When you use Spanish-language books as mentor texts in your bilingual classrooms to teach grammar and conventions, you offer your students mirrors in which they see themselves reflected in the characters, settings, and cultural representations. Student engagement and excitement increase, and they become better readers and writers.

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“As bilingual educators, we have an obligation to provide many mirrors. Using literature that connects directly to students’ lived experiences as we teach conventions is a great place to start.” Caroline Sweet

In Patterns of Power en español: Inviting Bilingual Writers into the Conventions of Spanish, Grades, 1–5, bilingual teacher and coach Caroline Sweet has adapted lesson sets from the bestselling book Patterns of Power: Inviting Young Writers into the Conventions of Language, Grades, 1–5 for use in the bilingual classroom. With these adaptations, you can teach Spanish-language conventions authentically using ten-minute lessons that cover key Spanish grammar topics.

Inside you’ll find:

53 lessons focused on teaching the conventions of the Spanish language
Lesson sets that use the popular invitational process from Patterns of Power
Model sentences excerpted from authentic Spanish-language children’s trade books
Correlation to Spanish TEKS
A Patterns-of-Power Planning Guide adapted for Spanish

Patterns of Power en español allows your bilingual students to notice, discover, and celebrate author craft in both languages. Through an examination of conventions and trying them out on their own, students embrace both reading and writing and discover the power in each language.

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Caroline Sweet

Caroline Sweet is a Bilingual Literacy Coach at LCpl Nicholas S. Perez Elementary School in Austin, Texas. She has been a bilingual educator for 14 years and was named 2011 Teacher of the Year in Austin Independent School District. Caroline first met Jeff when she was a student in his fourth-grade classroom in 1991.

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Jeff Anderson

For over thirty years, JEFF ANDERSON has inspired writers and teachers with the power and joy of writing and grammar. He has written ten books for Stenhouse Publishers, including the ground-breaking classic Mechanically Inclined. He lives near downtown San Antonio with his partner and their rescue pup.

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Whitney La Rocca

Whitney La Rocca, with more than 20 years in education, has been a teacher, a literacy coach, and a consultant, working with children and teachers across grade levels, schools, and districts.

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