Bring literature to life in the writing classroom! With six all-new mentor texts and 24 time-saving lessons, Ruth Culham’s Trait Crate Plus expands and enriches the reading-and-writing experience. In addition to the valuable features and components of the original Trait Crate, this powerful enhanced edition offers: * An emphasis on modes--narrative, informational, and opinion--to help you address higher standards * A companion website that provides access to dozens of downloadable pages for students, video interviews with children’s authors, and student-friendly scoring guides * Culham’s bestseller, The Writing Thief, which takes a deep dive into using mentor texts to teach the craft of writing Grade 4 Mentor Texts: Ideas: If Kids Ran the World Organization: Who Would Win? Whale vs. Giant Squid Voice: Bugs in My Hair Word Choice: The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf Sentence Fluency: Steve Jobs: A True Book Conventions: Season of the Circle: A Native American Year Using fiction and nonfiction children’s books as models, Trait Crate Plus makes teaching writing engaging and relevant through the lessons and activities that inspire complex literacy thinking and learning for every student.