For K-5 Teachers! This innovative resource presents three increasingly complex levels of mini-lessons for each of 20 carefully selected non-fiction titles. The reading/writing connection allows for demonstration that enhances your K-5 curriculum. The books serve as models for illustrating and mastering the six basic expository skills needed for lifelong communication and for state assessments: Description, Explanation, Leads and Endings, Cause and Effect, Comparing and Contrasting and Fact and Opinion. All mini-lessons provide practice in the levels of knowledge required for ongoing, as well as, deadline writing. Literature Models To Teach Expository Writing * Takes you step-by-step through a writing workshop session * Provides a separate kindergarten, primary, and intermediate lesson for each modeled book * Includes charts and graphs * Adapts to the specific target-skill needs of your class * Allows you to teach writing across the curriculum * Lessons provide a framework for use with other non-fiction text