Twilight Comes Twice

by Ralph Fletcher

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Poetic prose describes dusk and dawn and some of the activities that take place at those special times.

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Beautiful use of words that help the reader to vividly picture what is happening during the transitions in dawn and dusk and how those transitions affect the activities of people. Recommend for grades First through Third.
The free verse text in this story shows the transition from day to night and from night to day. The simple text and illustrations reveals the magic in these everday moments. It is a wonderful way to show students the power of descriptive writings.
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Beautiful descriptions of both the dusk and the dawn, Fletcher defines twilight and shows the qualities of each twilight of the day. The illustrations by Kate Kiesler are phenomenal and underscore the author's glittering, glowing descriptions.
Great use of descriptive words to paint a picture such as, "dawn erases the stars from the blackboard of night".
This book would be great for a lesson trying to get students to use more metaphors and define what they are. It would also be good for showing students an example of a poem that is about nature and how word choice is a major component of writing a poem.
This is a lovely book with beautiful illustrations. The verses are descriptive of twilight and dusk.
Ralph Fletcher tells of twilights coming and going throughout the day in this beautifully descriptive book

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The second edition of What a Writer Needs is part of a tradition, continued in Mentor Author, Mentor Texts, of nurturing a powerful relationship among Ralph Fletcher, teachers, and writers. Ralph has mentored teachers and writers everywhere. He frequently works with writers in schools and speaks at education conferences in the U.S. and abroad, show more helping teachers find wiser ways of teaching writing. He is the beloved author of bestselling teacher professional books, including Mentor Author, Mentor Texts; Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide; Craft Lessons; and Breathing In, Breathing Out as well as the author of firsthand classroom materials such as Teaching the Qualities at Writing and Lessons for the Writer's Notebook. Students know Ralph as the award-winning author of more than 20 books for children and young adults, including Fig Pudding, Twilight Comes Twice; The Writer's Notebook; and Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid. show less

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Children's Books, Poetry, Picture Books
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