One of our areas of focus in Reader's Workshop and Writer's Workshop is identifying and using Powerful Words and Phrases. We have reading journals called Thoughtful Logs, and in them we record PWP that we find in our reading so we can use them in our own writing. During a mini-lesson on PWP, students were given a copy of a page from our mentor text, I Love You the Purplest. They worked in groups to select and highlight a powerful phrase and a powerful word to record in their logs and share with the class. We had a hard time choosing because this book is full of them!
