1. Mentor Sentences
Quarter 1: 4th Grade ELA

2. Monday- Invitation to notice
Sentence:
What makes this sentence a good mentor sentence?
What does the writer do well?
Exciting words or descriptions?
Figurative language?
Vivid verbs?
Grammar usage?
Word meanings or context clues?
Punctuation?

3. Tuesday- Invitation to label
Sentence:
Find and label all the parts of speech you find in the mentor sentence.

4. Wednesday-Invitation to revise
Sentence:
Your job today is to revise the sentence by adding more details and descriptions.
Rewrite the sentence and try to add or change the adjectives, certain nouns, and vivid verbs.
Try to make your new sentence a new mentor sentence.

5. Thursday- Invitation to imitate
Sentence:
Use the structure of the sentence to create a brand-new mentor sentence that no one has ever seen before.
Try to use the style and order used.
Use the author’s style, but in your own words.

6. Friday-Sentence Showcase
What did you do that is the same as the original writer of the sentence?
How do you know your sentence is a great mentor sentence?
What impressed you about your classmates’ sentences?

7. Quarter 1: Weekly Mentor Sentences
Week 1: We are thankful for our Mother, the Earth, for she gives us all that we need for life. -The Thanksgiving Address
Week 2: The Seneca. Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk people had been warring against each other and there was bloodshed. -The Birth of Haudenosaunee
Week 3: A wampum belt made of purple and white clam shells was created to record the event. -The Birth of Haudenosaunee
Week 4: Chiefs gathered at Great Councils to discuss problems affecting the nations of the confederacy. -The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy
Week 5: About 1630, smallpox, measles, and other diseases spread from Europeans to the Iroquois. -The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy

8. Quarter 1: Mentor Sentences continued
Week 6: Many Iroquois went to court to keep their New York lands. -The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy
Week 7: Most children attend school in nearby cities and do not speak their native languages, but some nations want to change that situation. -The Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy
Week 8: In New York City, her father’s work was hauling things on a wagon, and the rest of the family made artificial flowers all day. - The Keeping Quilt
Week 9: Just like their mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother before them, they, too, used the quit to celebrate birthdays and make superhero capes. - The Keeping Quilt