1. Mentor Sentences
5th 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: (Insert a sentence from text you are using in class.)
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8. Quarter 1: Mentor Sentences continued
Week 6:
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9. Quarter 2: Weekly Mentor Sentences

10. Quarter 2: Mentor Sentences continued
Week 6:
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11. Quarter 3 : Weekly Mentor Sentences

12. Quarter 3: Mentor Sentences continued
Week 6:
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