Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar and author’s craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit will be a great way to integrate grammar and language during your novel study of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo! It does not include explicit directions of how to implement mentor sentences in your room- these directions are in the Volume 1, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, Volume 2, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, or Volume 3, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit products for sale.
Not familiar with mentor sentences? Read all about them here!
**Watch a video of Mentor Sentences in ACTION!**
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WHAT’S INCLUDED?
I walk you through each day’s lesson for 5 weeks- all the work is done! I’ve even done all the thinking for you when it comes to revising and imitating! 🙂 Each lesson includes the teacher sentence page, the student sentence page, a lesson plan page with possibilities for all 4 days, an interactive activity with the focus skill, and a quiz aligned with CCSS with answer key.
Skills covered in this unit:
➤types of adjectives
➤prepositional phrases
➤colon usage
➤adverbs
➤rephrasing questions
Please download the preview file to see the layout. There are 5 lessons. I have broken the book apart into “chunks” for each lesson, stopping at natural points. You could do these lessons the week you are reading that section, or complete them the week AFTER you read that section. It is up to you!
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WHAT ELSE DO I NEED?
For under $25, get everything you need for ELA for this book! Get the novel unit for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane from Where the Wild Things Learn to also complete reading comprehension activities!
Love Kate DiCamillo? Get the Because of Winn Dixie Mentor Sentences AND the Because of Winn Dixie Novel Unit!Where the Wild Things Learn and I also paired up to bring you activities for Flora and Ulysses! Get the Flora & Ulysses Mentor Sentences AND the Flora & Ulysses Novel Unit!
Check out these other separate mentor sentence mini-units to integrate other content!
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WHAT ABOUT OTHER GRADE LEVELS?
There are three volumes for grades 3-5 to help prevent repetition of mentor sentence lessons among grades in the same school.
Check out what’s in Volume 1!
Check out what’s in Volume 2!
Check out what’s in Volume 3!
Mentor Sentences can be done in ALL grades! Please tell your teacher friends about mentor sentences for their grade:
Kindergarten & ELL (Early Emergent Readers)
First Grade
Second Grade
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Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please use the ‘additional license’ purchase if more than one teacher will be using it. Thank you!
*The mentor sentence lessons I have created are adapted from the ideas of Jeff Anderson. These lessons were born from the routine that worked well in my classroom, and the demos and examples I present are variations of Jeff Anderson’s methods. This is not the only way to “do” mentor sentences in your classroom.*
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Edward Tulane mentor sentences
I love when I can pull my mentor sentences for the week straight from our novel study!
I absolutely love mentor sentences and these are a great way to add to our novel study!
This is a great resource. I found it helpful for all of my students. It helped with engagement and classroom structure. Thank you!
Excellent product. Very comprehensive and student engagement was high.
These have completely improved the way my students look at grammar instruction.
I love all of the mentor sentence units! This is a great way to get a little grammar in during a novel study!
I have used several of your mentor sentence units that pair with novel studies in my class this year. I have come to love them. The weekly layout is quick and easy and students become familiar with the routine quickly. I will continue to use these in my classroom.
My students and I love mentor sentences. This a great way to show students what good writing should look like from a novel they are currently reading. Nice to tie things together and not teach in isoloation.
My students look forward to our weekly mentor sentence. I am using these with my 3rd graders as we are also reading the book during read aloud but I do find the sentences quite challenging for them.
