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 Flora and Ulysses 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:
➤compound predicates
➤prepositional phrases
➤vivid verbs
➤figurative language
➤complex sentences
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 Flora and Ulysses 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 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane! Get the Edward Tulane Mentor Sentences AND the Edward Tulane 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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Flora and Ulysses Chapter Book
Great resource to supplement our novel study.
My students enjoyed this interactive close reading package. Highly recommend this resource.
We have used a few of these mentor sentences paired with novel studies. Love being able to practice grammar concepts from our homeschool novel readings.
This is a great resource, just what I was looking for. Thank you!
I wish there were mentor sentences for everything! This resource really helped my students with some tough grammar skills.
These mentor sentences were so well laid out and easy to use.
Mentor sentences from a favourite text - definately a hit!
This was great during our novel study on Flora and Ulysses.
