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 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen! 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 sentences with compound predicates
➤prepositional phrases
➤personification
➤ordering adjectives
➤similes
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 Hatchet from Where the Wild Things Learn to also complete reading comprehension activities!
Check out these other separate mentor sentence mini-units to integrate other content and use with other novels!
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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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All rights reserved by author, Jessica Ivey.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
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As always, these mentor sentence units meet all expectations.
Great mentor sentences
This is a great resource, and it paired well with the novel.
Engaging Resource
My students enjoyed this engaging activity. Thank you for creating a fun, easy to follow resource.
Great Resource
This was great to use with my novel study and incorporate grammar concepts for my SPED ELA students.
I loved this resource! I have used it a couple different ways and it always fits perfectly! I have used it as a sentence spotlight and I have used it during a carousal discussion protocol.
My students loved these sentences that go along with our novel!
Excellent resource. Easy to follow and keeps students engaged.
This is a great resource, just what I was looking for. Thank you!
This was an amazing supplement for teaching mentor sentences while reading Hatchet.
I love mentor sentences! I was really excited to see a Hatchet packet, especially when it perfectly aligned with our Hatchet unit. I was able to get grammar in to the lessons while also teaching the Hatchet content.
This was a great resource to use with my students in small groups!
I used this some with the other resource I bought for our novel study.
Loved this resource during our Hatchet novel study!
Must have for this book! Incredible resource and very engaging for my students!
I love mentor sentences! This was fantastic to bring that in with the novel we were reading.
Great resource. I was looking for something different to do with my students, this was perfect.
This was a great addition to the Hatchet book! Thank you so much!
This mini unit fits in well with my novel study and covers many of the language objectives.
