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 Tiger Rising 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 4 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:
➤similes
➤compound predicates in compound sentences
➤dialogue
➤adverbs
Please download the preview file to see the layout. There are 4 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 $20, get everything you need for ELA for this book! Get the novel unit for Tiger Rising from Where the Wild Things Learn to also complete reading comprehension activities!
See other units for novels by Kate DiCamillo in my store.
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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.
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Great resource
This has been a super helpful resource. Thank you!
Well made resource
My students love mentor sentences. Especially when they are in the books we love.
Great sentence choices and practice sets for students.
Great extra grammar practice to add on to the novel study!
Love, love, love this!! Each week is easy to use. The assessments are a great tool as well.
Funny how my students who were ranked the lowest in the grade level truly enjoyed having sentences displayed before reading the pages. When the sentence came up, many students cheered that they'd found it. I guess they were paying attention afterall!
Read this book with a student that I tutor and this was great to use with her. I love all your mentor text products; I've been using them for years!
I have several of Jivey's mentor sentence resources; my students like them, and it's my preferred resource to teach grammar skills.
