Mentor sentences

Learn how to help students notice "the good" in mentor sentences. Jivey breaks down the steps for day one of the mentor sentence routine.

English teachers, are you struggling with grammar instruction? Learn more about how to use mentor sentences, an instructional strategy that works!

My Middle School Mentor Sentences now come in two volumes that are now also 100% digital in Google Slides and Self-grading in Google Forms.

I recently just finished my first set of Middle School Mentor Sentences to teach grammar. As I’ve started talking about and posting about Mentor Sentences, I’ve realized that most teachers fall into the following categories when it comes to implementing mentor sentences: I have no idea what mentor sentences are, but I am intrigued now. I ... Read more

Start off your middle school ELA class period with a quick and easy practice/review of key grammar and reading skills with the help of a model mentor sentence.

How many of you are familiar with this routine??? You teach a grammar lesson, on verbs, let’s say. You create an anchor chart and discuss different examples. Students complete a worksheet, in which they circle or underline the verbs. They even complete a homework assignment to further practice identifying verbs. At the end of the week or unit, they take a quiz on verbs, and pass with flying colors. Then, the next week you ask them to identify the verb in a sentence, and you get blank stares…

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Kick Start Your Writing Curriculum with One Week of Mentor Sentences - The Hungry Teacher

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dandelions and dragonflies: Mentor Sentences

I came across a Linky that I wanted to share with you- it's all about teaching grammar!! Click the link and head over to Teaching with Love and Laughter for more ideas! (after you read our post, of course) ;O) I'm not sure what the word grammar does to you, but it used to make me shudder. I'm still not a huge fan of grammar, but having to teach it has better helped me to understand it. When I used to think of grammar, I'd flashback to high school and a wretched class where I had to diagram…

Here is the beginning of the Mastering Mentor Sentences Series with Collaboration Cuties! I told you about the book Dandelions last week in this post about mentor texts. As I mentioned, I use the book for reading and writing, with social studies integration, too… and I’m here to tell you I also used it for my […]

Day four of the mentor sentences routine helps students imitate the style and structure of the author, which leads to stronger writing skills.

Stay consistent with your mentor sentence routine while using chapter books for read-alouds or novel studies! So many favorites have already been created. Check them out!

Don't skip mentor sentences during home learning days! Teaching mentor sentences digitally is still possible. Check out these tips to be successful.

Jivey explains how to incorporate mentor sentences into your writing time to ensure that the grammar, mechanics, and style lessons you teach are sticking!

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Need some ideas of mentor sentences you can use to showcase grammar skills? Check out these 25 awesome mentor sentence examples for elementary grammar!

Use young adult novels as mentor texts and sentences to improve middle school writing.