Mentor Texts
A mentor text is a published piece of writing a teacher uses during a writing lesson to either a) teach a writing skill or to b) motivate the students to want to write something creatively similar. Mentor texts teach your children how to read like writers and write for readers.
I created a unit that touched on two Common Core State Standards. (Click on the link to view the CCSS website). The 2nd grade unit's focus was to write narratives using juicy temporal words. I used mentor texts within the unit to give the students examples of what temporal words were, why they were used, and how they were used. My unit is available for you to download along with the rubric I created that was used for assessment of the final unit product, and one of the mini lesson's I created that was used in the second week of the unit.
I created a unit that touched on two Common Core State Standards. (Click on the link to view the CCSS website). The 2nd grade unit's focus was to write narratives using juicy temporal words. I used mentor texts within the unit to give the students examples of what temporal words were, why they were used, and how they were used. My unit is available for you to download along with the rubric I created that was used for assessment of the final unit product, and one of the mini lesson's I created that was used in the second week of the unit.
Unit Calendar
temporal_words_planning_calendar_bo_and_kd_new.pdf | |
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Mini Lesson
lesson_plan_unit.pdf | |
File Size: | 59 kb |
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Rubric
bo_and_kd_rubric_temporal_words.pdf | |
File Size: | 219 kb |
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