Unit 2: Week 1

November 4th – 8th

Ms. Redeemer

6th Grade Language Arts

Agenda – November 4thDo Now (5 minutes)Writing Prompt (10 minutes)Exploring Mentor Author (10 minutes)Exploring Mentor Text (10 minutes)Vocabulary (5 minutes)Review Culminating Task for Unit 2 (10 minutes)Closing – Homework Calendar (5 minutes)

Do Now – 7 minutesWrite the lesson essential question (LEQ) and the high order thinking (HOT) questions in your spiral notebook on a blank sheet of paper. Include the proper heading. Silently read we you are finished. LEQ – How does a writer’s purpose influence genre, structure, medium, and text elements?HOT Qs - How do readers select a mentor author to imitate their style of writing? How do readers analyze a mentor text to identify their mentor author’s craft and style? How do readers utilize their mentor author and mentor text to create their own piece of literature?

Writing Prompt – 10 minutes

In your spiral notebooks, respond to the following prompt using complete sentences, proper punctuation, and capitalization. Be sure to restate the question in your response.Prompt: What does it mean to be a mentor? What are the qualities or attributes of an effective mentor? Describe your mentor or someone who you would like to be your mentor.

3 minutes (tables) / 2 minutes (whole class)Group Share

Ms. Redeemer’s Mentor

Exploring Mentor Author1. Create the Ven Diagram

graphic organizer on a blank sheet of paper. This

graphic organizer is used to compare and contrast two

things.

2. Title graphic organizer “Mentor Author”.

3. On the left side write your definition of a mentor

author.

4. On the right side I will provide you with another

definition of mentor author.

5. In the center, you will write the similarities between the

two definitions.

3 minutes of independent work

Mentor Author – 3 minutes

Ms. Redeemer’s Mentor Author(3 minutes)

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Exploring Mentor Text1. Create the Ven Diagram

graphic organizer on a blank sheet of paper. This graphic organizer is used to compare

and contrast two things.

2. Title graphic organizer “Mentor Text”.

3. On the left side write your definition of a mentor text.

4. On the right side I will provide you with another definition of mentor text.

5. In the center, you will write the similarities between the

two definitions.

3 minutes of independent work

Mentor Text – 3 minutes

Ms. Redeemer’s Mentor Text(3 minutes)

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Vocabulary – 5 minutesAnalyze – to examine in detail the structure, purpose, and interpretation of a text.Craft – Imitating – to take or model as a styleStyle – A manner of writing that involves how something is said rather than what is said.

Culminating Task Unit 2 – 10 minutes

Homework Calendar – 5 minutes

Reading Log Title and GenrePages ReadSummary:

Somebody – wanted – but – so – then