Unit 2: Week 1 November 4 th – 8th Ms. Redeemer 6 th Grade Language Arts

Agenda – November 4th Do 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 minutes Write 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 Author Your Definition My Definition 1.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)

Exploring Mentor Text Your Definition My Definition 1.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)

Vocabulary – 5 minutes Analyze – to examine in detail the structure, purpose, and interpretation of a text. Craft – Imitating – to take or model as a style Style – 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 Genre Pages Read Summary: Somebody – wanted – but – so – then