Mentor Sentences

THE ABSOLUTE #1: As if his absence quickened something within her, Daisy leaned forward again, her
voice glowing and singing.

Step 1: What do you notice? Observe patterns.

Step 2: Find another example in text.

Step 3: Imitate - Write your own sentence modeled after the pattern.

Step 4: Revise your writing (a piece that you have written recently, one from your portfolio, or a
piece that is currently in progress) to include sentences patterned after the mentor text
example.

COMPOUND SENTENCE #1: Daisy was my second cousin once removed, and Id known Tom in college.

Step 1: What do you notice? Observe patterns.

Step 2: Find another example in text.

Step 3: Imitate - Write your own sentence modeled after the pattern.

Step 4: Revise your writing (a piece that you have written recently, one from your portfolio, or a
piece that is currently in progress) to include sentences patterned after the mentor text
example.

COMMA AFTER AN INTRODUCTORY ELEMENT #1: As if his absence quickened something within her,
Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing.

Step 1: What do you notice? Observe patterns.

Step 2: Find another example in text.

Step 3: Imitate - Write your own sentence modeled after the pattern.

Step 4: Revise your writing (a piece that you have written recently, one from your portfolio, or a
piece that is currently in progress) to include sentences patterned after the mentor text
example.

COMMAS IN A SERIES #1: I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler.

Step 1: What do you notice? Observe patterns.

Step 2: Find another example in text.

Step 3: Imitate - Write your own sentence modeled after the pattern.

Step 4: Revise your writing (a piece that you have written recently, one from your portfolio, or a
piece that is currently in progress) to include sentences patterned after the mentor text
example.