Introduction: The Power and Possibility of Mentor Text-Based Grammar Lessons Section One: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Sixth-Grade English Classroom Lesson 6.1: The Case of Communication: Pronoun Case Lesson 6.2: Bringing the Intensity: Intensive Pronouns Lesson 6.3: Adding and Clarifying: Punctuation that Sets Off Additional Information Lesson 6.4: Developing and Describing: Adjectives Lesson 6.5: Explanation and Impact: Adverbs Section Two: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Seventh-Grade English Classroom Lesson 7.1: Developing Ideas: Prepositional Phrases Lesson 7.2: A Descriptive Tool: Relative Clauses Lesson 7.

3: Strong and Specific: Strong Verbs and Specific Nouns Lesson 7.4: Shades of Meaning: Connotation and Denotation Lesson 7.5: Intentional Sentence Construction: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Section Three: Lesson Plans Recommended for the Eighth-Grade English Classroom Lesson 8.1: Purposeful Structures: Active and Passive Voices Lesson 8.2: Time for a Break: Punctuation that Indicates a Pause or Break Lesson 8.3: Key Comparisons: Comparative and Superlative Degrees Lesson 8.4: Tools for Variety and Versatility: Using Verbals Lesson 8.5: The Many Moods: The Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional, and Subjunctive Verb Moods Section Four: Final Thoughts and Resources Conclusion: Using This Book to Maximize Grammar Instruction Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of Mentor Texts Appendix B: Reproducible Graphic Organizers.