When you are finished with the assigned mentor text, answer the following questions in your initial posting:

1. Discuss the ways the writer uses described.  What moments are particularly vivid and effective, Why
2. Discuss how the writer creates specific scenes set in specific times and specific locations.  Could you see the setting and what paragraphs had the most setting information for you?
3. Discuss the impact of the use of dialogue.  How did the dialogue help you understand the situation better?
4. Discuss the shape of the text: Did it build to a climax. How did it start, what major steps happened toward the climax, and how was it resolved.
5. Discuss the overall lesson that the writer is conveying in this text.  What did he or she learn through the experience?
6. Discuss what you learned from the text that will assist you in writing.
7. The monitor text is TENSION( Set up, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution).
8. 250 words all in MLA format