20 PT HELPPP Mentor sentence(s):
“All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving: it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, species would survive”
What does the mentor sentence mean?
What do you notice?
How does what you notice help you understand the mentor sentence?
What makes the mentor sentence easy or more difficult to understand? Why?
Sentence Stems:
To understand the quotation, I had to .
Noticing helped me understand quotation because .
Knowing is useful for determining the meaning of the quotation.