Mentor Text & Author’s Craft Worksheets Grades 6–9 | English Writing Revision Activities

Help students in Grades 6–9 strengthen their writing through purposeful analysis of mentor texts and author’s craft. This English Language Arts writing resource guides learners from identifying effective writing techniques to applying those techniques independently during revision. Students practise analysing strong hooks, sensory details, precise verbs, transitions, sentence variation, evidence integration, counterclaims, analytical language, and purposeful conclusions. Activities encourage learners to explain how specific writing choices affect readers and then transfer those techniques to their own writing. The resource includes: - Instructional anchor charts for key author’s craft and revision skills - Focused writing and analysis worksheets - Mentor text examples and comparison activities - Narrative, informative, argumentative, and literary analysis practice - Evidence integration and counterclaim activities - Writing revision and transfer tasks - Corresponding answer keys Ideal for writing workshops, English lessons, literacy centres, independent practice, small-group instruction, intervention, homework, review, and homeschool learning. Teachers can use the activities as a complete writing revision sequence or select individual lessons to target specific writing skills. A practical Grades 6–9 writing resource for helping students move beyond surface-level editing and make meaningful revisions that improve clarity, precision, organisation, reasoning, flow, and overall effectiveness.