Mentor Binder · Source pages 145–177
PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
Every mentor worksheet on its own page
WORKSHEETS
These are the mentor's print-ready worksheets: fuller versions for mentor reference, overflow, and any student who wants more room. Each carries a red "Print this" banner naming the sheet and how many copies to run. These are fuller than the student §9 tear-outs. When you need an exact copy of what a student already has (an extra Evidence Map for an absent juror), print that from the Student Binder §9 so the juror gets the same sheet.
HOW TO USE
THESE SHEETS
Cheat sheet for this pad: Arms Room → Unit Cover · Forge → your role sheet · Tavern → Reflection + Story Layer. Everyone keeps Bench prep ready.
- Monday night: open the Week-by-Week Guide, know this week's session and what to read.
- Arms Room week: fill Unit Cover after role assignment. Start ACTOR Log if you want nightly structure.
- Forge week: pull one role sheet (Moderator / Debater / Researcher / Jury). Everyone also has Bench Prep ready.
- Before the Forge: submit per deadline band: U1–2: 5 days · U3: 4 days · U4–8: 48 hours hard.
- Tavern week: Forge Reflection (the argument) + Story Layer Draft (you, 5 years out). Not the same document.
30-WEEK GUIDE
Your year at a glance: what session is this week, what to read at home, when prep is due, and which worksheet to pull. Fill in your Forge-week role when assigned.
| Wk | Date | Session | Book | At home | In class | Prep due | Worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre | Sept 1–14 | Pre-start | Project Hail Mary | Begin reading (~23 pp/day); keep a reading journal. Book done by Sept 22. | — | — | Reading journal |
| 1 | Sept 15 | Trial Forge | — | Watch full debate flow; vote as jury; take notes on order not content | Observe · then try | — | Unit Cover (observe) |
| 2 | Sept 22 | Arms Room | Project Hail Mary | Book done. No new reading; evidence mining; role prep | Hook → Evidence Forge → role assigned today | — | ACTOR Log · Unit Cover |
| 3 | Sept 29 | Forge | Project Hail Mary | Start Little Women Block 1 if Hail Mary is done; Forge Reflection | 35-min debate · your role sheet | 5 days before (Sept 24) | Role sheet for assigned job |
| 4 | Oct 6 | Tavern | Project Hail Mary | Continue Little Women Blocks 1–2; ACTOR | Story Forge · skill layer · celebrate | Forge Reflection due | Story Layer Draft U1 |
| 5 | Oct 13 | Arms Room | Little Women | Read to halfway; blade/shield/range | Role assigned · first student moderator possible | — | Unit Cover · ACTOR Log |
| 6 | Oct 20 | Forge | Little Women | Finish book; Reflection | Debate · student-run room | 5 days before (Oct 15) | Role sheet |
| 7 | Oct 27 | Tavern | Little Women | Start U3 reading | Forge Workshop 1 + Story Layer U2 | Reflection due | Story Layer · Workshop notes |
| 8 | Nov 3 | Arms Room | The Boys in the Boat | Read to halfway | Role assigned | — | Unit Cover |
| 9 | Nov 10 | Forge | The Boys in the Boat | Finish book | Debate | 4 days before (Nov 6) | Role sheet |
| 10 | Nov 17 | Tavern | The Boys in the Boat | Start U4, holiday risk ahead | Reflection · Story U3 | Reflection due | Story Layer Draft U3 |
| 11 | Dec 1 | Arms Room | Pride and Prejudice | Short book, do not coast; read to halfway | 48-hour rule starts this unit | — | Unit Cover |
| 12 | Dec 8 | Forge | Pride and Prejudice | Finish before break | Debate | 48h hard (Dec 6) | Role sheet |
| 13 | Dec 15 | Tavern | Pride and Prejudice | Catch up before Christmas break | Story U4 · skill | Reflection due | Story Layer · catch-up if behind |
| 14 | Jan 5 | Arms Room | A Man for All Seasons | Play, read full script; start U6 scouting | Arms Room after break | — | Unit Cover |
| 15 | Jan 12 | Forge | A Man for All Seasons | Last day Fall semester | Debate | 48h hard (Jan 10) | Role sheet |
My role this Forge week: Trait:
30-Week Guide · part 2. Spring units, Forge Workshops, Anvil season. Same columns: session, reading, prep due, worksheet.
| Wk | Date | Session | Book | At home | In class | Prep due | Worksheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Jan 19 | Tavern | A Man for All Seasons | Begin U6 (long book) | Forge Workshop 2 · Story U5 | Reflection due | Story Layer · thesis seeds |
| 17 | Jan 26 | Arms Room | All the Light We Cannot See | ~38 pp/day pace; halfway mark | Longest book, trust ACTOR | — | Unit Cover · ACTOR Log |
| 18 | Feb 2 | Forge | All the Light We Cannot See | Finish book | Debate | 48h hard (Jan 31) | Role sheet |
| 19 | Feb 9 | Tavern | All the Light We Cannot See | Start U7 reading | Story U6 | Reflection due | Story Layer Draft U6 |
| 20 | Feb 23 | Arms Room | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Read to halfway | Pre–Spring Break unit | — | Unit Cover |
| 21 | Mar 2 | Forge | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Finish book | Debate | 48h hard (Feb 28) | Role sheet |
| 22 | Mar 9 | Tavern | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Start U8 | Forge Workshop 3 · draft intensive | Reflection due | Story Layer · body paragraphs |
| 23 | Mar 16 | Arms Room | A Good Man Is Hard to Find | O'Connor + Tolstoy; Bonhoeffer pre-read + doc-study discussion | Final unit Arms Room | — | Unit Cover |
| 24 | Mar 23 | Forge | A Good Man Is Hard to Find | Finish trio texts | Debate | 48h hard (Mar 21) | Role sheet |
| 25 | Mar 30 | Tavern | A Good Man Is Hard to Find | Anvil prep begins | Story U8 · arc complete | Reflection due | Story Layer Draft U8 |
| 26 | Apr 13 | Final Forge 1 | — | Draft completion at home | Weaver 1:1 conferences | — | Anvil portfolio review |
| 27 | Apr 20 | Final Forge 2 | — | Revision | Peer review · rubric | — | Gauge self-check |
| 28 | Apr 27 | Final Forge 3 | — | Rehearse aloud | Read thesis anonymous · diagnose | — | Rehearsal checklist (Handbook §6) |
| 29 | May 4 | The Anvil | — | — | 8–10 min presentation | — | Portfolio · presentation |
| 30 | May 11 | The Reveal | — | — | Year-end Reveal · last day | — | Forge Record complete |
UNIT COVER
Unit dashboard. Fill after Arms Room: your role, deadline, debate question, and the quotes that carry the argument (trunk, not leaves).
Unit Cover · 1 of 4
Unit Cover · quote 1. The trunk candidate: full passage + why it carries the argument.
Unit Cover · 2 of 4
Unit Cover · quotes 2 and 3. More evidence; still trunk, not leaves.
Unit Cover · 3 of 4
Unit Cover · blade, shield, range. Your opening, your answer to them, what you cannot cover.
Unit Cover · 4 of 4
MODERATOR RUN SHEET
You run the room: you do not argue. Timer, flow, opener, private tally. Tick each step; announce only how many minds changed.
- Pre-vote ☐
- Question + stakes ☐
- Openings ☐
- Rebuttals ☐
- Closings ☐
- Jury Qs ☐
- Post-vote ☐
- Announce shift ☐
Moderator · 1 of 2
Moderator · private tally. Hand to Weaver. Announce only minds changed.
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Moderator · 2 of 2
DEBATER PREP
Build → break → land. You speak exactly twice: opening, then rebuttal or closing. Claim in sentence one: do not improvise it.
Debater · 1 of 5
Debater · quote 2. Same side or new angle: tie each quote to your claim.
Debater · 2 of 5
Debater · quote 3. Your third anchor from the text.
Debater · 3 of 5
Debater · external source + opening script. Verify you opened and read it.
Opened and read ☐
Debater · 4 of 5
Debater · impact + counters. Attack their strongest point first.
Debater · 5 of 5
Debater · live notes. What they targeted tells you what to rebut or close.
EVIDENCE PACKET
Ammunition for both sides. Four verified pieces (2 Aff, 2 Neg). Send to debaters by the prep deadline. Neutrality is your superpower.
Researcher · 1 of 3
Researcher · Negative evidence. Same neutrality: document gaps if you cannot find sources.
Researcher · 2 of 3
Researcher · after-action. What evidence correlated with changed minds?
Researcher · 3 of 3
JURY WORKSHEET
You are the judge. Submit Evidence Map to Text Coach by deadline. Vote before and after; ask one text-based question per side.
Jury Evidence Map · 1 of 4
Jury Evidence Map · Affirmative quote 2.
Jury Evidence Map · 2 of 4
Jury Evidence Map · Negative quote 1.
Jury Evidence Map · 3 of 4
Jury Evidence Map · Negative quote 2.
Jury Evidence Map · 4 of 4
Jury · pre-vote + questions. Text-based, 20 seconds when spoken.
Jury · vote 1 of 2
Jury · during + post-vote. Evidence vs. emotion; say what moved you or what they failed to prove.
Jury · vote 2 of 2
BENCH PREP
The debate never cancels. Everyone preps both sides every unit. If called in, expand what you already wrote: 2 minutes, claim → evidence → impact.
If called: claim → evidence → impact · 2 min
FORGE REFLECTION
About the argument, not you, not the book report. What shifted? What counter stuck? Fuel for your Anvil. Not the Story Layer.
STORY LAYER
You, five years out. Nirvana first, name the cost, forget the how. If you mention the debate question, wrong document.
5yr ☐ nirvana ☐ no how ☐
Story Layer · 1 of 3
Story Layer · draft continued. Still five years out; still no how-to list.
Story Layer · 2 of 3
Story Layer · finish draft + name the cost. Specific, not vague.
Not the debate question.
Story Layer · 3 of 3
ACTOR LOG
Nightly reading loop: five minutes. Skip a step, you skipped the loop.
ACTOR · 1 of 3
ACTOR · 2 of 3
Night 5 = review before Arms Room. C: Compress what made it in: do not full re-read.
ACTOR · 3 of 3