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Cooking Up Effective Writing
Mini-LessonsIn Primary Grades
Presented by:Elizabeth Marsili
[email protected] Olotka
5-10 minutes
40 minutes
* Set focus* Standards
* Mentor Text * model
* Independent Student writing
* conferencing
* Small groups
* Partner share* Author’s Chair
*Teacher
5-10
minutes
Instructional Framework for
Writing Workshop
What is a MINI LESSON
made of? (Architecture)
Four main stepsin a mini lesson
Connection: students access prior knowledge and hear teaching point.
Teacher Talk: Yesterday we…Today I am going to teach you how to…
Teaching: teach ONE skill, strategy, method, etc. during this time.
Teacher Talk: I want to show you…Watch and notice how….
Four main stepsin a mini lesson
Active Involvement: give all the students a quick opportunity to try out the new skill or strategy. Students practice and then turn and talk with their partner.
Teacher Talk: I would like for you to try this in your writing.Turn and talk with your partner…
Four main stepsin a mini lesson
Link: Link to what the class has already learned.
Teacher Talk: So today and everyday…As you continue your writing, you may want to…
Ingredients of Writing
Mini Lessons• Daily during Writing
Workshop• Based on grade level
standards• Based on student
assessments—formal and informal
• Short, focused and direct teaching!
• Remember, they are often more efficient than effective
How do I plan mini lessons for my class?
Using Mentor Texts!!
Touchstone Texts orMentor Texts? What is the
Difference?
With Mentor Texts you are NOT teaching the book.
Rather you are teaching a writing strategy or a craft.
Plan your mini lessons using
Mentor Texts!!
What can be included in MentorTexts:1. Touchstone texts
2. Teacher produced writing3. Student writing
Plan your mini lessons using
Mentor Texts!!
When you begin a new genre study, gather 4-5 mentor
texts that you would like to use. Read through those
books and decide what these books can be used to teach in
writing.
Plan your mini lessons using
Mentor Texts!!
Mentor Text Mini-Lessons can focus on:
1. Ideas2. Structure
3. Written Craft
HOW TO Plan your mini lessons using
Mentor Texts!!
Your goal is to say something like, “let me show you how this author did ___________. Let me show you how I tried it out. Now, why don’t you see if you can try it out.”
Stop HERE!Choose a book and try it out!
Use the grade level
checklist and rubricWhat would you teach using this mentor text?
Pick 1 or 2 colleagues to work with and be ready to share some ideas in 5 minutes.
Teaching with the Teacher’s Writing…
• Students need to view you as a writer.
• Use a piece you have already written
• If modeling writing, only model a portion.
Using a student’s written text…
• Be purposeful in your selection
• Make sure you have conducted a conference
Planning lessons based on student’s writing
Take a look at the grade level narrative writing samples.
With a partner, decide on 1-2 mini lessons you would want
to teach based on the student’s writing.
Use the grade level
rubric and genre
checklist to help you.
Last But not least…
Ingredients of Effective
Mini Lessons
The teacher has something to teach and she gathers the whole class around to teach it. Typically fall into one of these categories:
ProceduralWriter’s Process
Qualities of good WritingEditing Skills
Ingredients of Effective
Mini Lessons
• Unit pacing is based on district recommendations and purposeful planning based on students’ needs.
What’s the job of the MASTER CHEF (teacher)?
• revisit what has been previously learned
• set the learning target for the day
• model the writing technique desired whether through a mentor text or teacher modeled writing
• Link to what you expect students to include in their own writing.