Minilesson

What are mini-lessons?
Mini-lessons are short focused instruction on workshop proceedures, specific skills, or other topics that students need. They frequently use mentor text, focus on idea generation, an editing skill, or other TEKS based skills. Since they are short and focused, they give students immediate opportunities to practice and apply the skills learned.

Mini Lesson Ideas and Resources (please add ideas to share)
Barry Lane, who is a wacky teacher the kids love to watch, produces many short videos about reading and writing on YouTube. Check out some of his videos, there are 60+ to choose from! [|Barry Lane] These are great little clips that can serve as motivating mini-lessons! Here is an example about exploding the moment! media type="youtube" key="KykziiHpyuo" height="355" width="425"

[|Literature Learning Ladders]- Literature based web quest activities [|Izzit] - short reading passages, lesson plans and activities from current events Here's a mini-lesson on using an object to frame your essay. I'm not sure where I got it, but I'm 100% sure that I "borrowed" it from somewhere:-)