Presented by:
Elizabeth Marsili
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Betsey Olotka
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* Set focus
* Standards
* Partner share
* Author’s Chair
* Mentor Text
*Teacher
* model
Instructional
Framework for
Writing Workshop
* Independent
Student writing
* Small groups
* conferencing
40 minutes
(Architecture)
Four main steps
in 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 steps
in 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 steps
in a mini lesson
Link:
learned.
Link to what the class has already
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
Using
Mentor
Texts!!
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 Mentor
Texts:
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:
HOW TO Plan your
mini lessons using
Mentor Texts!!
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.
• Be purposeful in
your selection
Using a student’s written
• Maketext…
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.
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:
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)?
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•
•
•
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.