The following mini-lessons were created by middle grades preservice teachers in RE 3150 (Language Arts in the Middle Grades). The mini-lessons on this particular page are procedures mini-lessons. Procedures minilessons are designed to teach - or remind - students how to conduct themselves as writers and readers in a workshop environment (In the Middle, Atwell 1998).
| Introduction to the Media Center | a lesson that allows the teacher to introduce their sixth grade students to the Media Center | Johnny Morris | Word doc. |
| Writing Organization | a lesson to help students organize their writing | Emily Hyatt | Word doc. |
| "All right, all write" | a lesson combining aspects of creativity and conventions | Vic Wilcox | Word doc. |
| How to Keep a Reading Journal | a lesson leading students to record expectations, themes, characters, and thoughts in a Reading Journal |
Caroline Bond | Word doc. |
| Reading Workshop Procedures | a lesson to familiarize students with the procedures of a typical day in a Reading Workshop | Carrie Goodnight | Word doc. |
| Expanding Vocabulary Knowledge | a lesson to help students learn new words using a variety of techniques |
Tiffiny Hovatter | Word doc. |
| Life Maps | a lesson on how to brainstorm ideas for narrative and reflective writing | Amy Wilkins | Word doc. |
| Using the Internet to Find Resource Materials | a lesson to help students learn where to go on the Internet to find reliable resources | Gloria Batz | Word doc. |
| Works Cited | a lesson for eighth graders on creating a works cited page | Amanda Huffman | Word doc. |
| Writing Folders | a lesson to help students establish an organized writing folder for Writers' Workshop | Amber Robinson | Word doc. |
| Journal Writing | a lesson on how to write a journal entry from a character's perspective | Chris Turner | Word doc. |
| The Reading/Writing Portfolio | a lesson on reading/writing portfolios to help students understand how they are created and how they are used to assess progress | Cheri Maynard | Word doc. |
| Peer Evaluations | a lesson on sample peer evaluations | Jeanie Boyette | Word doc. |
| A Writer's Notebook | a lesson to show students how to use a journal and why the journal will help them with writing practices |
Marshia Shutt | Word doc. |
| Exploring Personal Narrative: A Drawing/Illustration Activity | a lesson to allow students to use their creativity to represent personal narratives | Kathy Jhugdeo | Word doc. |
| Creating and Updating a Reading Territories List | a lesson to help students start and maintain a reading territories list | Adam Pyles | Word doc. |
| Standardized Reading Tests | a lesson to help students take standarized tests, especially those who struggle with the long passages in the reading section | Meredith Hendery | Word doc. |
| Prewriting | a lesson to help students understand the importance of organizing and brainstorming when beginning any writing assignment | Rachel Wood | Word doc. |
| Silence Is Golden | a lesson to reveal the importance of silent reading to young adolescents | Kate Pascoe | Word doc. |
| The Importance of Comfort in the Reader's Lounge | a lesson to set the behavior standard which will be expected of students during DROP EVERYTHING AND READ (D.E.A.R.) | Nancy Knox | Word doc. |
| Reading: My Favorite Pastime | a lesson to explain what is expected of students as readers and the procedures of a reading workshop | Brittania Brown | Word doc. |
| I Am a Writer: A Lesson in Writing Territories | a lesson to get students to learn about writing territories and to develop their own writing territories lists | Lauren Johnson | Word.doc |
| Creating Writing Territories | a lesson to get students to think about writing and topics on their own and explore ways to be creative in their writing | Lisa Clontz | Word doc |
| Completing the Reading List | a lesson to teach middle grades students how to log, assess, and rate the books they are reading in workshop | Donna Miller | Word doc |
| Using
Bookmarks in the Reading Workshop |
a lesson in which students will learn to use Bookmarks to mark the most important elements in the text as they read | Jane Crouse | Word doc |
| Checking
Out Books From Classroom Library |
a lesson to encourage students to check out books from the classroom library and to read different types of genre available to them | Shawn Reavis-Long | Word doc |
| Becoming a Character from Your Novel | a lesson to introduce the procedure for completing an alternative assessment by giving a summary of a book from the point of view of one of the characters | Amber Strack | Word doc |
| Writing Workshop | a lesson whereby students schedule peer conferences for writing workshop | Celine Ellison | Word doc |
| Check It Out | a lesson to enable students to properly check out books from a classroom library | Debbie Epps | Word doc |
| Classroom Resources and Organization | a lesson to help students locate resources and supplies within the language arts classroom |
Elizabeth Rudicill | |
| a lesson to advise students of the importance of keeping all of their finished pieces of writing | Felicia Burgess | ||
| Homework Folder and Assignment Sheet | a lesson to teach students to be organized in their work | Melinda Kennedy | Word doc |
| a lesson to illustrate to the student the importance of and how to participate in a peer conference |
Robert Burkhart | ||
| Reading Journal | a lesson to teach students about the importance of maintaining reading journals | Susie Overwyk | Word doc |
| How to Organize a Reader’s-Writer’s Log | a lesson to provide students with a basic method for organizing a notebook for student responses to books read during and outside class | Tina Annas | Word doc |
| a lesson to inform students about the literary journal process | Ashley Howell | ||
| How to Keep a Reading Response Journal | a lesson to teach students how to reflect on their reading and what the components of keeping a reading response journal are | Ryan Thomas | Word doc |
| How to Turn in Papers to Me | a lesson to show students how to format the papers they turn in properly | Adrienne Early | Word doc |
| Rules for Reading Workshop | a lesson to help students understand the expectations of the reading workshop | Charlee Nall | Word doc |
| Quiet as a Mouse | a lesson to show students the benefit of a quiet room while reading | AnnaMarie Head | Word doc |
| Having a Conference with Yourself | a lesson for students to learn the expectations of having a writing conference with themselves | Cynthia Barnett | Word doc |
| Editing Writer's Workshop | a lesson for students to learn the guidelines for a peer editing conference | Chandra Patton | Word doc |
| a lesson to orient students to the resources that are in the classroom | Matthew Leggat | Word doc | |
| Setting Up a Conference | a lesson to show students the process of a teacher conference in the writer's workshop | Victoria Anderson | Word doc |
| Recording Books Read | a lesson for students to learn how to keep a reading log of the books they read throughout the year | Melissa Cook | Word doc |
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