Reading Strategies Mini-lessons

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 reading strategies mini-lessons. The purpose of reading strategies mini-lessons is to help students recognize and internalize the strategies of good readers. (In the Middle, Atwell 1998).

Bronx Masquerade Introduction a lesson to assist students with managing a large reading assignment Dorothy Alice Roberts Word doc.
Reading Territories a lesson that encourages students to keep a running journal of their reading territories Johnny Morris Word doc.
Book Group/Literature Circle

a lesson book groups to help students analyze features of science fiction

  1. The Green Book vocabulary
  2. Story Map/Rubric
  3. Websites for Literary Elements
Patty Blair Word doc.
Choosing Books and Criteria for Selection

a lesson to teach students about genres and how we choose books to read

Overhead Transparency Master

Amanda Holley Word doc.
"Wilcox World of Wisdom" a lesson to encourage students to think abstractly and read closely Vic Wilcox Word doc.
Informational Text Reading Strategies a lesson to give students some strategies they can use in a variety of reading situations to glean meaning from informational texts Allyson Purser Word doc.
Discovering Books That You Really Like to Read a lesson to help students discover topics in reading that will spark their interest and encourage them to read without prompting Gloria Batz Word doc.
Using Sticky Notes as a Reading Strategy a lesson to guide students in using sticky notes to improve reading comprehension and response Joyce Jarrard Word doc.
Skimming a lesson to help students learn the value of skimming Chris Turner Word doc.
EOG Reading Strategies a lesson to help students identify and learn about effective EOG Reading strategies and how the strategies are helpful Tiffiny Hovatter Word doc.
Reading Poetry Aloud a lesson to teach basic techniques for orally presenting a poem Casey Robinson Word doc.
Reading Rituals a lesson to make students aware of rituals they can use to help them with their reading Suzanne Ingram Word doc
Did You Just Say What I Thought You Said?

a lesson to help students learn what an inference is and how to "read between the lines"

Using Inference

Nichole Calhoun Word doc
Developing My Reading Style: Creating a Reading Survey a lesson to teach students to become better readers and writers through the use of a reading survey Kathy Jhugdeo Word doc.
Magazine Ads and You, the Teenager a lesson to help students understand how advertisements are geared at persuading them and how ads really work Aaron Bridges Word doc.
Graphic Organizers

a lesson to teach students a variety of graphic organizers they can use during their reading and writing so that they can work on sequencing, comparison and contrast, and description of subjects

1. Graphic Organizers

Amy Steelman Word doc
Speed Reading a lesson for making reading effective, efficient, and enjoyable instead of laborious and non-productive Mark Warner Word doc

Looking for Clues

a lesson to give students strategies for comprehending and extracting important points from an informational text with sample questions

1. Feudalism and Medieval Life

Brittania Brown

Word doc

with questions