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LC Mini-Lessons

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Mini-Lessons: Learning To Read Actively & Critically and Share Ideas

IR program description.doc Hand-Out: Describes assignments: Reading Response Journal, Polished Responses, Annotated Bibliography

ReadingStrategies_Bookmark.pdf Bookmark: Active Reading Strategies
LCbookmark.pub
ChoosingGoodPassages.pdf Hand-Out: Tips for Choosing Passages (Golden Lines)
Harvesting Post-It Notes.doc Hand-Out: Graphic Organizer for harvesting Post-It notes
Graphic Organiers for Reader's Notebook: RRJ_Entry1.doc RRJ_Entry2.doc RRJ_Entry3.doc
RRJ_booklet.pub Brochure to give to students to use as a journal.
Roger Farr's Think Aloud Progression
Two-Step Discussion (Step 1, Step 2): Teaching students to dig into the text to make deeper connections, ask questions, infer deeper meaning.

DialecticNotes.pdf Hand-Out: Model two column notes from The Awakening by Chopin
Flickr Photos: Sample Reading Response Journals written by students

Making Connections

Connections_bkmk.pdf BookMark: Connections (TS, TT, TW)

Making Connections.ppt PowerPoint: Making Connections and Asking Effective Questions

Questioning the Text

AskingQuestions.pdf Hand-Out:Asking Effective Questions (3 Layers)
Questioning a Text.doc Graphic Organizer:Students write three "layers" of questions.
Jim Burke's 18-page hand-out: Teaching with Questions

Visualizing

FindSomeoneWho.doc
PowerPoint: Teaching kids to treat one another with respect (created from lesson from Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles by Daniels & Steineke

Fan & Pick: Teaching students to ask follow-up questions.
Write Around: Instructions from Harvey Daniels. Write Around's let kids practice discussing, forcing each individual to participate.
Nonfiction Jigsaw: Notes from Harvey Daniels, having students read different texts related to common topic and discuss.
Book Club Behavior Analysis: Exercise from Nancy Steineke
Lit Circle Positive Behaviors: Nancy Steinke's List--you can make your own list; the idea is to spell out specific social/discussion skills for students to work on in discussions.
Fishbowl Flop.doc : Have students model what NOT to do.