Language-Focused+Minilesson+Ideas

This wiki page features our ideas for teaching a language-focused minilesson for a microteaching session this semester. Be sure to consider the collaborative and peer language-focused activities we complete in class.

**Directions:** Add you name below along with your microteaching focus (for example, //punctuating dialogue//). Your microteaching will be comprised of a minilesson focused on teaching some aspect of language (rather than focusing on some other aspect of ELA). Use the text of your minilesson focus to create your own minilesson wiki page where you flesh out your ideas for your instructional plan. We'll use these to provide feedback for one another! See my example below and then post your ideas and create your wiki pages! See example plans as needed for ideas.

**__IMPORTANT__:** Keep in mind that your mini-lesson idea and focus should represent a language exploration and awareness, contextualized approach (ref. Andrews, Weaver, Killgallon, Noden, etc.) rather than repeat the status quo of the way in which language has been taught in the past! No decontextualized grammar lessons! Push for complexity of ideas!

Sources for your minilesson might include any of the resources we've explored in class together, including: Andrews, sentence-composing strategies resources, Killgallon, Weaver, the Narrowing the Focus Packet, as well as any of the posts on //Language Today.//

**Lesson Plan Examples:** These plans represent good attempts at a language exploration and awareness, contextualized approach to teaching some aspect of language.
 * Example 1: Action Verbs - [[file:LT_Microteaching_Lesson_Draft_F07.doc]]
 * Example 2: Apostrophe - [[file:AR_ECI430.MiniLesson_final.doc]]
 * Example 3: Exclamations about End Punctuation - [[file:HJ_Language_minilesson_D5.doc]]

// An Example of a Language-Focused Minilesson Idea posting: //

**Dr. Young** - punctuating dialogue

**Hannah A** - @Their, There, or They're?
**Kelsey B** - add your focus idea here...

keep going... Mary W- Audience MW

Robin O - Sentence Combining

Jade G - Me or I?

Paige S - Homophones

Kaitlyn K ~ Focus

Stephanie C - Minilesson on Hyphens

Alex G.- Mini Lesson Draft-AG

Hailee- Mini-Lesson (Microteaching) Step 3-HK

Pryscilla Lee -

Kara E- @Metaphor vs. Simile

Michelle Parker - Adjectives MLP

Stephanie Snead- Subject-Verb Agreement

Rachel McSwain - Alliteration

Stephanie Hairyes: Verb Tenses