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 also see the class 8 section of the moodle for copies of several of the collaborative and peer language-focused activities we completed 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.


 * 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]]


 * Dr. Young** - My language-focused minilesson will address punctuating dialogue. I plan on using a few different short genre pieces to explore the importance of dialogue and then address how dialogue is punctuated in these different contexts, as well as how dialogue can affect meaning, tone, and purpose.

//Add your names, ideas, and links below...//


 * Morgan Faulk**- Run-on Sentences


 * Jesse Gore**- Easily confused verbs


 * Hannah Lee** - Character Development


 * Jennifer Cranford**- Imagery


 * Tara Hill**- Adjectives


 * Caroline Clark** ~ Apostrophes


 * Hannah Wilson** - Let's talk about NOUNS!


 * Sarah Merritt**- Adverbs


 * Ron Olson**- Tell me more! Adding details to writing.


 * Crystal Dunn**- Context Clues!


 * Suzanne Mills** - Help Me! I'm a Dangling Modifier


 * Chelsea Perkins** - Affect vs. Effect


 * Zohra Sadat**- Homophones, Homonyms, and Homographs


 * Caroline Tucker** - New Words


 * Margaret Nelson**- Movies and Articles and Books, Oh My!


 * Nada Wafa**- Adjectives!


 * Jessie Jordan**- Semicolons

Scary possessive Nouns: We all know how to make nouns (singular and plural) possessive; however, there are some nouns that might throw off your students! I plan on reviewing the basic rules of possession, and then reviewing some nouns that may throw you for a loop! Put your thinking caps on!
 * Olivia Love**-

**Emily Wood**- Active vs Passive Voice

**Samantha Selimo**- Literary Terms or Making verbs past tense

**Wes Brown**- They're, Their, and There **Lauren Avery-** Parts of Speech

**Amanda Wiehler**: The use of contractions

**Kay Balagtas**- Do the Preposition Boogie!

**Wendy Seitz**- Comparative and Superlative Adjectives