Best-practice strategies for
teaching reading & writing
Classroom Mini-Lessons
webPD | Mini-Lesson: 3 Reasons to Indent
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: 4 Steps to Paraphrase
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Backwards Brainstorming
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Brand-Name Nouns
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Choosing Sides
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Comparison Details
10 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Consistent Verb Tense
12 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Decode the Prompt
18 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Different Perspectives
13 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Get Outta Here
12 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Hearing & Naming Voice
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Hearing End Marks
13 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Hearing Punctuation
13 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Improving Peer Revision
12 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Introduce Annotation
18 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Introduce Text Features
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Listing Related Details
16 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Make a “Done” List
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Make Room for Revision
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Narrow Down to a Thesis
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: P.A.T. Determines Voice
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Passing the Tower Test
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Patterning First-Liners
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Pause for Commas
13 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Pre-Write Action Verbs
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Puff Up a Pre-Write
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Pump Up Your Writing
10 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Punctuating Dialogue
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Read Up, Write Down
13 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Readers Make Inferences
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Revise in 3 Steps
13 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Sequential Action Verbs
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Slinky Sentences
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Slow-Motion Writing
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Spacing Between Words
12 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Sticky Dot Details
15 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Story Surgery
13 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Strong Titles
16 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: Supersizing Sentences
14 Minutes
webPD | Mini-Lesson: X-Ray Editing
14 Minutes
