What+is+a+Mini-lesson?

=What is a Mini-lesson?=

Mini-lessons must be __**explicit and focused**__. The ultimate goal is that students understand the goal and can apply it to their independent writing.
=Some questions to ask when designing a mini-lesson:=

What about students who have further to go in achieving the goal? How can these students be supported?
=A mini-lesson is divided into two parts.=

2. The teacher coaches the students as they apply the knowledge to a piece of writing from the writer's notebook.
=There are four types of mini-lessons: (Scaffolding Young Writer's page 50)=