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Twelve English-specific mini-lessons
- Grammar and style practice English-Zone.com [|The Writing Center at KSU]

- Paragraph revision [|Interlink Language Center]

- Reading comprehension practice with short stories [|Interlink Language Center]

- Understanding metaphors "Interpretative Drawings" with Jonson's //Song: To Celia//
 * //Current lesson design:// [[file:LCIMQuestions-SongToCelia.doc]]**

- Satire's influence Compare British literature with modern sources such as //The Onion// newspaper
 * //Current lesson design://** [|Inference presentation]

- Oral presentations Impromptu speeches Role-plays for read-alouds Oral persuasion //**Current lesson designs: **//

- Meaning of rubrics Reviews of good and bad papers with traffic-light system
 * //Current lesson design://** [[file:LCIM - Rubrics.doc]]

- Sharing intellectual ideas and opinions for a controversial issue "Main Idea Cafe"

- Choosing books "CATAPULT into Literature" "THIEVES"

- How to be an independent learner "Self-selected Vocab Quizzes" Writing goals Summer reading lists

- Feedback Writing respectfully and constructively for peers

- Saving important resources [|Delicious] bookmarks

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Note: All titles in quotations come from: Zwiers, J. (2005). //Building reading comprehension habits in grades 6-12: A toolkit of classroom activities//. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.