Dante Yacobucci

Professor Pamela K. Coke

EDUC 463
18 April 2017
Mini-Lesson Template

Mini Lesson Topic Identifying Prepositional Phrases and the Object of the
Preposition
Name the teaching
point.

Materials Paper Handouts

Writing Utensils
Gather materials, White board
mentor texts... Dry erase Markers

Connection In the previous lesson, we covered prepositions. We

discussed their role in sentences and made a list of
Tell them what you various prepositions. This list was partially created by a
taught the previous demonstration, in which I moved myself in various
lesson. The last writers positions around a chair and asked students to identify
workshop, we learned the prepositions.
how to...

Explicit Instruction Today, I will teach you about prepositional phrases and
the object of the preposition within sentences. I will write
Tell them what you will a sentence on the board and identify the prepositional
teach today. Today Im phrase, as well as the object of the preposition. I will
going to teach you... leave this up as an example so that the next activity has
scaffolding.
Show them exactly how
to do it. Watch me do
it.,. or Lets take a look
at how (author) does
this when s/he writes...

Guided Practice I will be handing out cutouts of sentences. It will be your

job to label the prepositional phrase and the object of the
Ask them to try it out preposition. Then, in groups of three, you will create your
with a partner, or with own sentence and identify the same parts of it as before
you for a few minutes. on the board
Now try it out with a
partner... To extend: Students must identify if the propositional
phrases is adverbial or adjectival.
Independent Practice This will help you identify prepositional phrases in
your own writing, so that you can see if you are
Remindstudentshowthe using too many. Keeping a reasonable amount of
teachingpointcanbeused prepositional phrases in your writing can help the
inindependentwriting. sentences be more clear and concise. We will be
(Thereshouldbealink practicing trimming down unnecessary prepositional
betweentheminilessonand phrases in a later lesson, so keep your notes.
thestudentsindependent
writinglives.)
https://www.proofreadnow.com/blog/trim-
prepositional-phrases-for-leaner-writing

Group Wrap-Up
Restate the teaching
point. Ask: Did you try
what was taught? Did it
work for you? How will it
affect your future
writing?
Can you identify prepositional phrases and the object of
the preposition?
Did this lesson enhance your understanding of these
concepts?
Do you feel prepared to start learning about how to trim
your sentences of unnecessary prepositional phrases?

Do you feel that your notes are adequate enough to

reference later?