My bedroom teens reading text

Reading short texts

Early readers Teens

Reading short texts mini lessons for ESL teens teachers

My bedroom FREE SAMPLE!

This mini lesson focuses on a short reading text about a girl describing her bedroom. Students read and understand a simple text and then write a short text about their own bedrooms.

This lesson is for Early reader level students. This is a mini lesson plan.

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Materials:

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Level: Early readers (students are able to read letters, clusters and simple sentences)
Time: 10-15 mins
Objectives: Read and understand a simple text about a girl describing her bedroom. Then write a short text about your bedroom.

Lesson materials

Printables:

“My bedroom” mini-reader textbook

Supplies:

blackboard / whiteboard with chalk / markers

Notes:

Use this mini-lesson within your main lesson for reading and writing practice. You will need to download and print out the mini-reader textbook PDF file before the lesson. Alternatively, show the file on a PC screen.

Students should have completed the alphabet, letter clusters and early reading mini-lessons before starting these lessons.

Mini-lesson procedure:

Pages 1-3 Read the text

Before class, download the “My bedroom” mini-reader textbook – either print it out or show on a PC screen in class.

Show the first page and explain that everyone will read a fun story. Point at the pictures and elicit which room they can see and what some of the objects in the room are.

Get everyone to read out the sentence slowly together. Help with vowel sounds and clusters. Read and chorus each sentence 3x.

Repeat for the other pages of the story.

Ask follow up questions for each sentence (e.g. “Is there a desk in your bedroom?”).

Page 4. Answer the questions about the story

Hold up the question page and have individual students read each question. Then elicit the answers as a class.

Write the questions and answers on the board as students give the answers.

Page 5. Make a story (writing preparation)

The questions on this page will help your students prepare for the writing activity on the last page.

Hold up the questions page and have individual students read each question and its example answer.

Then have everyone draw their bedroom in their notebooks to write about. Go around the class asking everyone to show their drawings and ask the questions from the page. Then have everyone write down the questions and their answers in their notebooks.

Finally, put students in pairs. Pairs take it in turns to ask each other the questions.

Page 6. Write a story

Show the model text with the underlined words. Explain that everyone is going to write a story about their bedroom. They can use their answers on page 5 to complete their texts.

Give everyone a few minutes to write their texts. Circulate as they are doing so and help out with vocabulary and spelling.

Finally, put students into small groups of 3 or 4 and have them read their stories to their group.

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