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The last part of Craft Lesson Teaching Writing K-8  has a question and answer segment and an appendix. The questions provided answers to questions that I had while reading the book. It explains how to fit mini lessons into a language arts program. I already use mini lessons in my reading workshops but it gives other ways to fit them into a daily schedule. This reading also gives ways to help your students become involved in the lessons.

Organization is very important in the classroom and several suggestions were given on how to keep the lessons organized. It suggests to use a  notebook and keep a list of the lessons that have already been taught. I found the ideas in this book to be a great assest to my language arts program. I have already started implementing some of the mini lessons into my workshops and I look forward to using the new ideas that I learned during this reading as well!