Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 8, Reading Std #: 1.32 Follow directions. Identify directions that are implicit or embedded in a passage. Identify the outcome or product of a set of directions. Recognize when a set of directions has been followed correctly. AHSGE Standard I - The student will demonstrate literal understanding of passages taken from a textual, functional, and recreational reading material.

Lesson Plans: Following Directions: A Skill Worth Teaching Following directions lessons Good Habits for Following Directions Classroom activity for following directions Mystery Pictures Oral direction activity

Resources: Fact and Opinion Self test on fact and opinion Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Play or Poem? An interactive activity Glencoe/McGraw-Hill "If" by Rudyard Kipling An interactive activity Suggestions for English Language Learners ESL Ideas (B=Beginning; I=Intermediate; T=Transitional) (B) Students conduct a picture walk and retell the story in their own words. (I, T) Students follow directions for a story scavenger hunt. (I, T) Students create and sequence illustrations about a selection. (I, T) Students list the steps in a procedure or science demonstration. Transitional students can also make sentences or paragraphs about the procedure or demonstration.
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