Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 8, AL COS ADDENDUM Std #: 1 Apply strategies, including making inferences to determine theme, confirming or refuting predictions, and using specific context clues, to comprehend eighth-grade literary/recreational materials. Applying self-monitoring strategies Distinguishing fact from opinion Determining sequence

Lesson Plans: Review Basketball Using paper basketballs to help with comprehension of classroom readings Sequencing Lesson Plan #1 Propaganda lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students Sequencing Lesson Plan #2 Propaganda lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students Sequencing Lesson Plan #3 Propaganda lesson plans geared toward GED students that appropriate for middle school students

Resources: Sequencing Map Printable sequencing map Sequencing Chart Printable sequencing chart Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B, I) Students participate in pre-reading activities with native language peers before reading written materials. Teachers may locate print and non-print resources (dictionaries, stories, and pictures) in students’ first language to assist in concept clarification. (B, I) Students draw a picture of an event or describe a character in a story the class is assigned to read. (I, T) Students keep a personal reading log and write reactions to written material they have read. The reactions can be in English or in their first language. (T) Students prepare a paired dialogue from a story and perform it for the class. The performance can be videotaped and reviewed in private.
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