Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 8, AL COS ADDENDUM Std #: 4 Apply strategies appropriate to the type of material, including making inferences to determine bias or theme and using specific context clues, to comprehend eighth-grade textual/informational and functional materials. Applying self-monitoring strategies Comparing prediction with actual content Distinguishing fact from opinion Confirming author’s credentials Determining sequence

Lesson Plans: Myth and Truth: The "First Thanksgiving" Examining the facts from opinions about the first Thanksgiving Slanted Sentences Students look for bias within news articles Review Basketball Using paper basketballs to help with comprehension of classroom readings Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans Main idea and supporting details lesson plans geared toward GED students that are appropriate for middle school students. Main Ideas and Supporting Details Identifying main idea and supporting details using non fiction materials The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? Determining fact from opinion about the Boston Tea Party

Resources: Story Maps and Boxes Using story maps to review parts of the story Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B, I) Students indicate understanding by raising their hand as they follow simple sequence (2-3) events in a story. (B, I) Students copy repetitive words in a paragraph. (I, T) Students recall and tell information from story read (characters, details, setting). (I, T) Students participate in cloze exercises (where a word or words are omitted from a written sentence then supplied by the student). (T) Students identify orally or in writing the beginning, middle, and end of a story they have read or written. (T) Teacher models SQ3R study strategy (Scan, Question, Read, Write and Review) for taking notes. Students scan the chapter and make questions out of bold headings; then read the text under heading and write the answer to the question; then review questions and answers.
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