Instructional Planning Guide

Tutors Name: Millie Kidder-Goshorn

Student Name: Justin Jones
Age: 12
Grade: 6
Instructional Reader Type: Intermidiate
Independent reading level: 5th
Instructional reading level: 6th
Frustrational reading level: UM
Notes on reading:
Justin overall is a successful reading, as he is a 6th grader reading and comprehending at a 6th grade level.
However, he definitely has room for improvement! I want to focus on comprehension and building
meaning from why or what we have just read. He needs a lot of instruction and practice with writing. I
think he will benefit from scaffolding with prewriting and working through that together. As he reads, he
reads very quickly, so I think slowing his pace would be beneficial. We are also going to practice phrasing
and using expression while reading.

Word Study Stage: Syllables & Affixes

features: diphthong oi, oy

Begin Instruction with which

Focus instruction on (select 1 main area): Comprehension

What Essential Overarching Question will guide our lessons over the 6 weeks?
Should head injuries in sports be taken more seriously?
What comprehension strategy will we work to build towards independence?
Inference
What writing genre and/or focus will we include in our studies?
Persuasion and focus on role/audience

Lesson

Reading for
Fluency

Features:
Activity/ies:

Features: diphthong oi, oy

Activity/ies:
Sort and blind sort

Word Knowledge

The Adventures of
Captain Underpants
-focus on slowing down,
phrasing, and expression
*I will be absent due to
funeral, this is may not

Features:
Activity/ies:

Reading and Writing

Text:

Writing:

Text:
"Study says age 11 and younger may be
too soon to play tackle football" by Los
Angeles Times
Writing:
Assessment (persuasion prompt)
Text:
"More past players sue NHL over
head injuries, fighting" by
Associated Press
I chose this article because it

further explains sports injuries

within the NHL and connects to
football, which is the first article
we read.

happening since Lauren

couldn't do this with two
students at a time.

Writing:
Prewriting organizer provided,
writing to NHL as audience,
define your own role (are you a
fan? are you a player? retired
player?)

The Adventures of
Captain Underpants
-focus on slowing down,
phrasing, and expression

Features:
Activity/ies:

Writing:
Prewriting organization provided, a letter
to a the author about what the student
learned while about head injuries after
reading their article.

The Adventures of
Captain Underpants
-focus on slowing down,
phrasing, and expression

Features:
Activity/ies:

The student will write a letter to the

author about he/she learned about head
injuries after reading their artiel.
Text:
"For teens, when is it safe to play again
after a concussion?" by Kansas City Star
I chose this article to continue exploration
and understanding of concussions.
Writing:
Prewriting organization provided, writing
prompt on picking a side and persuading
your audience on when you think it is safe
to play again.

The student will write a letter to

the NHL and choose their role as
the writer.
Text:
"Lots of rest may not heal a concussion
faster, study say" by Pittsburgh PostGazette
I chose this article because it further
explains head injuries that children have,
with the focus on sports, and basketball is
pulled in!

The Adventures of
Captain Underpants
-focus on slowing down,
phrasing, and expression

Features:
Activity/ies:

The student will write a prompt and

persuade his or her audience about when
it is safe to play sports again after a head
injury.
Text:
"Young athletes need to be better
protected from head injuries" by Los
Angeles Times
I chose this article because it is the
perspective and plans from the White
House in what to do about head injuries.

Writing:
Persuasion paper on head injuries in
sports. Flexibility to choose role and
audience.
The student will demonstrate success in
prewriting and writing a persuasion paper
on the impact of head injuries in sports.
The student will choose the role and
audience.