Make a sequence of actions clear without losing essential conditions.
Science: “Measure 20 mL. Record the starting temperature. Add the solid. Stir. Record the highest temperature.” Preserve quantities and safety requirements.
Rewrite a multi-action instruction as a short visible sequence without dropping essential conditions.
Identify each action and the order required.
Show one step at a time and model the first action.
Ask a learner to restate or demonstrate the next step.
Reconnect the sequence to the purpose of the whole task.
Join steps back into a complete instruction once the sequence is secure.
Keep the subject challenge. Offer one model, visual or language prompt where needed, then check a fresh independent response.
Rewrite a multi-action instruction as a short visible sequence without dropping essential conditions.
Identify each action and the order required. Show one step at a time and model the first action.
Ask learners to identify what must be recorded before adding the solid.
Join steps back into a complete instruction once the sequence is secure.
Ask learners to identify what must be recorded before adding the solid.
Adapt these prompts to the task and your learners.
Our purpose is: Make a sequence of actions clear without losing essential conditions.
Which detail supports your explanation? Show me how you know.
Try the new case on your own. Show the detail or reasoning that supports your answer.
Which support do you still need, and which part can you now do independently?
Maths: separate plotting, joining and describing into visible actions.
Humanities: separate reading, selecting evidence and writing an interpretation.
Use a small word bank, visuals and partner rehearsal when needed. Extend with precise explanations and qualifications. Judge the support from the response to this task.
Keep the strategy. Change the subject.
Use the task, response and evidence check as a starting point for your curriculum.
Break “Measure, tabulate, graph and explain” into actions that can be checked separately.
First measure the temperature. Then record each reading with its time and unit. Next draw the graph.
Ask learners to demonstrate the first action before adding the next.
Split a source comparison instruction into identify, select, compare and qualify.
I select one detail from each source, compare what they suggest and state a limit.
Check that shorter instructions retain the comparison and evidence demand.
Turn an essay instruction into a visible sequence of claim, evidence and interpretation.
I state an interpretation, quote a relevant detail and explain how it supports the claim.
Use a new paragraph to check independent use of the sequence.
Separate graph plotting into scale, axes, points and interpretation.
I choose a consistent scale, label the axes with units, plot the points and describe the relationship.
Check the mathematical choices, rather than simply completion of the steps.