1. Writing Instructional Objectives We can teach a lesson about Russia, but what do we want our students to be able to do afterward? List regions? Label them on a map? Describe geographical differences? There are so many choices! Depending on what you want students to be able to DO at the end of a lesson, it will help us choose the right action verb for writing an instructional objective. Instructional objectives often will depend on the overall curriculum plan and the level of thelearners, but it also involves the teacher's influence in designing a lesson. 1