3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:01: Author's Backpack
  • Subject(s):English Language Arts
  • Days:180
  • Grade(s):2
Key Learning:

Second grade students use their knowledge of narrative and informational/expository writing to communicate effectively.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do I use knowledge of narrative and informational/expository writing to communicate effectively?
   
Concept:

August - Prewriting and Penmanship

LA.2.4.1.2   LA.2.4.1.1   LA.2.5.1.1   LA.2.3.1.3   LA.2.3.1.2  
Concept: September - Drafting & Narrative Writing
LA.2.4.1.2   LA.2.4.1.1   LA.2.3.2.2   LA.2.3.2.1  
Concept:

October/November - Revision & Narrative Writing

LA.2.3.3.4   LA.2.3.3.3   LA.2.3.3.2   LA.2.3.3.1  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Does my writing plan include a main idea and a purpose?

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What are some reasons I might write?

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How do I choose a plan for writing?

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How can I use multiple sources in my writing?

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Who is my audience?

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How can I write in a creative way?

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How do I demonstrate neat and clear handwriting skills?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

What are the elements needed in narrative writing?

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How do I include a main idea in my story?

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How will I choose characters that I will write about?

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What will I include in the beginning, middle, and end of my story?

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What are the elements needed in narrative writing?

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How can I use adjectives with my details?

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What type of ending mark is placed at the end of a statement, question, or exclamation?

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How will I sequence events in my writing?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I create interesting leads?

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What type of point of view is in my writing?

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How can I be sure that my point of view is the same from the beginning of my writing to the end?

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How can I make my writing clear?

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How can I create compound sentences to make my writing better?

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How can I organize my new ideas into paragrpahs?

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Vocabulary:

brainstorming, main idea, entertain, inform, communicate, purpose, plan, multiple sources, story, riddle, rhymes, song lyrics, penmanship

Vocabulary:

sequence, characters, narrative, adjective

Vocabulary:

details, point of view, paragraph

Concept:

December - Publishing

LA.2.3.5.1  
Concept:

January/February/March- Informative/expository Writing (review prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing)

LA.2.4.2.5   LA.2.4.2.4   LA.2.4.2.3   LA.2.4.2.2   LA.2.4.2.1  
Concept:

April- Persuasive Writing

LA.2.4.3.1  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

What is the purpose of a narrative essay?

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How can I show my peers my edited draft of narrative writing?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I use vivid and varied language to create precise and interesting ideas?

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In a paragraph, how do I include my main idea in a topic sentence?

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How do I support my topic sentence with details?

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In what ways can I record information?

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In what ways can I explain information?

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How can I show my peers my edited draft of writing?

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How does using "left and right" and a map relate to writing directions?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I write to influence the reader?

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In writing, how can I explain why an item or person is important to me?

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Vocabulary:

illustrate, peer

Vocabulary:

observations, notes, list, chart, , summary, procedurre, recipe, instructions

Vocabulary:

persuade, influence

Concept:

May- Poetry

LA.2.4.1.2  
Concept:
Concept:
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do I plan for writing poetry?

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How do I write a couplet?

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How do we use acrostic poems to show our creativity?

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How do I write a cinquain poem?

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How do I write a 5 W's poem?

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Lesson Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):
Vocabulary:

poetry, elements of poetry, couplet, acrostic, cinquain, 5 W's Poem

Vocabulary:

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Additional Information:

Teachers are encouraged to model how to use the above mentioned strategies.

Just Write Expository (Kathy Robinson); Just Write Narrative (Kathy Robinson)

Razzle Dazzle Writing (Melissa Forney)

Reviser's Toolbox (Barry Lane)

Thinking Maps (bubble, flow map)

CRISS Strategies (concept map, story plan)

Dictionary; Thesaurus

Trophies Language Book

Resources:

View As PDF
Know - Understand - Do Organizer
Student Learning Map
Vocabulary Report

Acquisition Lesson:

Extending Thinking Lesson:

Vocabulary Report

  • illustrate -

    to provide with pictures or diagrams intended to explain or decorate; to make clear by using examples

  • poetry -

    Written work that is created to engage our senses and create vivid pictures (mind movie) in the audience's mind.

  • persuade -

    To convince or influence.

  • details -

    Important facts used when writing.

  • observations -

    an act of gathering information by noting facts or occurrences

  • influence -

    The effect of the writer's purpose and text on the audience.

  • brainstorming -

    A creative written plan about a topic or idea. (graphic organizers/thinking maps)

  • peer -

    a person in your class

  • notes -

    to notice and record in writing

  • point of view -

    a way of looking at or thinking about something

  • paragraph -

    part of a writing that develops in an organized manner one point of a subject

  • list -

    a record of names or items

  • elements of poetry -

    Features in poetry that may include rhythm, rhyme, visual imagery, senses and mood.

  • chart -

    a sheet giving information in the form of a table or of lists

  • couplet -

    two rhyming lines of the same length

  • main idea -

    What the written is mostly about.

  • acrostic -

    poem in which a set of letters (as the first letter of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase

  • entertain -

    To amuse

  • summary -

    expressing the main points

  • cinquain -

    One noun

    Two describing words for noun

    Three describing words for noun

    Four describing words for noun

    One noun

    (same as first noun)

  • inform -

    To give facts

  • communicate -

    Writing to express thoughts or ideas.

  • procedurre -

    a series of steps followed in an order

  • 5 W's Poem -

    Who (noun)

    What (action phrase)

    When (time phrase)

    Where (place phrase)

    Why (explanation-phrase or sentence)

  • purpose -

    The reason for writing (persuade, entertain, explain, inform)

  • recipe -

    a set of instructions for making something (as a food dish)

  • instructions -

    an outline or set of procedures to be followed

  • plan -

    an outline for writing (graphic organizers).

  • multiple sources -

    Using more than one source for information (books, magazines, newspapers, websites).

  • story -

    tells you about an event. It can be real or make-believe.

  • sequence -

    The order that events take place in the writing. (beginning, middle, end)

  • riddle -

    is a question that is a puzzle or a joke.

  • characters -

    The main people or things that the story is about.

  • narrative -

    The written form of a fiction story.

  • rhymes -

    Words that rhyme have endings that sound the same, like cat and hat, or kite and light.

  • adjective -

    is a word that describes a person, place or thing.

  • song lyrics -

    a short piece of music with words intended to be sung

  • penmanship -

    quality or style of handwriting