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Thinking About Friendship Through the Narrative Genre

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Thinking About Friendship Through the Narrative Genre

Unit Overview

THINKING ABOUT FRIENDSHIP THROUGH THE NARRATIVE GENRE

2nd grade
9 lessons
This unit focuses on development of well-crafted narrative writing by second grade students. Throughout the unit, students are immersed in narrative writing.  Students study story elements and narrative writing in a variety of texts.
Students apply pre-reading strategies and use text to explore basic story elements.
This unit consists of nine lessons. Students experience the writing process as modeled by the teacher.  They apply understanding of the writing process to produce their own narrative piece.  Students use graphic organizers to create a narrative piece including a main idea and supporting details with the theme of friendship.  Finally, students share writing and practice essential speaking skills.
Handouts including graphic organizers
Formative and Summative Assessment
Glossary

Unit Plan: Lessons

Applying Text Features in Fiction Word HTML (with links to documents)
Identifying Setting and Completing a Story Map Word HTML (with links to documents)
Developing a Topic for Writing Using an Idea Web Word HTML (with links to documents)
Developing a Narrative Writing Piece Word HTML (with links to documents)
Determining Ideas and Adding Details Word HTML (with links to documents)
More Details and Transitions Word HTML (with links to documents)
Conclusion Word HTML (with links to documents)
Revising Word HTML (with links to documents)
Editing Word HTML (with links to documents)

 Essential Questions:

What processes do proficient readers use before reading a text?
What elements must proficient readers identify within a text to reach full comprehension?
What processes do proficient writers use in developing advanced representations of writing?
How can we apply this learning to other inquiries?

Summative Assessment and Scoring Guides: 

Summative Assessment Writing Scoring Guide

 

PREVIOUS LEARNING

TARGETED LEARNING

FUTURE LEARNING

Demonstrate concepts of print

  *Upper and lower case letters

  *First and last letter in words

  *Spaces between words

  *Letter and word order

  *Punctuation has meaning

R2A2  Locate and apply specific information in title, pictures, and table of contents

Locate and apply information in title, table of contents,  and glossary

  *Recognize the text features of fiction, poetry, and drama in grade level text

Locate and apply information in title, pictures and names of author and illustrator

R2C2 Use details from text to

  *Make basic inferences about    setting, characters and problem

  *Predict solution

  *Identify events in  logical sequence

 

Use details from text to:

  *Make inferences about setting, character traits and problem and solution

  *Make predictions

  *Draw conclusions

  *Compare and contrast characters and changes in problems and setting

  *Identify the narrator

  *Identify cause and effect

  *Identify events from beginning, middle and end

  *Identify author’s purpose

Use details from text to identify:

  *Characters

  *Problem

  *Solutions

  *Events and logical sequence

W2A2  Create legible compositions with correct spacing between letters in words and words in a sentence 

Create legible compositions with correct spacing between words in a sentence and in margins

Se parts of speech correctly in written text

  *Naming words (nouns)

  *Actin words (verbs)

W3A2  Write narrative text that:

*Records a series of events in chronological order

  *Contains story elements

 

Write narrative that contains

  *A beginning, middle and end

  *Relevant details to develop  the main idea

  *Clear controlling idea

  *Precise and descriptive language

Listen

  *For enjoyment

  *For information

  *For simple directions

 

 

 

LS1A2  Listen

  *For enjoyment

  *For information

  *To solve problems

*For directions to perform a

simple task

 

Listen

  *For enjoyment

  *For specific information

  *To distinguish fact from fiction

  *For directions to complete two or three step task

 

W1A  Follow a writing process to independently use a graphic organizer in pre-writing, generate a draft, routinely reread and revise work, routinely edit and proofread for capitalization and ending punctuation, and independently publish writing.