Second Grade FOCUS: Writing
What question do we ask ourselves?
 What are the components for writing narratives?
 How does the writing process help you improve your writing?
 How does applying writing traits in written communication
make writing effective?
What words do we need to know to master the objectives?
Personal Narrative
Spelling Patterns
Sentences
Punctuation
Revise
Elaborate
Adjectives
Word Families
Phrase
Capitalization
Draft
Details
August 27 –
November 9
What do we need to know and be able to do?
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Participate in peer conferences
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Organize a personal narrative with a beginning, middle,
and end
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Revise writing with expanded or rearranged sentence
structure
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Elaborate our own or given sentences
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Summarize the important information after reading a
non-fiction text
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Use correct capitalization and punctuation in sentences
What resources will we use?
Individualized spelling lists
Making Words
How will we master the objectives?
Quick Word Books
Use of formal and informal Writing Workshop
Journals
Identify the beginning, middle, and end of written narratives
Writing Workshop materials
Practice correcting passages for correct capitalization and
punctuation
Peer Conference Guide sheets
Elaborating on a given topic or self-selected
Various literature used for modeling the topics
Collaborate with classmates to compare and contrast writing
styles
Computers