Second Grade English Language Arts
3rd Grading Period
Power Objectives:
Academic Vocabulary:
 Read to infer/interpret and cite text evidence. (2.R)
 Integrate ideas from diverse media formats to
evaluate arguments and resolve conflicting views.
(2.R)
 See below for power objectives and supporting
indicators.
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main idea
details
types of text and media
theme
lesson
moral
There are many ways we gather information from others:
Read: books, magazines, newspapers ,poems, web sites
Watch: TV Shows, movies, video games
Listen: stories/poems read to us, songs
Main Idea/Detail
Enduring Understandings:
Essential Questions:
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 What questions will foster a student’s understanding of the
power objective?
 What is the point of this (insert media here) story, movie, poem
etc.?
 How do we know this is the point?
 How do we prove we understand what we read/watch/listen to?
 Why do authors share their ideas?
 How does an author make sure I understand?
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Why is it important that students are able to demonstrate
understanding of this power objective? This is the “so what?”
about the power objective.
All text or media must have a point (main idea) to make sense.
Details support the main idea.
We show what we understand by saying the main idea and the
details that support it.
Main idea is the big idea the author is trying to share with me
so I understand.
Theme is a lesson the author is trying to share with me so I
understand.
Power Objectives and Supporting Indicators:
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Read to infer/interpret and cite text evidence. (2.R)
 2.RL/RI.1 Ask and answer questions as who, what, when, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in
text.
 2.RL.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
 2.RI.2 Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
 2.RI.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
 2.RI.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
Integrate ideas from diverse media formats to evaluate arguments and resolve conflicting views. (2.R)
 2.RI.8 Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.