Learning Goals Access Points Weekly Assignments Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will recognize a key event in a story. Representation: Students will summarize a story using sequence words. Essential Question: What events happened in this story? LAFS.910.RL.2.AP.5a Identify the author’s choice of text structure to create meaning (e.g., order of events, flashbacks, foreshadowing). LAFS.910.W.1.AP.1c Create a writing organizational structure (e.g., introduce claims, distinguish supporting and opposing claims and relevant evidence for each, provides conclusion) developing relationships among claim(s), reason and evidence. LAFS.1112.RL.2.AP.5a Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning. LAFS.1112.W.1.AP.1d Create a writing organizational structure (e.g., introduce claims, distinguish supporting and opposing claims and relevant evidence for each, provide conclusion) logically sequencing claim(s), counterclaims, reason and evidence. Weekly Assignment 6: Retell a story in sequence using first, next, then and last. Letter: s Communication Word: look Story: RW Grade 2- A Different Set of Stars LA: Parallel Structure Writing: Final - Persuasive/Argument Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will identify a text feature. Representation: Students will investigate text features that support an author’s point of view. Essential Question: What text features can I find in my text? LAFS.910.RL.2.AP.6b Analyze the point of view reflected in a work of literature. LAFS.1112.RL.2.AP.6b Differentiate what is directly stated in a text from what is meant. Weekly Assignment 7: Collaborate to find text features (photos and captions) to support an author’s point of view in a narrative. Letter: k Communication Word: more Story: RW Grade 2 – Workshop: Lightning Lives LA: Synonyms Writing: Draft – Persuasive/Argument
Learning Goals Access Points Weekly Assignments Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will choose a topic they are interested in presenting on. Representation: Students will explore appropriate visual displays to use in a presentation about a topic. Essential Question: What interesting facts do I want to share about my topic? LAFS.910.SL.2.AP.5a Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points. LAFS.1112.SL.2.AP.5a Include digital multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points. Weekly Assignment 35: Support a topic by creating and giving a presentation with visual displays (captions, diagrams and tables). Letters: ~ou Communication Words: wet-dry Story: RW Grade 2 – Anthology: Earth’s Resources LA: Homophones Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will choose a topic they are interested in researching. Representation: Students will explore the process of researching, using resources such as the media center, and selected internet sites. Essential Question: How can I learn more about my topic? LAFS.910.W.3.AP.7a Follow steps to complete a short or sustained research project to build knowledge on a topic or text, answer a question and/or solve a problem (e.g., determine topic, locating information on a topic, organizing information related to the topic, drafting a permanent product). LAFS.1112.W.3.AP.7a Follow steps to complete a short or sustained research project to build knowledge on a topic or text, answer a question and/or solve a problem (e.g., determine topic, locate information on a topic, organize information related to the topic, and draft a permanent product). Weekly Assignment 36: Complete a short research project. Letters: ~ow Communication Words: hot-cold Story: RW Grade 2 – Workshop: The Life of a Dollar Bill LA: Organization: strong conclusion