Curriculum / ELA / 2nd Grade / Alternate Unit 5: Learning From Mistakes: Keena Ford / Lesson 2
ELA
Alternate Unit 5
2nd Grade
Lesson 2 of 26
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Describe how Andrew is desperate by analyzing details to draw conclusions about characters’ actions and motivations.
Book: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume — Chapter 2
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Tasks that represents the peak thinking of the lesson - mastery will indicate whether or not objective was achieved
Desperate means you really want or need something. How do you know Andrew is desperate for freckles?
An example response to the Target Task at the level of detail expected of the students.
Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
Why could Andrew not sleep?
Model fluent reading: Tell students that you will model reading dialogue fluently again. What do you notice as you read with expression?
We know that Andrew is feeling desperate. What other evidence does the author include to show that Andrew is desperate?
What is Miss Kelly like? How do you know?
Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
allowance
n.
a set amount of money given on a regular basis
desparate
adj.
when you really want or need something
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L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RF.2.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.2.1.f — Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
L.2.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
L.2.5 — Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
RF.2.3 — Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RL.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2—3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
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Lesson 3
Describe Sharon by making inferences based on the words and phrases Judy Blume uses to characterize and describe Sharon.
L.2.6 RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.5
L.2.6 RF.2.4 RL.2.3
Describe how Andrew has changed and how Sharon’s and Andrew’s personalities contributed to the change by making inferences about character change and relationships.
L.2.6 RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.6
Describe how Andrew feels about Sharon by making inferences based on evidence that shows a character’s perspective on another character.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.6
Explain what role Miss Kelly plays in the solution to Andrew’s problem by identifying and describing roles between characters.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3
Writing
Make sentences better and more interesting by combining two or more sentences.
L.2.1.f
Discussion & Writing
Explain how other people influenced the decisions that Andrew made and what we can learn from him to make our lives better by identifying and interpreting key details that support the main lesson of a text.
L.2.1.c RL.2.2 RL.2.5 SL.2.1 SL.2.2 W.2.2
Predict what will happen in Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up by identifying and explaining evidence about character actions and motivations.
Explain why Keena’s mom thinks a journal is a good idea by drawing conclusions about character motivation and relationships.
Describe Eric and Keena’s relationship by drawing conclusions about character motivation and relationships.
L.2.6 RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.4
Describe the relationship between Keena and her dad by identifying and describing evidence that shows character relationships and feelings.
Explain how Keena’s feelings about second grade change by identifying evidence that shows character feelings and character change.
Describe what “mess” Keena gets herself into and what she decides to do by identifying evidence that shows character conflict and perspective.
Write a letter to Keena describing what she should do by stating an opinion and supporting the opinion with details from the text and personal connections.
RL.2.2 RL.2.5 W.2.1
Describe the conflicting feelings that Keena has by identifying and explaining evidence that shows character feelings and perspective.
Describe what makes Keena believe that it really is her birthday and how her mom responds by identifying and explaining evidence that shows character feeling and perspective.
Describe how Ms. Campbell responds to Keena’s lies and what this tells us about Ms. Campbell by identifying and explaining evidence that shows character feeling and perspective.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.4
Write a letter to Keena describing what she should do by stating a claim and supporting the claim with details from the text and personal connections.
RL.2.2 RL.2.5 SL.2.1 SL.2.2 W.2.1
Explain how Keena feels about Linny and why they become friends by identifying and describing key details that show character feelings and relationships.
Explain why Keena decides to go into Ms. Hanson’s classroom by identifying and describing key details that show character feelings and motivations.
Analyze how Ms. Campbell is feeling and why by Close Reading a text to determine evidence that deepens understanding of character feelings and motivations.
Describe how Keena, Eric, and Ms. Campbell show forgiveness by identifying and describing key details that support the main lesson of a text.
RF.2.4 RL.2.2 RL.2.3
Discuss and debate unit Essential Questions by stating an opinion and supporting the opinion with evidence and details from the entire unit.
L.2.6 RL.2.3 RL.2.5 SL.2.1 SL.2.2 SL.2.6 W.2.8
Opinion Writing – 3 days
Write a letter to an incoming second grader describing what lessons you have learned from the unit texts and how they can apply them to their own life.
L.2.1.f L.2.2.b SL.2.4 W.2.1 W.2.5 W.2.8
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