Second Grade Learning Expectations
Essential Learning 1: The student writes clearly and effectively.Writing Skill 1.3: Uses interesting words to describe.
Definition of Writing Skill:
Student shows an increased use of descriptive words (adjectives, adverbs, less common nouns and verbs).
Strategies:
- Students
are given a sentence or story with no descriptive language. The students
brainstorm a list of words that would make the story or sentence more
descriptive.
- Students
brainstorm word lists of "Juicy Words" or exciting words for
them to refer to during writing.
- During
shared reading, read alouds, book groups, basal reading, the teacher
points out or has students point out any "juicy" words.
- Discuss the words from the story that students think helped them visualize the story most clearly.
Resources:
- Write
Idea
- Seeing
With New Eyes, by Vicki Spandel
- Picture Books, by Ruth Culham and Vicki Spandel
Assessment:
- Student
writing sample.
- Writing Assessment Rubric - parallel to WASL Rubric