Cluster 2: Craft and StructureArchived

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Number: LAFS.2.RL.2
Title: Craft and Structure
Type: Cluster
Subject: English Language Arts - Archived
Grade: 2
Strand: Reading Standards for Literature

Related Standards

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Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

LAFS.2.RL.2.AP.4a
Identify the literary devices (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) in a story, poem or song.
LAFS.2.RL.2.AP.4b
Describe how the literary devices (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply meaning in a story, poem or song.
LAFS.2.RL.2.AP.5a
Describe or select the description of what happened in (or key events from) the beginning of the story.
LAFS.2.RL.2.AP.5b
Describe or select the description of what happened in (or key events from) the end of the story.
LAFS.2.RL.2.AP.5c
Use signal words (e.g., then, while, because, when, after-before, later) to describe event sequence, actions and interactions in a story.
LAFS.2.RL.2.AP.6a
Identify the different points of view of different characters in a story (e.g., who thinks it is a bad idea to play a joke on a friend?).

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Lesson Plans

Charlotte’s Web: Point of View:

In this lesson, students will work with their teacher and their classmates to read chapter one from the book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. Students will be asked to take a close look at characters' actions and motivations. As a summative assessment, students will identify and agree with a specific character's point of view, supporting their opinions with text-based evidence.

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Opinion Writing for an Author Study:

In this lesson, students will listen to the stories Franklin in the Dark and Franklin Wants a Pet. Students will analyze story elements and story structure, which will assist them in writing an opinion piece about their favorite Franklin story.

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A Close Look at A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams:

A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams is a delightful story of a family who faces the hardships of life together. The focus of these reading lessons is to identify story structure and discuss how the characters responded to challenges. After students complete several learning centers about the book, they will retell the story through writing using grade-appropriate conventions.

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A Closer Look at Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain:

Introduce your primary students to the rhythmic story of the African plains, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. This story is filled with rich vocabulary and rhyming patterns that allow students to interact with context clues and and answer questions about the story elements.

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Dog or Cat...What is Your Perspective?:

Students will have an opportunity to respond to a prompt based on the perspective of one of the characters from the book I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat by Donald Hall. Students will write a narrative paragraph from the perspective of either the cat or the dog from the story.

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Having Fun with Fractured Fairy Tales:

Students will be delighted to be introduced to the world of fractured fairy tales. They will compare classic versions of fairy tales with the new versions that author's have created. The students will have their own chance to think about a different point of view when they explore wolf's perspective in The Three Little Pigs. After writing a short Readers' Theatre script, students will perform their creations for the class.

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Hamming it up with Plot:

Using the classic story, The Three Little Pigs, students will learn will use a plot line graphic organizer to record the action in this story. Students will use this plot line to help them retell the story in writing and record their paragraphs using technology such as Voice Thread.

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Cooking Up Chemistry:

Students will explore through fiction/nonfiction texts and hands-on activities that materials can be altered to change some of their properties. In an extension lesson, students can also explore how other forms of energy (besides electricity) can be used to cook food.

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Three Pigs 2.0 - An Engineering Design Challenge:

This Engineering Design Challenge is intended to help students apply the concepts of force from SC.2.P.13.1 (investigate the effect of applying various pushes and pulls on different objects) and the concept of wind from SC.2.E.7.4 (investigate that air is all around us and that moving air is wind) as they build structures to withstand the force of high-speed winds. It is not intended as an initial introduction to these concepts.

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All about Alliteration:

In this lesson, students will become familiar with alliteration. Students will have an opportunity to listen to and read alliterative sentences and short stories. Students will create alliterative sentences with a partner and again independently. Students will also work through the different stages of the writing process as they pre-write, write, edit, revise, and publish to contribute to a class book.

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Three Billy Goats Gruff Build a Bridge - An Engineering Design Challenge:

This Engineering Design Challenge is intended to help students apply the concepts of force from SC.2.P.13.1 (investigate the effect of applying various pushes and pulls on different objects) as they build bridges to hold the greatest load. It is also intended to help students apply the concepts of money from MAFS.2.MD.3.8 (Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately) as they strive to construct the most cost effective bridge. It is not intended as an initial introduction to these concepts.

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Perspective is a Walk in the Park:

Using the books Seven Blind Mice and Voices in the Park students will learn to identify the unique perspectives that characters bring to a story. After completing a retelling activity and drawing how several characters are feeling, students will compose a short narrative writing from the perspective of a character from Voices in the Park.

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Student Center Activities

Comprehension: Plot Plan:

In this activity, students will write the parts of a plot on a graphic organizer.

Type: Student Center Activity

Comprehension: Plotting the Plot:

In this activity, students will identify the components of a plot using a graphic organizer.

Type: Student Center Activity

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