LAFS.2.L.3.6Archived Standard

Using David Shannon's book Too Many Toys, students will practice writing an opinion paragraph.

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In this lesson, students will practice identifying and using adjectives, as well as distinguishing shades of meaning among closely related adjectives. In the summative assessment, students will create their own narrative to describe a real or fictional person and will practice using precise, as well as vivid adjectives throughout their writing.

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Students will learn about characters in narrative text through group collaboration, the creation of character trading cards and an oral presentation of original dialogue. Students will work in collaboarative groups to think of adjectives that would best describe how the characters look, behave, and feel.

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Would you rather ride in a spaceship or on a submarine? This is the question the students will ponder as they write an opinion piece, taking it through the writing process.

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In this lesson, students will become familiar with the use of adjectives for the purpose of describing someone or something. Students will use adjectives to describe their teacher and enhance simple sentences by adding adjectives to describe the nouns. Students will also illustrate a self-portrait and use at least six adjectives to describe themselves. They will then choose from those adjectives and write two sentences about themselves using those words. The students will present these sentences and self-portraits to the class. Students will have the opportunity to work individually and with partners throughout this lesson.

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