ELAR 2.11
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:
- (1) plan a first draft by generating ideas for writing
such as drawing and brainstorming;
- (A) develop drafts into a focused piece of writing by:
- (B) organizing with structure; and
- (i) developing an idea with specific and relevant details;
- (ii) revise drafts by adding, deleting, or rearranging words, phrases, or sentences;
- (C) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
- (D) complete sentences with subject-verb agreement;
- (i) past, present, and future verb tense;
- (ii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
- (iii) adjectives, including articles;
- (iv) capitalization of months, days of the week, and the salutation and conclusion of a letter;
- (v) adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey place;
- (vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
- (vii) pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases;
- (viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects and predicates;
- (ix) end punctuation, apostrophes in contractions, and commas with items in a series and in dates; and
- (x) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
- (xi) publish and share writing.
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Conversation Hearts - Template
Turn this set of 18 conversation heart templates into a variety of teaching resources leading up to Valentine's Day.
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Writing Conventions Checklist
Get your students using this writing conventions checklist to edit their work across multiple genres.
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Introduction to Brainstorming PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when introducing brainstorming to your students.
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Color by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs - Frog
Review four parts of speech by coloring nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs on the frog.
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Punctuation Pizza Cover-up Game
Practice recognizing and using end punctuation with this set of pizza game boards and pepperoni phrase cards with missing punctuation.
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Spelling Suffixes Anchor Charts - Plurals
Help students understand when to apply the right plural spellings based on the ending of any word.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm Ups – Grades 1 and 2
A 40-slide editable PowerPoint to use when reviewing parts of speech with your students.
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Everyday Grammar Capitalization and Punctuation Warm-Ups – Grades 1 and 2 Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 44-slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the lower grades when learning about capitalization and punctuation.
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Adjective Posters
Get your students to use new words to describe objects with this set of 13 bright and colorful posters.
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Sentence Checker Posters and Checklist
An educational poster and checklist pages highlighting important items to double check when writing sentences.
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Storyboard Template
A template for use when planning a narrative text.
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Grammar and Punctuation Checklist Bookmarks
Use these grammar and punctuation checklist bookmarks to support your students in editing their writing.
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Punctuation Tracking Chart Monster Theme
A classroom display that allows students to see their progress toward using correct punctuation in their sentences.
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Four Types of Sentences Poster Collection - Primary and Intermediate
Display these posters highlighting the four types of sentences and teach your students to use varied sentence types in their writing.
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Using Adjectives to Describe - Pass Around Activity
A set of 32 food sheets to use in a pass around-style adjective activity.
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Adver-relays Active Learning Game
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Plural Noun Anchor Charts - Posters
Help children grasp the tricky concept of pluralizing nouns by displaying these 8 plural noun anchor chart posters.
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Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives Board Game
A board game to help introduce the concept of nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
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Guided Writing Groups - Progress Tracker
Track student progress during guided writing sessions with this template.
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Paragraph Study Punctuation Interactive PowerPoint
Interactive PowerPoint presentation allowing teachers and students to learn and revise punctuation by highlighting paragraphs.
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Apostrophes Poster
A poster showing how to use apostrophes.
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2nd Grade Revising and Editing Passages
Use this set of 2nd grade revising and editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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Creating an Imaginary Animal - Descriptive Language Activity
A creative activity to introduce students to descriptive and comparative language.
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Grammar Game - Name That Noun!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to reinforce their understanding of nouns.
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Punctuation Sentence Challenge Worksheet
A teaching resource to help consolidate the students’ knowledge of punctuation.
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Color by Parts of Speech Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of coloring worksheets that use parts of speech as indicators.
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September Homeschool Resource Pack - Grade 2
A collection of age-appropriate, Grade 2 teaching resources and activities for homeschool parents to use with their children during the month of September.
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Using Adjectives to Describe a Character
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use adjectives to describe the personality and appearance of characters.
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Exploring Opinion Pieces Unit Plan - Grade 1 and Grade 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of opinion pieces.
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Exploring Types of Verbs Unit Plan
This English Language Arts unit explores several types of verbs including action, helping, linking, irregular, simple tense, and perfect tense verbs. This unit is intended for upper-elementary students that have some prior knowledge of action verbs.
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Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan
This English Language Arts unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
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Exploring Informative Texts Unit Plan - Year 1 and Year 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the informative genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of information reports.